Joseph Esherick (architect)

The style of the house with a huge gabled roof and large glass walls is stunningly modern.

In 1946, Rebecca earned her architectural license and worked for her husband on a variety of projects while raising their three children.

[6] In 1959, Esherick was the co-founder, along with William Wurster and Vernon DeMars, of Berkeley's influential College of Environmental Design (CED).

The CED encompassed disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, environmental planning and city planning, and served as a nexus for figures like Christopher Alexander, Catherine Bauer, Galen Cranz, Donlyn Lyndon, Roger Montgomery, Charles Moore, and William Wilson Wurster.

In 1972, Esherick reorganized his office, turning away from houses to more commercial and academic work, with three longtime associates George Homsey, Peter Dodge and Chuck Davis to form Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis, the winner of the 1986 Architecture Firm Award.

Escherick Sea Ranch house (1966) looking west from street.
View of Esherick Sea Ranch house (1966) from the street looking northwest.
Sea Ranch house designed, and previously owned by Joseph Esherick, 1966.