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Architects: Red Dot Studio
- Area: 1253 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Photographs:Joe Fletcher
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Fisher & Paykel, VELUX Group, Bertazzoni, Cherner Chairs, Concrete, Fir and Cedar wood, Libson Cork, RLM Lighting, Santec, Steel, Thermador, Tolix, Trimble Navigation
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Lead Architects: Karen Curtiss
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Engineering: Lee Structural Engineers, Toft DeNevers
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Text description provided by the architects. Originally built in 1908, this neighborhood home had been owned by one family for four generations.
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The new owners honored that past, exposing much of the framing and recycling what couldn’t be salvaged into the board form for the exterior concrete walls. A southern facing side yard created a new entry sequence and sun filled urban oasis.
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At 17’-1” interior stud to interior stud, we had a saying at this Bernal Heights home: Every inch counts. We transformed a one-bedroom cottage into a three-bedroom home without expanding the building envelope.
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By paying attention to outdoor access and the vertical space as well as the floorplan, the home now lives larger than its 1253 sf.
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