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Price on landmark Berkeley mid-century modern goes up, then down. Why?
When influential modernist architect Donald Olsen [https://ced.berkeley.edu/events-media/news/remembering-donald-olsen] set out to build his personal residence in the Berkeley hills in the 1950s, he created a mid-century marvel. The main floor is surrounded by glass and is cantilevered over the lower level, which has a carport and an art studio that was used by his wife, Helen. Done in Olsen's signature International Style, the effect is one of a floating glass box surrounded by trees, an…