The Berkeley hills offer great natural beauty and sensitive landscape design that skillfully incorporates the architecture into the natural environment. In the early 20th century, architects inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement worked to integrate the hills" large outcrops of rock (known to geologists as Northbrae rhyolite) into the city"s development. At once a historical architectural reference and a captivating art book, BERKELEY ROCKS documents the unique harmony between Berkeley"s distinctive geography, homes, and local ideals.Reviews"The book is indeed rife with gorgeous images, but it"¬?s also much more."-San Jose Mercury News and Oakland Tribune