Henry H. Gutterson, Supervising Architect of St. Francis Wood Truthful to the many styles and variation of styles as reflects the people of California.
by Richard Brandi, Copyright 2007 Henry H. Gutterson, Supervising Architect of St. Francis Wood -
The career of San Francisco architect Henry Gutterson spans the first half of the 20th Century. Beginning in 1905, when he graduated from the School of Architecture at the University of California Berkeley to his death in 1954, Gutterson s 50-year career most closely relates to the Beaux-Arts, Bay Area Arts and Crafts, and Academic Eclecticism periods. He attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts but was also influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and he became one of the acknowledged practitioners of the early Bay Area Style. What set Gutterson and other young architects in the Bay Area style apart from others in the U.S. was, the peculiar way of using historical forms and details, the complexity of forms and spaces, miniaturizati
The Ericsson-Bray House features original clinker bricks and box beam ceilings as well as a hidden bedroom beneath the redwood-clad gable roof.
A historic Arts and Crafts style home is now up for sale in Berkeley, California. Last available on the public market in 1914, the property features the footprint of an original cottage, along with several additions completed in the 1920s. Today, the home retains its century-old charm with decoratively notched redwood beams, vintage hardware, and arched window alcoves overlooking a romantic garden.
Located in the hills of Berkeley, California, the 1911 Ericsson-Bray House features the footprint of an original cottage by designer-builder Carl Ericsson. Several additions by architect John Hudson Thomas were completed in 1921 and 1929.
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current price tag of $43 billion we ll need more than that bond. today, i am more confident than ever that this project can and will be built. the high speed rail authority ceo told san jose business leaders that funding is the single biggest obstacle but he expects the money will come from two main sources, private sector and the federal government. he says there is momentum in washington to provide about $1.5 billion a year over ten years and there is the idea for an infrastructure bank. which is another possibility to make a development bank which has not yet taken off, but which would fund the project of this nature. and other things to overcome are peninsula cities that are unhappy with the plan. how do you separate those trains from those cars going at 120 miles an hour? do you raise the train 30 to 40 feet in the air and create a scar down the community? no. and they will use caltrain right of way but it s too narrow instead of 60 feet instead of the 80.