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BLISS & FAVILLE
A. PAGE BROWN
JOHN GALEN HOWARD
GEORGE KELHAM
BERNARD MAYBECK
JULIA MORGAN
TIMOTHY LUDWIG PFLUEGER
ALBERT PISSIS
WILLIS POLK
REID BROTHERS
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BAY AREA ARCHITECTS
BERNARD MAYBECK
BIOGRAPHY
Bernard Maybeck
Born: New York | 1862
Educated: l'Ecole des Beaux Arts
Died: 1957
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SUMMARY
Sent to Paris to study furniture design but instead studied architecture.
A visionary and independent thinker, Maybeck embraced European medieval styles, classical motifs, regional forms, and a fascination for new materials and methods. In his early years of practice he often played an integral role in the crafting of the building.
Moving to San Francisco after unremarkable stints in New York and Kansas City, he joined the firm of
A. Page Brown.
Established a private practice in 1894 (in Berkeley); served as a mentor to
Julia Morgan
, and others.
His work includes small residences in the Berkeley Hills (where the Maybeck Cottage is located) to grand public structures, such as the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The First Church of Christ Scientist (1910) is often regarded as his most masterful work.
In 1951, he was awarded the American Institute of Architects highest honor, the Gold Medal.
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