Architecture

For anyone who loves mid-century modernism, an Eichler house is irresistible. But passion for these bright 1950s-era homes soared after Walter Isaacson published his best-selling biography of Apple guru Steve Jobs. Seems that Jobs spent part of his childhood in a classic Eichler ranch with exposed beams and an open floor plan.

"I love it when you can bring really great design and simple capability to something that doesn't cost much," Jobs told Isaacson. "It was the original vision for Apple."

• Joseph Eichler, Real Estate Developer and Home Designer
• Steve Jobs' Modern Childhood Home May Have Incubated his Design Vision, in Inhabit
• Steve Jobs Grew Up in a Modernist Home, in Architizer
• Steve Jobs, Biography by Walter Isaacson (compare prices)