Twin Peaks Residences, San Francisco / Michael Hennessey Architecture
This three-unit residential building is created from an ordinary single-family home that was suffering from years of neglect in San Francisco.
This three-unit residential building is created from an ordinary single-family home that was suffering from years of neglect in San Francisco.
The program for this ground-up, single-family residence is organized in a rational manner in an attempt to create visually simple spaces serving as the backdrop to a family’s daily activities.
This two-unit residential building proposes an alternative to conventional building strategies found throughout San Francisco. At the front elevation, a modern bay window is employed, contributing to the scale and rhythm of the more traditional bay windows found on this street.
A rare empty lot in the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco served as the site for this ground-up residence. The design goal of the project was to harness natural light throughout the day, capture views of a wind-swept park, and to make a strong visual connection to the split-level road at the front of the property.