Boke House - Berkeley, CA - Great Buildings of the World on Waymarking.com

The Boke House is a wood frame and shingles suburban home designed by architect Bernard Maybeck in 1902 The style is classified as Bay Regional shingle. From the outside the house is painted dark brown and has the appearance of being constructed from square logs. The corner of the house exhibits a Lincoln log like criss-crossing. The interior of the house, seems to carry on the dark wood design of the outside.

The address is 23 Panoramic Way in Berkeley. This is a narrow street with limited parking.

Kenneth H. Cardwell describes the Boke house:

"The house on a sloping site, is entered on a half-level below the main floor. Its stairhall is built outside of the main rectangular form of the house, and is used as entry, circulation, and stairway for the principal living areas....The living room and dining room of the Boke chalet are one continuous ell-shaped space, separated by a single column of the main structural system....All of the details, both structural and finish, are executed in redwood....Short corbels penetrate the walls to support the large overhanging roof, and they are a good example of one device Maybeck frequently employed to extend the space of the house beyond the limits of the room....In the Boke house Maybeck combined structure and plan to make an exquisite design for the modest house which for quality, limited by size and economy, has not been surpassed."

City, State or City, Country: Berkeley, California Year Built: 1902 Architect: Bernard Maybeck Webpage from GreatBuildings.com or other approved listing: [Web Link] Other website with more information about building: [Web Link]

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