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Bernard Ralph Maybeck (
February 7,
1862 –
October 3,
1957) was a prominent architect in the
Arts and Crafts Movement of the early
20th Century.
Early life and education
Maybeck was born in
New York City, the son of a
German immigrant and studied at the
Ecole des Beaux Arts in
Paris, France. He moved to
Berkeley, California in 1892. He became a professor of engineering drawing at
University of California, Berkeley and acted as a mentor for an entire generation of other California architects, including
Julia Morgan and
William Wurster. In 1951 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the
American Institute of Architects.
Style
Maybeck was a stylistic
chameleon, equally comfortable producing work in
Mission style,
Gothic, and
Beaux-Arts classicism, believing that each architectural problem required development of an entirely new solution. Many of his buildings still stand in his long-time home city of Berkeley. The 1910
First Church of Christ, Scientist is designated a
National Historic Landmark and is considered one of Maybeck's finest works. It is a strange confection of medieval European, Japanese, Celtic and shingle style architecture, but the effect is magical. Thankfully, the church has an on-going program of repairs that have kept the building in good shape, which is more than can be said for some of Maybeck's friend Julia Morgan's buildings, some of which have been bowdlerized into oblivion.
Maybeck also designed the domed
Palace of Fine Arts in
San Francisco as part of the
1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. One of his most interesting office buildings is the home of the
Family Service Agency of San Francisco, offices at 1010 Gough Street. This building, constructed in 1928, is on the city's Historic Building Register and still serves as Family Service headquarters. Some of his larger residential projects, most notably a few in the hills of
Berkeley, California (see esp.
La Loma Park), have been compared to the
ultimate bungalows of the architects
Greene and Greene.
A lifetime fascination with drama and the theatre can be seen in much of Maybeck's work. In his spare time, he was known to create costumes, and also designed sets for the amateur productions at Berkeley's Hillside Club.
He also developed a comprehensive town plan for the company town of
Brookings, Oregon.
He also developed the chalet used at the
Bohemian Grove for the elite.
Death
Maybeck is buried in
Mountain View Cemetery in
Oakland, California.
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