Early Daniel Solomon Berkeley home lists for $1.349 million

A 1973 Berkeley house designed by Daniel Solomon has hit the market for $1,349,000. The listing spotlights an early work by the architect who later co-founded the Congress for the New Urbanism and adds to the historic Buena Vista Way streetscape.

Why it matters: - The sale puts an early Daniel Solomon design on the market in one of Berkeley’s most architecturally notable hillside neighborhoods. - The house connects an entry-level residential listing with a later national planning figure whose work shaped Berkeley and beyond. - The property also sits on Buena Vista Way, a street with rare historic layering from different eras of Berkeley design.

What happened: - Megan Micco of Compass listed 2877 Buena Vista Way on Oct. 7, 2026, for $1,349,000. - The Bay Area Modernist house was designed in 1973 by Daniel Solomon, then a young architect teaching at UC Berkeley. - Solomon later became one of six founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism in 1993. - Solomon’s firm later designed Oxford Plaza in downtown Berkeley.

The details: - The home has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,487 square feet on a sloping lot. - Bedrooms and an adjoining deck sit at the entry level, along with the bathrooms. - The main living spaces are one level below. - The living room ceiling rises more than 17 feet. - Built-in benches sit in recesses along two walls, with long shelves above. - Glass doors open to a deck, and a fireplace sits near the doors. - A low cabinet separates the dining and seating areas while keeping the rooms visually open. - The galley kitchen includes a long west-facing window above the counter. - Large west-facing living room windows frame panoramic Bay views. - A stairway off the kitchen leads to a garden with mature fruit trees and hummingbirds. - The owner calls the nightly view “The Big Show,” Micco said. - The west-facing windows and doors catch sunset first, then the San Francisco and Marin County city lights. - In fall and spring, the sun sets in line with the Golden Gate Bridge, Micco said. - Micco said the house has an unimpeded, direct angle to the Pacific Ocean, which is rare for Berkeley hillside homes.

Between the lines: - Buena Vista Way sits within La Loma Park, an estate subdivided into building lots in 1900. - Bernard Maybeck owned several parcels on the street, sold lots to friends and clients, and designed houses there. - The street includes the Hume Cloister, a Berkeley landmark based on a French cloister, and the Temple of Wings, built around classical columns. - Each landmark was built for a different owner in a different decade, and 2877 Buena Vista Way adds a 1973 chapter to the street’s architectural timeline. - Solomon was born in San Francisco in 1939 and earned a Master of Architecture from UC Berkeley in 1966. - He joined the UC Berkeley architecture faculty that year and taught until 2000. - His later projects include the Pacific Heights Townhouses in San Francisco, completed in 1978, and Oxford Plaza, completed in 2009. - Oxford Plaza includes 97 subsidized homes near BART, the university and the library. - Solomon received the Seaside Prize in 1998 and the AIA California Council’s Maybeck Award in 2004.

What’s next: - The home will draw buyers looking for modernist architecture, Berkeley history and Bay views in a single property. - The listing adds another test of demand for architect-designed homes in Berkeley’s hillside market.

The bottom line: - 2877 Buena Vista Way is not just a house for sale. It is an early Daniel Solomon work in a street defined by Berkeley architectural history.