Schwartz and Architecture (also known as S^A) is an award-winning architecture and interior design studio based in San Francisco, known for blending creative exploration with technical precision. The firm approaches design as both an imaginative and pragmatic process, using light, movement, and spatial clarity to shape environments that feel cohesive and meaningful.
Their portfolio includes residential, commercial, and community projects that often tackle complex urban and regulatory contexts. Through disciplined design thinking, expressive detailing, and collaborative processes, Schwartz and Architecture creates work that balances innovation with real-world function.
LOCATION: San Francisco, California, USA
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The Leit House is an exercise in impeccable taste and structural economy that provides accommodations for visitors to an estate in the Sonoma Valley. The project brief called for no more than a bedroom, bathroom, galley kitchen,…
The bones of this 1908 Glen Park home had been compromised by years and years of awkward remodels. The front door led directly to the private bedroom level, while the public gathering spaces were one-level down, with…
The Lichen House nestles within the fog and oaks in the hills above California’s Sonoma Valley. The free-ranging branches of the site’s mature live and coastal oak trees support veils of draping Ramalina Lichen that filter sunlight,…
This Los Gatos modern home, which also involved extensive remodeling of the existing modern residence located high above Silicon Valley, was inspired by dominant images and textures from the site: boulders, bark, and leaves.
Located in Sonoma Valley, California, Box on the Rock is a 2,000 sq ft private residence designed in 2015 by Schwartz and Architecture. With an economy of means, this simple form morphs to amplify the experience of the…
In this four-level project, a series of stairwells take you from the lower garden level to the uppermost roof deck, each treated as a sculptural object and with the interior stairs uniformly clad in rift-cut white oak.
