Caroline is a recent graduate from UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design, and a contributing writer for dwell.com

Erika Heet has been working in publishing for more than 20 years, including years spent as a senior editor at Architectural Digest and Robb Report. She has written for Architectural Digest, Robb Report, Interiors, Bon Appétit, Sierra Magazine, and The Berkeley Fiction Review. She recently wrote the foreword to New Tropical Classics: Hawaiian Homes by Shay Zak. She lives in a Topanga cabin with her artist husband and two children.

Cass Calder Smith established the architectural firm that bears his name in 1990. Born in 1961, Smith earned his Bachelor and Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. Firmly based in the modernist idiom, Smith draws inspiration from history’s great architects and cities as well as the epic filmmakers of the last century. Bold imagery and intricate detail are characteristic of his designs balanced with experience and common sense.

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Victoria is currently finishing her last year as an English major at the University of California, Berkeley. Outside of fulfilling her duties as Dwell's digital intern, she can usually be found practicing yoga, going on gastronomic adventures, playing with her dog, or appreciating Michael Cera films.

Though architect Henry Hill (1913-1984) was born in England, he grew up in Berkeley, California, and made his lasting architectural mark in the Bay Area. The San Francisco Chronicle has described his aesthetic as "International Style meets California Redwood," and this emphasis on the fusion of European modernism and a reverence for the rustic landscape of Northern California is right on the money--an apt description of the woodsy brand of modernism that has come to be known as the Second Bay Tradition. He studied at UC Berkeley, and then at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, then went to work for John Elkin Dinwiddie. By the late 40s Hill was working on his own, after a stint with Eric Mendelsohn. Over the course of his career he designed as many as 500 houses around the Bay Area as well as stores, commercial buildings and others.

Touring Zurich with the charismatic Argentina-born designer Alfredo Häberli was, reports Berkeley-based writer Andy Isaacson, like witnessing the city through the eye of a Latin aesthete: "Häberli described many things in terms of sexiness. The design of Zurich's benches, he'd say, wasn't that sexy. The Swiss tendency for overplanning also wasn't sexy. A long commute to work? Not sexy. I've never heard someone qualify a commute by it's sex appeal."

Timothy Lesle is an independent multimedia journalist living in San Francisco. Tim tends to look for stories that involve people, science, and the environment. But that’s a jumping-off point: to money and business, technology, architecture and design, resource extraction, the movement of people, politics. He has reported in China and India; done geological work in the Rockies, the Southwest, New England, Alaska, and Latin America; and grew up in the U.S. Air Force. His undergraduate degree is in earth sciences from Dartmouth College, and he has a master’s degree from Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. His work has appeared in FRONTLINE/World, California Magazine, Dwell, and The New York Times Magazine. He has helped train journalists in video, photo, and audio recording and editing, web design, and online storytelling at the Knight Digital Media Center workshops. He has also worked as an editor and graphic designer.

https://iwamotoscott.com IwamotoScott is an award winning San Francisco based architecture and design firm led by Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott. IwamotoScott are recognized both nationally and internationally for their progressive, design-intensive work, including projects across a wide range of scales from installations to urban design. The work has been featured in hundreds of publications, exhibited in over fifty exhibitions around the globe, and has received over eighty design awards and honors. Since founding IwamotoScott, the two partners have also taught in leading architectural design programs. Iwamoto is currently Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley, and Scott is Professor of Architecture at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

Elise Craig is a freelance writer in the San Francisco Bay Area covering technology, innovation and startup culture. Elise has worked as a news producer on the breaking news desk of the Washington Post and as an assistant research editor at Wired magazine. Elise earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Georgetown University in 2006, and a master’s of journalism from the University of California at Berkeley in 2010.

Peter Alfred Hess has been an avid Bay Area photographer since 2007. Much of his work has featured a particular engagement with the built environment, and after attending UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design, that interest formally shifted toward architectural photography.

Damien Maloney was born in Texas, grew up in Phoenix and currently lives in Berkeley.

Andreas lives in Berkeley and is a registered landscape architect in the state of California. He is the founder of XS LAND and teaches at Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Vermont. He is also the co-founder of ChickenCribs.com, home of the modern, self-assembly urban coop. He is interested in involving the mobile studio in grassroots design efforts and continuing to experiment with small scale dwelling and working units. He can be contacted at andreas@xs-land.com

Mitchell Holladay Architects is led by Lillian Mitchell, AIA, LEED AP, and is based in Berkeley, CA.

Juliet Hsu is a visionary architect with diverse interests and applications. From large-scale urbanism and architecture, interior design and furniture, to 3D printing and jewelry design, Hsu expresses her unique approach and process through various mediums. Her design and creation of the first rammed-earth residence in Mountain View, CA, demonstrates Hsu’s passion for mixing sustainability, technology and architecture. Atelier Hsu was formed to pursue those passions. Hsu earned a Master of Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.

Fu-Tung Cheng is founder and principal of CHENG Design. Established in 1986, the acclaimed custom home and commercial-product design firm is based in Berkeley, CA. His eponymous work spawned the development of two complementary businesses; CHENG Products and CHENG Concrete in 1998 and 2004. Born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles as the youngest in a family of passionate artists, Fu-Tung graduated from University of California at Berkeley in Fine Arts and is now an award-winning designer and best-selling author, internationally known for his sophisticated residential designs and innovative use of materials in the home.

HDR Remodeling is an award-winning, full-service residential design-build contractor located in Berkeley, California. We specialize in a variety of projects ranging from kitchen and bath remodels to full home remodels and accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Our goal is to help our clients maximize the value and enjoyment of their homes. Our team partners with the best local vendors and craftsmen to make your dream remodel a reality.

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, James Cutler earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master’s in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, then earned a second Master’s Degree from the Louis I. Kahn Studio Program (1974). Since 1977, he has been principal of his own design firm, Cutler Anderson Architects (formerly James Cutler Architects), on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The firm of fourteen has received six National Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects and over 50 national and regional design awards. Frequently a juror for design competitions, James has taught architectural design courses for Dartmouth College, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Universities of California at Berkeley, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Washington, Oregon and Middlebury College. In 2015, Jim was inducted as a National Academician to the National Academy Museum & School in New York City. He is honored to join fellow members Maya Lin, I.M. Pei, Richard Meier, Frank Gehry and many more.

Luanne Sanders Bradley is a San Francisco-based design and architecture writer. She is a community contributor to dwell.com and is co-writing a play about a Bay Area icon who left a lasting impression on the skyline. A former West Coast Editor of Ecosalon.com writing and editing blogs about sustainable design and mindful living, Luanne has covered groundbreaking trends in urban development and planning including contributing an in-depth series for Dwell on the history of sustainable architecture and strides in the industry, interviewing William McDonough of Cradle+Cradle and other visionaries implementing energy saving projects worldwide. Recently, she was appointed board member of the Berkeley City Club Conservancy, helping to promote the "little castle" and legacy of its brilliant designer, Julia Morgan. Luanne divides her time between heavenly Half Moon Bay and downtown San Francisco and has two artistic daughters in school on the East Coast, two delightful boy dogs, an amazing husband and partner and is sometimes succeeding in the goal of re-learning the maddening game of golf.

Sarah was born in suburban Detroit, Michigan. She has a degree from Brown University in Biology and Visual Arts and a Masters in Architecture from UC Berkeley. She started her architecture practice in 2004. She has spent her entire life racing sailboats and enjoys San Francisco Bay very much.

Diego Pacheco Design Practice is a San Francisco-based architectural design firm, specializing in high-end residential work. Diego was born in Colombia, and studied architecture in Berkeley, Barcelona and London before receiving his Masters of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. Over the course of his career, Diego has worked on architectural projects across the country, several of which have been featured in Elle Décor, California Home & Design, and Dwell Magazine. Diego began his career at Karl G. Smith Associates, followed by tenure at Gemmill Design, Aidlin Darling Design and MAK Studio, prior to starting his own firm in 2012. Diego’s design work is informed by a close collaboration with the client, and strives to achieve crisp simplicity and graceful elegance.

Expert in Contemporary and Modern Design - Free 1 Hour Video Consult Knocknock is a kitchen and bath design company. Our work is a unique blend of European minimalist aesthetics, and a personalized, one-on-one approach to design with a superior level of customer service. Services Provided 3D Rendering, Bathroom Design, Design Consultation, Drafting, Floor Plans, Green Building, Handicap-Accessible Design, Kitchen Design, Laundry Room Design, Mudroom Design, Pantry Design, Sustainable Design, Bathroom Remodeling, Kitchen Remodeling Areas Served Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Castro Valley, Concord, East Richmond Heights, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Hayward, Lafayette, Moraga, Oakland, Orinda, Piedmont, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Francisco, San Leandro, Walnut Creek Awards •Best of Houzz, Service, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015 •Best of Oakland Kitchen and Bath Design, 2016