Berkeley Rocks: Building With Nature

by Chester, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781580084864
• ISBN10: 1580084869
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-12
• Publisher: Random House Inc

Summary

The Berkeley hills offer great natural beauty and sensitive landscape design that skillfully incorporates the architecture into the natural environment. In the early 20th century, architects inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement worked to integrate the hills' large outcrops of rock (known to geologists as Northbrae rhyolite) into the city's development. At once a historical architectural reference and a captivating art book, BERKELEY ROCKS documents the unique harmony between Berkeley's distinctive geography, homes, and local ideals.Reviews"The book is indeed rife with gorgeous images, but it'?s also much more."-San Jose Mercury News and Oakland Tribune

Author Biography

JONATHAN CHESTER is one of the world’s leading polar adventurers and photographers. A fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, he works as a naturalist and historian on tourist excursions to the Antarctic, and has been lecturing on adventure, the Himalayas, and photography for over twenty years. He is the author of many books for both kids and adults, including A FOR ANTARCTICA and BUSY PENGUINS. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Land before humans	p. 13
Early Inhabitant	p. 29
Development in the Berkeley Hills	p. 41
Melding Architecture with the Rocks	p. 61
Landscaping with the Berkeley Rocks	p. 103
Landmark Rocks	p. 123
Climbing	p. 143
Finding the Rocks	p. 151
Resources	p. 155
Author's Note	p. 158
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