John Maniscalco, AIA, is the founding partner of John Maniscalco Architecture. He brings over 26 years of professional experience as a Project Designer for a wide range of projects including master-planning, commercial office buildings, academic buildings, civic center, transportation complexes, and wineries, as well as multi and single family homes.
John Maniscalco Architecture produces work based on two principles – create liveable, modern spaces and engaging clients in the design process. Our approach takes the particular needs, desires, and personality of each client and utilizes them to create a unique architectural solution. jmA’s projects extend across the San Francisco Bay Area, North Bay, South Bay, Napa, Healdsburg, Sonoma, and the Tahoe region. Through all residences there is a sensitivity to physical context, function, technology, and economics, jmA creates architecture that is innovative, honest, and well-crafted with a focus on the fundamental elements of architecture – materiality, light, space, and clarity of design from concept to detailing.
LOCATION: San Francisco, California
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This Cole Valley hillside home spans four stories and almost 6,000 sq. ft.—from an entertainment level with acclimated walnut wine room, to the open living spaces on the main floor, to the family’s private quarters, to the walk-out rooftop deck.
On an atypically-configured sloping double lot in San Francisco, this new home takes advantage of rare siting to maximize the experience of changing daylight and sweeping city views. The use of deep overhangs and angular cedar forms carefully frames horizon views while gently responding to the corner siting.
On a narrow down-sloping lot in Truckee, this home is carefully sited within a very limited buildable area to establish critical landscape relationships, capture daylight and panoramic views from within,
Nestled into the hillside above the Dry Creek Valley, this completely rebuilt and expanded home utilizes minimal architectural moves to change the fundamental relationship of structure to site.
Designed by architect John Maniscalco, Silverado Estate is a 60-acre luxury property atop the hills in the heart of Oakville, Napa County. The one-of-a-kind home features a sleek modern design aesthetic that blends interior spaces with the outdoors …
On a down-sloping wooded site in Martis Valley, California, the Martis Camp house carves a serpentine form in the topography that simultaneously provides privacy toward the street while opening towards expansive meadow and Pacific Crest mountain views beyond.
Dolores Mod House is a modern family home designed by San Francisco-based John Maniscalco Architecture. Project description: This is a brand new, super modern house tied into the site’s original Victorian façade. The house sits on a dramatic uphill lot between two neighboring buildings, which we approached with a thoughtfully devised strategy to ensure successful
This complete rebuild of a mid-century, the design flows from an analysis of the varied site conditions already present and reinforces key relationships to the site while establishing new ones.
