Résumé

Draftsman, Carrère and Hastings, Architects, New York, NY.

Draftsman, A. Page Brown, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1890-1894.

Principal, Bernard R. Maybeck Architect, Berkeley, CA, 1894- . In 1903, Maybeck maintained his office at 307 Sansome Street in San Francisco. (See Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory, 1903, p. 2001.)

Partner, Maybeck, Howard and White, Architects, San Francisco, CA, -1909, 1921.

Partner, Maybeck and White, Architects, San Francisco, CA, c. 1914-1918, 1930s. From at least 1916 until 1920, Maybeck and White operated in the Lick Building in San Francisco, CA. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1916, p. 2068 and San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1920, p. 1676.)

Teaching

Instructor, Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, San Francisco, CA;

Instructor, Descriptive Geometry, University of California, Department of Industrial and Decorative Art, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, c. 1897; while and Instructor at Berkeley, Maybeck facilitated the campus redesign project bankrolled by Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919), mother of newspaper mogul, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951). This program predated the more formalized architectural program set up by John Galen Howard (1864-1931) after 1903.

Professional Awards

Recipient, American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal, 1951; this award was the institute's highest individual prize.

College

Dipl., École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1882-1886. Maybeck studied in the atelier of Louis-Jules André (born 06/24/1819 - d/. 01/30/1890), who himself was a disciple of the architectural innovator with iron, Henri Labrouste (1801-1875).

Relocation

Bernard R. Maybeck was born in Brooklyn, NY, to German parents.

He died in Berkeley, CA, at the age of 95.

Parents

His mother's maiden name was Kern.

Spouse

Maybeck married Annie White (b. 06/22/1867 in MO- d. 04/22/1956 in Berkeley, CA).

Biographical Notes

Bernard Maybeck joined the elite Bohemian Club on 11/10/1904. (SeeThe Bohemian Club San Francisco, Certificate of Incorporation, Constitution, By-Laws and Rules, Officers, Committees, and Members, [San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1907], p. 100.)

Eight of Maybeck's buildings have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, as of 03/02/2006; the Los Angeles Times noted of Maybeck in its "Californians" column of 05/08/1904: "Bernard Maybeck of Berkeley, popular as a clubman and architect in the bay cities, has come out as an enthusiastic advocate of the 'the simple life.'" (See "Californians" Los Angeles Times, 05/04/1904, p. A5.)

• Berkeley, CA (Architect's Death)
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• New York, NY (Architect's Birth)
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