Andrew Cowper Lawson House
The Andrew Cowper Lawson House is a historic private residence at 1515 La Loma Avenue in the La Loma Park neighborhood in Berkeley, California, U.S..[1] It has been listed as a Berkeley Landmark (no. 15) by the city since August 16, 1976.[2]
It was designed by Bernard Maybeck for British geologist Andrew Cowper Lawson.[1] It is located directly on the Hayward fault, and was designed to withstand earthquakes (with the knowledge of the time).[3][4] The house resembled a "Pompeian villa" made of reinforced concrete that was covered in colored stucco that has sgraffito and inlaid tiles.[1][5] The Lawson house was only one of two houses to have survived the big fire in 1923 because of its materials.[6]
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References
- ^ a b c "Maybeck Made La Loma Park His Own Country". Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association (BAHA). Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "Berkeley Landmarks, Designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, Berkeley, CA". Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association (BAHA).
- ^ "Andrew Cowper Lawson". The Linda Hall Library. April 18, 2019. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ Puchall, Lauri (2006-04-01). "Feature April 2006: Achitexture". The Monthly. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area. Gibbs Smith. p. 313. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4.
- ^ "A Tale of Two Houses". Modern Magazine. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
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