CITYSPACE^® Studios^®:
Step Up Housing

Under Construction (May 2025)
1367 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702

Small rooms or dwellings set the mind on the right path, large ones cause it to go astray.

- Leonardo da Vinci

CITYSPACE^® 2555:
Calhaus

Under Construction (July 2025)
2555 College Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

CITYSPACE^® 1752:
The Northside

Under Construction (July 2026)
1752 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94709

Find optimism in the inevitable.

- Rem Koolhaas

CITYSPACE^® 2274 Shattuck

(Est Jan 2028)
2274 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704

You can't rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put them there.

- Jane Jacobs

CITYSPACE^® 2712 Telegraph

(Est Apr 2027)
2712 Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705

Each new situation requires a new architecture.

- Jean Nouvel

CITYSPACE^® 1685 Shattuck

(Est Aug 2028)
1685 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705

Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.

- Charles Eames

CITYSPACE^® 333:
City Gardens

(2020)
333 12th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Good design is a great combination of common sense, unusual imagination, clarity of purpose, aesthetic insight and a deep reverence for the love of life.

- Millard Sheets

CITYSPACE^® 1321:
The Panoramic
(2015)

1321 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

The role of the architect, or designer, is that of a very good thoughtful host, all of whose energy goes into trying to anticipate the needs of his guests.

- Charles Eames

CITYSPACE^® 2539:
The Panoramic

(2019)
2539 Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705

Berkeley needs a visual representation of its own modernity; Telegraph Avenue needs a bold expression of optimism.

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CITYSPACE^® 2711:
Shattuck Studios
(2018)

2711 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705

The acceptance of certain realities doesn't preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.

- Rem Koolhaas

CITYSPACE^® 351:
Folsom Studios

(Approved Sept. 2020)
351 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That's its role.

- Dieter Rams

CITYSPACE^® MicroPAD^®:
Essential Housing

Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design.

- Dieter Rams

Fine Arts
(2004)

2110 Haste Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

1. "Good design is innovative."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

The Berkeleyan
(1998)

1910 Oxford Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

2. "Good design makes a product useful."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

GAIA
(2001)

2116 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

3. "Good design is aesthetic.”

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

Bachenheimer
(2004)

2119 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

4. "Good design makes a product understandable.”

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

Henry Court
(1990)

1509 Henry Street
Berkeley, CA 94709

5. "Good design is unobtrusive.”

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

Acton Courtyard
(2004)

1370 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

6. "Good design is honest."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

ARTech
(2002)

2002 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

7. "Good design is long-lasting."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

CITYSPACE^® 38:
Harriet
(2013)

38 Harriet Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

8. "Good design is thorough down to the last detail.”

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

Touriel
(2004)

2004 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

9. "Good design is environmentally friendly."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

Shattuck Lofts
(1995)

1849 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709

10. "Good design is as little design as possible."

- Dieter Rams
10 Principles of Good Design

2130 Center
(2009)

2130 Center Street
Berkeley, CA 94704

“More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time—if they're allowed to.”

- Stewart Brand

UC Storage
(2006)

2721 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705

“That’s the whole meaning of life…isn’t it? Trying to find a place to put your stuff…”

- George Carlin