Banks Street / Red Dot Studio

Banks Street / Red Dot Studio - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade
© Joe Fletcher

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Banks Street / Red Dot Studio - Exterior Photography, Windows, Door, Facade
© Joe Fletcher

Text description provided by the architects. Originally built in 1908, this neighborhood home had been owned by one family for four generations.

Banks Street / Red Dot Studio - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade
© Joe Fletcher

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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First floor plan
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Second floor plan

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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© Joe Fletcher

By paying attention to outdoor access and the vertical space as well as the floorplan, the home now lives larger than its 1253 sf.

Banks Street / Red Dot Studio - Interior Photography, Bedroom, Windows
© Joe Fletcher

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Cite: "Banks Street / Red Dot Studio" 02 Aug 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/921889/banks-street-red-dot-studio> ISSN 0719-8884

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