Studio Building, Historical building in Berkeley, United States

The Studio Building is a five-story masonry building at 2045 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, with a tiled mansard roof and rounded window bays on the upper floors. Its ground-floor bays, built as shop fronts, originally formed a series of alternating rounded and pointed arches, some since covered. The name is set into the tile floor at the entrance beside an artist's palette image by Edwin Deakin.

The Studio Building was built in 1905 by Frederick H. Dakin for his real estate investment company, probably designed by Clarence Dakin. It was the tallest building in downtown Berkeley at the time. By Dakin's death in 1917 it was called the Berkeley Hotel. It was restored in the late 1970s and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The building's name is set into the tile floor at the entrance, beside an artist's palette image made by Frederick Dakin's brother, the artist Edwin Deakin. The top floor held artists' studios and a gallery, and in 1907 it housed Frederick Meyer's School of the California Guild of the Arts and Crafts, which became the California College of the Arts. A school of performing arts opened there in 1910.

The building is located in an accessible area of Berkeley and can be viewed from the street, though interior access may be limited. It is worth exploring the neighborhood to discover the many other artist buildings and residences from the same period.

The name "Studio Building" is set into the tile floor at the entrance beside an artist's palette image made by Frederick Dakin's brother, the artist Edwin Deakin. The top floor held artists' studios and a gallery, and in 1907 it housed the School of the California Guild of the Arts and Crafts, founded by Frederick Meyer, which became the California College of the Arts.