About Butler Armsden Architects
Since our founding in 1985, Butler Armsden Architects has carefully assembled a varied portfolio of primarily residential work. Each project conveys the uniqueness that comes from an architecture which shares our client’s vision.
We believe each project is created for an individual on a single site in a single time, and that the solution is specific to that partnership. We bring a variety of methods into the process including renderings, models, virtual reality and reams of sketches. We truly enjoy the process of working with others to come up with the best answer to a design challenge, and greatly value the collaborations with our clients.
Our firm is based in San Francisco, and most of our work is in the City or in the surrounding Bay Area counties. We find ourselves engaging with art, culture, technology and nature with virtually every project. We always seek to learn from the wonderful California landscape that provides such a fertile basis for design, but equally value the rapidly changing aspects of the state, where never ending streams of new ideas challenge us daily.
LOCATION: San Francisco, California
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An unusual two-lot property in Stinson Beach is the site of a dramatic horizontal architectural composition that is subtle from the street but opens into view-filled pavilions towards the lagoon and coast range.
Faced with the challenge of renovating a home on the beach, Butler Armsden decided not to shy away from the water, but rather embrace it.
The Point Reyes Residence was constructed with the vistas in mind and every single room is oriented toward looking across the water and at the world outside.
The Orinda Residence has everything the clients need and will serve as both a gathering space and a peaceful retreat for many years to come.
Built by a developer, the house lacked personality and the space was used inefficiently. Butler Armsden focused on aesthetic and functionality, starting with small updates such as built-ins, furniture, and new paint colors
As the sun’s patterns make themselves visible through the two story space at the core of the Nob Hill apartment, it’s easy to see how the intersection of natural light and art define the architecture of the space.
After a long search for a vacation home, our client’s patience paid off when a property in the remote Sea Ranch of California presented itself. When they saw the unique ocean front site, they instantly knew it would serve as the perfect escape from their fast-paced city life.
The Buena Vista Park residence dating back to 1906 is perched on a hill in the geographic center of the city, opposite San Francisco’s oldest park and with views stretching to the Farallons.
This gently sloped 1.75 acre lot in Atherton provided a rare opportunity to create a contemporary courtyard house that also has commanding views of the surrounding hills. The pleasantly varied massing and simple wood siding gives this house the look and feel of a structure that has evolved over time, while remaining contemporary and fresh.
This AIA award-winning Sonoma retreat reinterprets the wonderful spaces of the original Spanish haciendas of Mission-Era California using a truly modern vocabulary. Situated in the Valley of the Moon between the historic Sonoma Plaza to the southeast and Jack London’s former estate to the west
Project: A Wurster House Revival Architecture and Interior Design: Butler Armsden Architects Location: Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California General Contractor GGD, Inc. Photographer: Eric Rorer Butler Armsden Architects have renovated this old house for a family in San Francisco, US. Originally designed by William Wurster and built in 1939 on a wide, high street in
Two Faced House is a renovation project completed by Butler Armsden Architects in San Francisco. Project description: Friends and family encouraged our clients to trade their house in for a larger one in their Pacific Heights neighborhood. They chose instead to hire us to give new life to the home they had lived in as
