775 San Diego Rd, Berkeley, CA 94707
775 San Diego Rd, Berkeley, CA 94707
775 San Diego Rd, Berkeley, CA 94707
775 San Diego Rd, Berkeley, CA 94707
775 San Diego Rd, Berkeley, CA 94707
775 San Diego Rd, Berkeley, CA 94707
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Marby Lee

Marby Lee

+1(408) 718-8204
Listed by Anna Bellomo, DRE #01822897 • District Homes
$ 1,425,000
Est. payment | /mo

3 Beds

2 Baths

1,904 SqFt

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$ 1,425,000
Est. payment | /mo
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3 Beds

2 Baths

1,904 SqFt

Key Details

Property Type Single Family Home

Sub Type Single Family Home

Listing Status Active

Purchase Type For Sale

Square Footage 1,904 sqft

Price per Sqft $748

MLS Listing ID EB41145455

Bedrooms 3

Full Baths 2

Year Built 1952

Lot Size 5,718 Sqft

Property Sub-Type Single Family Home

Source Bridge MLS

Property Description

At 775 San Diego Road, directly across from John Hinkel Park, the Kip House is one of the remarkable early residential works of Berkeley modernist Donald Olsen. Designed in 1952 for UC Berkeley physicist Arthur Frederic Kip, the house belongs to a formative moment in Olsen's career, when the principles of European modernism - particularly the Bauhaus - were finding a new expression in California. Olsen embraced the Bauhaus' emphasis on clarity, functional planning and the elimination of unnecessary ornament. An austere simplicity that feels like the way we want to live today. More than seventy years later, it is striking how modern the Kip House feels. Its clean geometry, expanses of glass and remarkably fluid plan still read as contemporary Olsen uses the slope of the site to create a sequence of subtly changing levels. The approach leads to an intermediate level containing the kitchen and dining spaces. The kitchen opens directly to the dining room - and continues outward into a secluded English garden, a backyard that feels like another room of the house. From this central level, the plan rises to a raised living room and study, while two of the bedrooms occupy the lower portion of the house.  Large glazed walls bring the surrounding trees into almost every room, dissolv

Location

State CA

County Alameda

Area Berkeley Map Area 1

Rooms

Kitchen Dishwasher, Oven Range - Gas, Refrigerator

Interior

Heating Forced Air

Cooling None

Flooring Other, Tile, Hardwood

Fireplaces Type Living Room

Laundry In Laundry Room, Washer, Dryer

Exterior

Exterior Feature Stucco, Siding - Wood

Parking Features No Garage

Garage Spaces 1.0

Pool Pool - No, None

Building

Lot Description Other

Story Three or More Stories

Others

Tax ID 612-580-381

Special Listing Condition New, Not Applicable

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