In San Francisco, Marina style homes were marketed by developers as a way to lure new home buyers with the promise of a big house at a low price point. The two story structures often had unimproved first floors. The idea was that an owner could live on the second floor, and easily convert the […]
This mid-century modern home renovation in the Berkeley Hills features enhanced indoor-outdoor living, updated finishes, a structural upgrade, increased energy efficiency, and enhanced daylight. A new landscape courtyard (previously a pool area) creates a wind sheltered space for entertaining and gardening. The original concrete masonry fireplace was restored, and the existing floating concrete hearth was […]
Previously the home of the American figurative painter Joan Brown, this San Francisco Eichler home at the top of Diamond Heights was purchased by one of our long term clients who asked us to provide a new vision for the house that could be implemented in phases. The house was suffering from a lack of […]
This Palo Alto 1970’s Eichler house remodel falls squarely into the ‘minimal modern meets disco’ camp. The project took focus as a result of the collaboration between architect, interior decorator and a supremely passionate owner. A former television producer, the owner had recently moved from Toronto with her husband (VP Linked In) and 4 small […]
The only thing we didn’t touch on this San Francisco home was the original historic Edwardian facade. The house was converted from 2 BR/1.5BA to 4BR/ 3.5BA by adding space at the Garden level, and annexing part of the existing attic for a kids bedroom. […]
A classic Eichler in a neighborhood of classic Eichlers, this house was in a state of extreme disrepair when the owner purchased it, but everything was original. In other words, it hadn’t been screwed up but it needed a top to bottom overhaul and facelift. […]
Our clients approached us with a challenge to re envision the communal spaces of their existing home located on a busy, urban street in the outer Mission neighborhood of San Francisco. The building consists of a street level Garage, second floor in law unit, and a 2-story flat on the 3rd and 4th floors. […]
40′ highboy shipping container turned into a cozy hunting cabin. […]
Ground up office building and interiors for branding firm Damore Johann. We were inspired by the idea of creating an office building that had the intimacy and feel of a house. We started with a simple gabled roof form, and blended this shape with a rectangular, flat roof volume at the rear of the building […]
We’ve always wanted to try our hand at renovating a classic San Francisco Victorian home, but adding modern touches on the way. When the owner of this home approached us, he challenged our team to come up with a unique personal aesthetic that would allow both modern and traditional sensibilities to co- exist in harmony. […]
Nestled on a secluded property in the Berkeley Hills, this mid-century modern house was originally designed by Ratcliff, Slama & Catwalader for Robert Scalapino, a UC Berkeley emeritus professor of Political Science (d. 1990) and founding director of the Institute of East Asian Studies. Our client purchased the home in 2012 and commissioned YAMAMAR to […]