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Berkeley’s 1923 fire, 100 years later | At 28, he died on Berkeley’s streets | House with famed communal hot tub up for sale

Architecture

Adams with crossed arms at the ocean
Posted inObituaries

Remembering Christopher Adams, Berkeley architect who designed UC Merced campus

by Caroline Adams Sept. 26, 2023, 6:06 a.m.September 25, 2023

After retiring from the University of California Office of the President, he served on the boards of BAHA and the Berkeley Library foundation and chaired the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Posted inCity

5 new Berkeley buildings honored for their design

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio May 30, 2023, 11:12 a.m.May 31, 2023

Lots of housing projects, a preference for contemporary architecture and outdoor communal spaces are some of the trends observed in the projects that won an award from Berkeley Design Advocates.

Posted inObituaries

Remembering Richard Bender, who shaped master plans of five UC campuses

by John Parman Nov. 07, 2022, 7:00 a.m.November 7, 2022

Dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design from 1976 to 1988, Bender’s real monument is the Berkeley campus itself.

Posted inCommunity

Fate of historic Berkeley building (and family home) hangs in the balance as tax debt looms

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch Oct. 16, 2022, 8:30 a.m.October 18, 2022

A new roof on Finnish Hall, owned by a defunct nonprofit and mired in property tax debt, should shore up the structure. But the future of the landmarked building, also the home for 30 years to a family of caretakers, is anything but certain.

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Critic John King: Architectural nostalgia shouldn’t stop change in Berkeley

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio Oct. 10, 2022, 8:23 a.m.October 13, 2022

The SF Chronicle’s urban design critic — and a longtime Berkeley resident — calls for more open minds and less divisiveness during Berkeley’s current building boom.

Posted inCity

New book on Julia Morgan offers an intimate portrait of famed architect

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio April 01, 2022, 4:00 p.m.April 2, 2022

The heavily annotated and picture-rich book incorporates previously unknown details about the architect’s private life, as well as her career.

A Berkeley architect is obsessively tracking the East Bay’s backyard water towers
Posted inCommunity

A Berkeley architect is obsessively tracking the East Bay’s backyard water towers

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich March 27, 2022, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Aaron Goldstein has been peering over fences to admire the area’s remaining windmill-topped water towers, vestiges of an era before municipal water. Now he’s writing a book.

Posted inBusiness

New bioresearch hub is sculpted from UC Berkeley’s brutalist former art museum

by Ivan Natividad | UC Berkeley Dec. 09, 2021, 11:11 a.m.October 31, 2022

The Bakar BioEnginuity Hub will open in February 2022 in the bunker-like concrete building on Bancroft Way, once home to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Posted inCity

Berkeley’s only landmarked gas station gets a sorrowful goodbye

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch Nov. 21, 2021, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

The 1930s era brick garage at 1952 Oxford St. is slated for demolition to make way for a 772-bed UC Berkeley student housing project.

Berkeley Rose Garden opens in time for Mother’s Day
Posted inCity

Berkeley Rose Garden opens in time for Mother’s Day

Laura Casey by Laura Casey May 08, 2021, 3:30 p.m.June 4, 2021

The historic garden, which fell into disrepair, was restored to glory through various tax measures and the general fund.

Posted inCity

Finnish entrepreneur’s costly vision to transform historic school gets go-ahead

Avatar photo by Kevin L. Jones Feb. 28, 2020, 3:39 p.m.October 4, 2022

This week, the Berkeley City Council approved plans by the man behind the “Finnish Amazon” to turn the landmarked Hillside School into a home and artist colony.

Posted inCity

A ‘Moorish-Tudor fever dream’ is unveiled on Telegraph Avenue

by Minhae Shim Roth Feb. 24, 2020, 7:00 a.m.August 18, 2021

It’s been described as a cave dwelling, a wizard’s house and a Moorish palace. A recently unveiled building to house UC Berkeley students has been a long time coming — and its unusual design is causing a stir.

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