After San Francisco Planning Department’s lukewarm response to a traditional design for 1020 Pine St, Noe Vista reached out to Kennerly Architecture and Planning, a new firm that had recently completed an innovative 3-unit building at 201 Guerrero St. Taking cues from traditional San Francisco pre-war apartment buildings with double-height entries and bay windows, Kennerly creates a dynamic 5-story, 8-unit building which is simultaneously modern, innovative, and classic.
An AIA SF Merit Award winner, “1020 Pine Street draws upon the spirit of San Francisco’s fine-grained urbanism to create eight luminous dwellings…Sustainable design strategies enhance interior spaces and reduce life-cycle costs.”
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Photography by Bruce Damonte
A dazzling sculpture housing six-units by Owen Kennerly shows the power of architecture. Located on a non-descript block in San Francisco’s inner Richmond district, 300 Cornwall demonstrates that great modern architecture can be at home in any neighborhood.
2014 AIA San Francisco Design Awards, Merit Award, “On a slender trapezoid where three streets converge, 300 Cornwall stands as both a neighborhood landmark and an active piece of urban fabric with six homes and a glass corner retail space. The building wends its way between three courts that soften the transition from city to home. Cantilevered between these gardens, each home is a discrete two-story volume of wood, stucco and glass.”
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Photography by Bruce Damonte
313 Duncan Street juxtaposes a beautifully restored 1800’s Victorian with a modern third-story addition and interior. Finished with statuary marble, honed Brazilian slate and natural hardwood, with open floor plan, private garden and separate guest house.
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Photography by Catherine Gailloud and via McGuire
An inspired renovation and expansion of single-family home by Kennerly Architecture and Planning. Cool modern design warmed by generous use of softwoods. As described on Architect’s website:
Two floors are added atop a 1949 row-house to accommodate an active family in flowing, informal living space. The existing house is stretched back into the slope of the hill establishing a podium of bedrooms and service areas. Its façade is wrapped in a veil of cedar pickets. Above, the open living area with glass at both ends accesses the garden and panoramic views. Like a ship in a bottle, the facetted cedar master suite is suspended overhead between skylights that bring sun-light deep into the center of the home.
Featured in the New York Times Great Homes, 27th Street’s red cedar façade, floor-to-ceiling windows, open floor plans, pristine finishes and inspiring views, coalesce into a warm modern single family home.
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Photography by Matthew Millman
Six large, 3-and-4 bedroom units located near City College provide much-needed student and family housing. Designed by Sternberg-Benjamin Architects on a uniquely deep lot allows for 145-foot long building with generous property-line setbacks to bring natural light into unit cores and provide exterior deck space. Finished in simple, classic, durable materials - distressed oak floors, quartzite counters, embossed Italian-laminate cabinets, porcelain tiles and pavers. Energy efficiency elements include 100% led lighting, high-efficiency boiler for domestic hot water and radiant heat.
A new 4-unit building designed by Kennerly Architecture and Planning, located within boundaries of Hayes Valley Residential Historic District requiring compliance with Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for historic buildings. Contemporary design responds to District’s Victorian and Edwardian-era row houses with recessed entrance bay, projecting bay windows, straight stair, recessed porch, flat roof, cornice and asymmetrical fenestration pattern. Modern interpretation of historic house creates an interesting counterpart to its older neighbors.
