Work in progress on the zinc paneled roof of the walkway canopy. Getting the curved form means folding the panel joint carefully to shed water. Later we'll kick-start the patina to this roof will look like the roofs in Paris - without the wait.
Now that the new bronze gate by @hfgardendesign is installed, the entry sequence makes sense. Our sinusoidal canopy provides cover across the edge of the courtyard to the main entry door. What a way to arrive home (and keep the deer out of the garden).
Loving the way this stair wraps around an open core on the way up to the sky. Between solid corner landings there will be glass treads to allow more light to filter down 3 floors to the ground. We punctured the walls of this stair tower so that it acts more like a skylight.
Owl House
When our clients bought this 1939 house it was in mostly original condition, and saw its potential to develop as a long-term home for themselves and their two elementary-school aged sons. The house needed everything, but they were able to clean it up just enough to inhabit during the long design and entitlement process. It occupies a unique location within the city, high up, with a heavily wooded site across the street to the south, astonishing views to the north, and peek-a-boo views from the stairs to the Pacific Ocean.
We gutted the building: The entry foyer and stair, which had been outdoors, were enclosed and made part of the house. The center of the house on the main floor was opened up with a skylight spanning its entire width, making the arrival point at the top of the stairs into a light-filled hub between the public and private spaces of the home. There was plenty of space above the ceilings of the dining and living rooms to make them tall, integrating the gable roofs inside. A small top-floor master suite, possibly original to the home, was expanded vertically with a new roof to capture views to the north. The lower level was gutted and excavated to build a family room and make a natural connection to the yard behind…which is now growing into a garden-in-progress.
Location: San Francisco, California.
Architect: @karinpayson_ad
Structural Engineer: @ftfengineering
General Contractor: @jlnbuilders
Photography: @mikikokikuyama
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#architecture #residential #sanfrancisco #california #interiors
Owl House
When our clients bought this 1939 house it was in mostly original condition, and saw its potential to develop as a long-term home for themselves and their two elementary-school aged sons. The house needed everything, but they were able to clean it up just enough to inhabit during the long design and entitlement process. It occupies a unique location within the city, high up, with a heavily wooded site across the street to the south, astonishing views to the north, and peek-a-boo views from the stairs to the Pacific Ocean.
We gutted the building: The entry foyer and stair, which had been outdoors, were enclosed and made part of the house. The center of the house on the main floor was opened up with a skylight spanning its entire width, making the arrival point at the top of the stairs into a light-filled hub between the public and private spaces of the home. There was plenty of space above the ceilings of the dining and living rooms to make them tall, integrating the gable roofs inside. A small top-floor master suite, possibly original to the home, was expanded vertically with a new roof to capture views to the north. The lower level was gutted and excavated to build a family room and make a natural connection to the yard behind…which is now growing into a garden-in-progress.
Location: San Francisco, California.
Architect: @karinpayson_ad
Structural Engineer: @ftfengineering
General Contractor: @jlnbuilders
Photography: @mikikokikuyama
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#architecture #residential #sanfrancisco #california #interiors
This project is an essay in curvature. Taking our cue from the existing roof forms and activating it with a progressive mathematical sequence named for ‘Fibonacci’ (Leonardo of Pisa). This one is designed to flow.
This update of our curvaceous canopy in progress. It tells a lot more of the story when you can see the cedar rafters in place. Gorgeous steel and wood craftsmanship by the team @dotto_company 🤩
