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A Step Up: A Six-Story Home Gets a Makeover

1980's manse. This home gets a makeover
by Reed Wright, Photographs by David Duncan Livingston
November 15, 2019
The siting of the house on a slope in the Santa Lucia Preserve maximizes the views and privacy.

A Carmel Valley Contemporary Home Offers Nested Living

by ANH-MINH LE. PHOTOGRAPHS BY MATTHEW MILLMAN
November 15, 2019
A Noe Valley house reimagined by architect Ross Levy, of Levy Art + Architecture in this craftsman home remodel

A Noe Valley Craftsman Goes Back to Nature

by LAURA MAUK, PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOE FLETCHER
November 15, 2019
San Giulio Island in the south end of Lake Orta.

A Design Connection in the Italian Lakes

by Zahid Sardar
November 15, 2019

How San Francisco Became a City Defined by its Piers

The NOAA fisheries research ship Bell M. Shimada at the Exploratorium.
by David Weinstein
November 15, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECT CRAIG STEELY’S 2,900-square-foot home design for a client in suburban Atherton.

Forward-Looking Architecture in the South Bay

by Zahid Sardar, Photographs by Darren Bradley
June 29, 2019
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3 Resorts Embracing Subtle Luxury

by Zahid Sardar
June 29, 2019
More Ulnes Architects Sonoma Guesthouse

An Equal Music: Wine Country Guesthouses

by Eva Hagberg Fisher, Photographs by Bruce Damonte
June 29, 2019
Interior designer Eche Martinez’s creates a contemporary space showcasing the client's art collection.

The Art Collector's House

by Reed Wright, Photographs by David Duncan Livingston
June 29, 2019

Field Architecture and Surfacedesign Collaborate on this Dreamy St. Helena Garden

Stylish St. Helena garden
by Reed Wright, Photographs by Marion Brenner
June 29, 2019
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Instagram post 2246862942599903938_4430677367 “There’s a sense of wanting to bring back the elemental, the wild,” says designer Kevin Hackett, whose firm Síol Studios recently joined forces with architect Ross Levy to transform a modest bungalow on a down-sloping lot in San Francisco’s Noe Valley into a light-filled three-story home that’s woven into its valley landscape. “I think we crave nature more than ever because we’re not connecting to it as much,” Hackett says. He selected redwood for the built-in benches on the rooftop deck, where there’s a red cedar hot tub, a concrete fire pit and bluestone pavers. The plantings were selected and installed by Danielle Coulter, of Collecting Flowers. For more photos and the full story click the link in our bio. 🖊: @lauramauk. 📸: @joefletcherphoto.
Instagram post 2246860817446625544_4430677367 This table features a satin-finished aluminum cast base (shown here in matte gold), polished lacquered wood under top and marble or semiprecious stone top in natural agate, purple amethyst or green onyx (shown here). The base is also available in bronze or silver colors. Available at Visionnaire Home.
Instagram post 2241638946707058529_4430677367 DeWitt sensed that only a master architect could have designed the single-story 4,100-square-foot peak-roofed house. How else to explain its flawless siting and soaring light-filled interiors? Not to mention its individualistic blackened brass hood above a baronial fireplace. Even its carport in the west-facing entrance court had an uncommon elegance. For more photos and the full story, click the link in our bio. Creative director: Chad DeWitt of @framestudio__. 📸: @adamrousephoto.
Instagram post 2241637802190418852_4430677367 Table by Marcel Wanders for Roche Bobois is made from solid wood or from fiberglass and lacquered polyester resin in various finishes. Available in acacia wood and oak wood (as shown) at Roche Bobois.
Instagram post 2238140438657895426_4430677367 Wood tones and neutral hues populate the inside, but it’s notable that no trees were removed to accommodate Winged Retreat. “I love that dialogue between a mature, natural phenomenon and a new, modern home,” Aidlin says. Surveying the setting, he likens the oaks on the grounds to sculptures; for him, this project exemplifies “how architecture and landscape can complement each other and become a beautiful nesting environment for humans.” The powder room walls are covered in an automotive paint in a deep-orange hue with a bit of speckle to it. For more photos and the full story click the link in our bio. 📸: @matthewmillmanphoto. 🖊: @anh_minh.
Instagram post 2238131464365851768_4430677367 Daniel Piechota’s first commercial buildings designed under the banner of his new San Francisco architecture firm — wine production buildings and a matching satellite structure with tasting room and banquet spaces, for Silver Oak winery in the Alexander Valley — are essentially country barns. Built last year in the middle of vineyards near Healdsburg, they stand out like a child’s drawing of an archetypal house against the vines. For more info and photos of the project, click the link in our bio. 📸: @joefletcherphoto. Interior decorator: Laurel Harrington. Contractor: @cellomaudru.
Instagram post 2235855459215420620_4430677367 Blue-and-white-clad usherettes “schooled in the ways of feminine tact” no longer greet filmgoers at the Castro Theatre, as the San Francisco Chronicle reported they did in 1922. But few movie theaters retain the feel of their opening days as well as this Spanish-baroque beauty that helps define the neighborhood. Both facade and interior are largely intact, it’s still single-screen, it still shows movies every day, and almost all the detailing remains original, including tile work and a ceiling resembling “some richly ornamental and costly fabric,” in the Chronicle’s words. For more photos and the full story, click the link in our bio. 🖊: David Weinstein. 📸: @stevekepple.
Instagram post 2235852169907928768_4430677367 “There’s a sense of wanting to bring back the elemental, the wild,” says designer Kevin Hackett, whose firm Síol Studios recently joined forces with architect Ross Levy to transform a modest bungalow on a down-sloping lot in San Francisco’s Noe Valley into a light-filled three-story home that’s woven into its valley landscape. “I think we crave nature more than ever because we’re not connecting to it as much,” Hackett says. Hackett suspended Autoban’s Octopus chandelier above a black honed granite tub in the master bathroom, where cement tile, called Cigar Shop by Cle, provides a graphic aesthetic. A sculptural concrete sink by Concreteworks offsets the warm materiality of the walnut vanity. For more photos and the full story, click the link in our bio. 🖊: @lauramauk. 📸: @joefletcherphoto.
Instagram post 2232956100689529854_4430677367 Made by Norm Architects for Design Within Reach, it features a solid wood base with upholstery options in either Kalahari leather or fabric (as shown).
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