The design for the Caterpillar House, sited on the softly rolling hills of the Santa Lucia Preserve, sought to accentuate a connection to the land. Having lived in a Cliff May home, the client came to the project with a love of modern ranch houses and looking for an environmentally-conscious response to a beautiful site. The Caterpillar House implements sustainable elements while exploring a contemporary version of the ranch ideals: massing that is low and horizontal, an open plan with a strong connection between indoor and outdoor spaces, and main living areas that center informally on the kitchen.
Easton Residence is a modern departure from 1920s California Spanish architectural grandeur. Its original romantic charm is transformed with modern design. The design blends previous expansions with a sleek reconfiguration of the house for contemporary living. It has a modern take on characteristic stucco walls, low-pitched clay tile roofs, sweeping arches, and wrought-iron railings.
All good design, good architecture, relates to its environs; as well as the program or function of the space. SPOONFED is located in a new modern building so first and foremost that informed the design as we strove to create a clean, almost minimal feel with playful bursts of vibrant color. The other main inspiration is owner Sean Loeffel’s robust zest for life and hospitality. His personality and vision emanates throughout the space and dining experience. Who Sean is inspired everything, from the color palette to the materiality to the spatial flow to the detailing.
Article source: Zack/De Vito Architecture + Construction
Innovative Design in the Heart of Noe Valley
Vacant parcels of land that offer a clean slate for development are rarely available in San Francisco, and almost unheard of in Noe Valley. Committed to finding opportunities to design and build in one of the most popular neighborhoods in the city, the development team of Zack de Vito Architecture + Construction have proven that vision and creativity can address this challenge.
Inspired by a standard city RH-2 parcel with a modest cottage positioned at the back of the lot on the popular Church Street corridor, this talented team immediately recognized the potential. While lot coverage of this sort cannot be created on vacant land, this existing dwelling was ripe for change. The large flat front yard offered a footprint for a new structure. And by working imaginatively within the envelope of the existing structure, these designers could create two stunning urban homes in the heart of the City.
The Center for Early Education, designed by Johnson Favaro, has completed its first new building – phase I – and broken ground on its second new building – phase II – after almost two years into a 3 ½ year comprehensive redevelopment of its 2 ½ acre campus in West Hollywood, CA. The two new buildings will replace two existing buildings in various locations on campus as well as adjacent recently purchased commercial and residential properties.
LendingHome’s new four-floor, 46,319-square-foot San Francisco headquarters, designed by Blitz, centers around the themes of team collaboration and culture to embody the company’s core principles of “simple, human, and delightful” lending. The workspace reflects the company’s seamless, transparent online mortgage process through a clear, sidewalk-like circulation floor plan and simple spatial organization. Spaces are influenced by a spectrum of urban sites, ranging from public monuments and parks, to domestic neighborhoods and backyards. The office subtly creates distinct zones for each department without needing enclosed structures. The all-hands space serves as a presentation area and work café, creating a cultural hub and destination point for casual meetings or impromptu gatherings. An existing staircase, connecting the two upper-office floors, has been branded with LendingHome’s signature yellow to energize the interiors with a dynamic display of color and texture.
Upon entering this dynamic space, one’s mind might not immediately jump to the quaint yet historic past embedded into the bones of this Battery St. location. In fact, if not for the humble design elements of Douglas fir beams, high ceilings, and stall like enclosures, there would be no indication of its original purpose. Named for its former usage, The Stable boasts not only a visually compelling layout of open conference rooms ‑reminiscent of the ones that historically housed equine in the original 1909 Bricca Stables- but contrasts of rough and sleek, both formal and informal in its modest yet deliberate design.
Offering spectacular Bay Bridge views, this two-level loft was an uninspired white box chopped up into many small rooms. Having worked with the owners on another home in the Carmel Valley, the designers wanted to bring a similar warm, modern and spacious character to this loft that celebrates the view while offering two-bedroom suites for overnight guests.
The residence is located at the end of a cul-de-sac on a promontory elevated above legendary Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. It was originally built in 1961 and the renovation and addition was to reflect the mid-century-style architecture o that time.
This single-family home, designed by Brian Wickersham and his firm, AUX Architecture, was designed to meet the economic demands of maximizing square footage while preserving indoor-outdoor living. A roof garden provides additional outdoor space that was otherwise displaced by the building footprint.
The material shift of white stucco against gray Equitone fiber cement board panels is intended to read as if the gray mass is being cut away to reveal the museum quality white interior – like a box with incisions made into it. A balcony off the master bathroom is the perfect example.
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