I grew up in an eichler, I guess that's why I have such a good eye for design :)

I wish I grew up in an Eichler. I grew up in a 200 year old house instead. Total opposite.

I'm so incredibly sick of everyone "mourning" over Steve Jobs. Yes, I own Apple products, but I didn't know this man personally so his death did not leave me filled with distress as it so obviously did everyone else on this planet. Goodness, I figured since I'm not on the tech site I'd be able to get away from all this Jobs obsession, but somehow we've managed to insert him into one of my favorite blogs. People die. We all will at some point. But I hate when we act so heartbroken over people we don't even know. I find it upsetting and super fake. There. I've said my piece.

mmm, someone sounds jealous or bitter. I bet you own a pc.

I understand that design doesn't play a huge part in your life TKPKgirl, but to those of us that cherish the gorgeous innovation of the mac product line, it is a huge loss to this society.

The mac, ipod, ipad, and iphone have changed my life. I'm very thankful that someone so passionate about pursuing usability and amazingly great design was on this earth to drive the creation of these products.

Many other companies would have / and do sacrifice the quality of these products to satisfy their bottom line instead of demanding perfection. He and the company stand out in this world of mediocrity.

Now I have said mine - peace.

I lived in Silicon Valley in the 70s - parents built a house in about 1968. Very much in the land of Jobs and Woz. Even saw the Apple headquarters being built. But I dare say that Apple products are more reliably and robustly built than the Eichlers. As hip as the Eichler designs are - and they are hip - they have headaches with the in-slab radiant heating, bad insulation, leaks, thin walls, fire threat - etc., etc. People today often forget part of the allure was that they were comparatively CHEAP. Perhaps you got more design than you paid for but definitely not more construction quality, from what I recall. I think Apple actually does better with the combo of design and affordability by not going so low with the prices that stability is sacrificed for style...Eichlers can be tough on the remod...

Eichler homes were inexpensive, tract housing. I have friends who spent a fortune insulating their Eichler. There was none.

I never thought that Eichler homes were initially cheap because they sell for millions today, but that makes perfect sense in the light of Steve
job's adoptive parents' circumstances. I know they were poor.

I grew up in an Eichler too. My parents still have it, and every time I go home to visit I dream of all the interior decorating I can do in it.

I was fortunate to have grown up in an Eichler house in Mandeville Canyon in Los Angeles. My folks bought it in 1956, and when my dad retired in the early 70's he sold it to Larry Flint, of all people. When I returned years later to visit, it had sadly been torn down. My dad worked for the company that created Naugahyde and I have fond memories of our Danish furniture w/ cushions upholstered in orange Naugahyde. I have been in one other Eichler house since and there remains something wonderful about the energy flow and light that those houses captured.

cheaper materials (hollow doors, no insulation, etc), but good design and good construction quality (doors square after 50 yrs). some roofs did have consistent problems stemming from their design.

ironically, this same house built today would be very expensive. generous use of redwood, architect design fees, the windows, updated building codes, skilled labor, etc.

Contrary to the information posted in this article, Steve Jobs' boyhood home was not an Eichler. Details in as story broken today by The Eichler Network. See http://bit.ly/AxTuz8