Second Bay Tradition facts for kids

The Second Bay Tradition (also called the Second Bay Area Tradition) was a special way of designing buildings. It was popular from 1928 to 1942. This style started in San Francisco and the larger Bay Area in California.

People sometimes called it "redwood post and beam." This is because it often used redwood wood in its design. The style looked natural and woodsy, like it belonged in the forest. But it also had smooth, modern lines and a clean, machine-like look.

This building style was connected to a bigger movement called European Modernism. Some famous architects who used this style were Gardner Dailey, William Merchant, Henry Hill, and William Wurster. You can find many of their original drawings and plans for these buildings at the Environmental Design Archives at the University of California, Berkeley.