Meet Palo Verde's Eichlers

Here, in Palo Alto, longtime traditions and bigger-than-life figures left their mark

Classic California Couples

Mid-century artists who doubled down as partners in love and lifework

Return to the Plastic Age

From Tupperware to transistor radios—plastic as a mid-century craze gone crazy

Dig Those Atrium Gardens!

Design tips and prime plants for landscaping your home's heavenly core

Home Improvement

Winning Kitchens: Finalists
Get inspired by our top-10 kitchen contest finalists—creative, functional and oh-so-modern
Eichler Electrical Conduits
Buried trouble and challenges: subsurface Eichler atrium conduit dies a lingering death
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Neighborhoods

Greenridge - Castro Valley
Little-known yet in the 'middle of everywhere,' these Eichlers light up the East Bay hills with community feeling
What's Become of the Holy Grail?
The first architect-designed Eichlers, Sunnyvale Manor Addition languishes today with no historic plaque or neighborhood connection
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Lifestyle

Architecture in Fabric
Bay Area textile artist Ealish Wilson painstakingly mixes digital and traditional techniques for a unique, new look
Bible of the West
How Sunset magazine won over everyday Californians with images of mid-century modern and guidance that lifted their lives
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