This Pristine Eichler in Oakland, California, Just Fetched $2.2 Million
Designed by architects A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons, the 1965 twin-gable home went for for well over its asking price.
Designed by architects A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons, the 1965 twin-gable home went for for well over its asking price.
The California midcentury style of architecture, with its open floor plans, sweeping glass walls, and post-and-beam structures, was popularized in no small part by one Joseph Eichler. A real estate developer in post–World War II America, Eichler built more than 11,000 homes across California between 1949 and 1966, homes that are still highly sought after today. Case in point is this shining example in Oakland, California, which sold just last week after being listed for $1,595,000.
Real estate developer Joseph Leopold Eichler—a former egg and butter salesman—is considered by many to be a social visionary, thanks to his efforts in bringing affordable modern architecture to middle class families.
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"It’s a family home that captures the essence of California midcentury-modern design, but with contemporary updates that today’s buyers are looking for," says Compass realtor Glennie Kramer-Baker. "The layout encourages entertaining, gathering, and a sense of bringing the outdoors in."
The home is located in the Sequoyah Hills tract in the Oakland Hills of California, one of the last Bay Area communities developed by Eichler. It’s often referred to as the land of the lost Eichlers, as many of the homes are in excellent condition.
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The 2,121-square-foot, twin-gable home was designed by architects A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons, prolific Eichler collaborators who designed roughly 5,000 homes for the developer. This home, built in 1965, stands in the Sequoyah Hills neighborhood alongside 48 more Eichlers, making the area something of a midcentury haven.
The twin-gable home design is one of Eichler’s more coveted styles of the era.
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