Inverness by Design: How Berkeley Made a Summer Place

Inverness by Design: How Berkeley Made a Summer Place - Hardcover

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Inverness by Design: How Berkeley Made a Summer Place - Hardcover

Inverness by Design: How Berkeley Made a Summer Place - Hardcover

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by Courtney Linn (Author)

Across the Golden Gate, the wooded village of Inverness seems a world away from Berkeley's steep, shingled and stuccoed hillsides--but the two places share a deep architectural and moral lineage.

In this richly documented and gracefully written study, Courtney Linn reveals how the ideals that flourished in early-twentieth-century Berkeley's Arts and Crafts movement--through the work of Bernard Maybeck, Julia Morgan, and the Hillside Club--migrated across the Bay to shape Inverness's cottages, gardens, and enduring relationship to the land. Based on years of archival research, Inverness by Design traces how generations of Berkeley families brought to their summer refuge a devotion to modesty, craftsmanship, and the natural world.

Linn shows how Inverness evolved into a model of environmentally sensitive, locally guided planning, where houses and landscape were designed in mutual respect. The village's architecture displays both restraint and ecological stewardship, qualities that helped preserve the character of Point Reyes and Tomales Bay. Yet the same ethos also fostered a privileged pattern of development that presaged California's modern tensions over accessible housing, reminding readers that idealism and exclusion have often grown side by side.

Blending architectural history, environmental planning, and the literature of place, Linn's narrative connects Berkeley's brown-shingle neighborhoods with the green open spaces of West Marin. Inverness by Design offers a vivid portrait of how architecture, community, and conscience intertwined to create a distinctive "third space" between city and wilderness--and how that vision continues to shape California's understanding of place.


Number of Pages: 208
Dimensions: 1 x 10.3 x 8.3 IN
Publication Date: June 23, 2026
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