A model for healthy living and resilience, the Edwin M. Lee Apartments is the first building in San Francisco to combine supportive housing for both unhoused veterans and low-income families.
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.
Project: Modern Inversion Architects: Klopf Architecture Project team: Geoff Campen, John Klopf, Sherry Tan, and Alison Markowitz-Chan Interior furnishings and decoration: Urbanism Designs Contractor: San Francisco Design and Construction Landscape Architect: Terremoto Structural Engineer: ZFA Location: San Francisco, California Photography: ©2021 Mariko Reed The homeowners lived in their San Francisco spec house for a few
One Medical hired BCCI Construction, in partnership with BHDM Design, for the design-build delivery of their new three-story headquarters in San Francisco.
For this urban family, we were able to re- envision their home to stay true to the character of the neigborhood, but also give voice to the owner’s unique take on modern living.
Brereton collaborated once again with design architect Iwamoto Scott Architecture on the latest Pinterest headquarters. Located in a new six story concrete structure in San Francisco’s SOMA district, it is positioned to create an urban campus with their earlier workspaces completed down the street.
This transformation of a dilapidated Victorian duplex near Holly Park Circle revitalized the front facade, while transforming the rear and roof of the project with dramatically modern features, finishes and amenities. The lower unit expanded down, to access the rear yard featuring a private garden and mature trees, while the upper unit expanded to the roof, to capture panoramic views of the park and San Francisco Bay waterfront.
Originally built in the 1920s, the renovation of this historic Italian Renaissance style home was a delicate balance between preserving its historical character while leaning forward to respond to a more contemporary way of living.
The four old wood-frame cottages along the garden mews at 1338 Filbert Street were in terrible shape in 2007—severely deteriorated, rat infested, and in complete disrepair. The asphalt roofing had failed, and the original wood siding was 60 percent gone. The paint was peeled off, dry rot had destroyed much of the framing, and the concrete foundations were cracked.
