Born in California, Bruce Damonte opened his own studio in San Francisco in 2008. After helping out a friend by working as an assistant on a photo shoot, 31 year old Damonte decided to completely shift his career path and use the camera as a tool to express his creativity. Specializing in architectural photography, he travels extensively to work with practices from around the world. His work includes taking photos of projects that went on to win prestigious awards, including AIA Awards.
Bruce Damonte has been commissioned to photographically tell the stories of hundreds of design projects since BDP’s inception over ten years ago. While based in San Francisco, Bruce travels extensively in his quest to provide peerless imagery and customer service to the world’s best designers and architects.
LOCATION: San Francisco, California
LEARN MORE: brucedamonte.com
Designed by WORKac, Obsidian House at 93 Reade St. is a 10,000 square foot loft renovation and penthouse addition in the heart of TriBeCa, New York City. Built in 1857, the existing 5-story structure features one of the oldest surviving cast-iron facades in New York. Named for its unusual extruded roofline—which evokes jagged forms of volcanic rock—Obsidian […]
Bennett / Yeo House is another stunning house of the Lavaflow series designed by Craig Steely Architecture in Big Island, Hawaii.
Schwartz and Architecture have recently finished 29th Street Residence, a single-family house in San Francisco. Project description: It is often difficult to create a sense of openness and continuity in multi-level urban homes. By allowing the staircases of this three-story structure the freedom to shift location on each level – defining a continuous flow of
Hillside Residence was completed recently by San Francisco-based Zack |de Vito Architecture + Construction in Marin County, California. Description by Zack |de Vito Architecture: The goals for this project were multi-faceted and ambitious- Design a new, modern, sustainable and energy efficient home that had the highest level of craft and attention to detail. The floor
Located on five acres of dense Ohia forest, this cast-in-place concrete house frames indoor and outdoor living spaces along with views of the forest, the sky, and the coastline on Hawaii’s Big Island.
Oriental Warehouse Loft was designed by Edmonds + Lee Architects in San Francisco, USA. From the architect: This project located in the historic Oriental Warehouse Loft Building in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, is a complete reconfiguration and renovation of an existing loft apartment. In order to maximize the spatial experience of the
Project: San Francisco House Renovation Architecture:Â YamaMar Design, David Yama, Pavitra Dholakia Contractor: Clondiff Construction, Eamonn McCusker, Dean O’Doherty Structural: Hom Pisano Engineering Inc., Jay Pisano Landscape Architect:Â Terremoto, Alain Peauroi Interior Design:Â YamaMar Design, Alison Damonte Design Area: 418 sqm Photography:Â Bruce Damonte YamaMar Design Architects in collaboration with Alison Damonte Design studio and landscape design firm Terremoto
Designed by Mork-Ulnes Architects, Trollhus House is a 3,300-square-foot single-family residence in Norden, California driven both by the extreme environmental conditions found at a 6,800 foot elevation and a California sensibility of generous indoor-outdoor living.
Located in Sebastopol, California, Meier Road Barn was designed by Mork Ulnes Architects. With offices in San Francisco and Oslo, Mork Ulnes Architects approaches projects with both Scandinavian practicality and Northern California’s ‘can-do’ spirit of innovation. Description by Mork Ulnes Architects: The initial Meier Road brief required large flexible spaces that could house a workshop,
Project: Berkeley Hills House by YamaMar Design GC: U-Unlimited
 (Eitan Spanier) Structural: Earthquakes and Structures, INC Interior design: Alison Damonte Artwork: Lucy Raven Photography: Bruce Damonte Text by YamaMar This house is located in the Berkeley Hills, California, United States, and was modernized by San Francisco-based YamaMar Design. Nestled on a secluded property in the
Project: Minimal Modern Design Architects: Yamamar Design Location: Palo Alto, California Area 214 sqm Constructor: Flegels Construction Interior decorator: Alison Damonte
 Photography: Bruce Damonte Yamamar Design have modernized this 1970’s Eichler house, located in Palo Alto, California. This Eichler house remodel falls squarely into the ‘minimal modern design meets disco’ camp. The project took focus
Studio Vara have designed the Diamond House in San Francisco, California. Description by Studio Vara: On a steep downhill lot, we attained the rare opportunity to design this new ground-up house in San Francisco; taking advantage of its vertical arrangement to achieve both intimacy and generosity. The three levels balance spatial luxuriousness and fluidity, a
