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603 Tennessee Apartments / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Andreas Luco — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000

‘This city is a point upon a map of fog’ Ambrose Bierce. The gridded hills of the city of San Francisco are a rolling topography of crystalline geometry which glisten in the Mediterranean light. Sweeping views from the Bay and hills are synoptic images that cement the city’s character. The exact order of repeating bays that line older streets reinforces this image at a more intimate scale.

212 Tucker House / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Andreas Luco — Mon, 02 May 2022 02:00:00 +0000

This project is for three residences two blocks from Healdsburg Plaza. Two are two-story L-shaped courtyard homes and the third is a bar above the garage. Healdsburg’s characteristic residential language of shady porches, light painted clapboard siding, and fertile landscapes are reinterpreted in a contemporary language. The front of the building is a latticework screened porch with a colonnaded portico. Linear planters define the edge of the property. Drought-resistant planting covers the ground between the planters and porch.

PG&E Embarcadero & Potrero / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Andreas Luco — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000

PG&E Substations at Embarcadero and Potrero. PG&E’s earlier tradition of memorable urban substations which contribute to the fabric of the city is being revived. Two new buildings, one at Embarcadero and one at Potrero, have this goal. Both augment the existing substations they are adjacent to. They are set back 30’ from the sidewalk to create public plazas. Their facades unfold onto the plazas and invite habitation.

OZ House / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:00:00 +0000

The site is a hilltop in Atherton, accessed via the winding Ridgeview Drive, ending in a circular cul de sac. The entry gate is framed by a concrete wall from which the house number, 96, is incised. Once inside, views in other directions unfold, and in the distance, the skyline of San Francisco framed by the entry canopy.

Center for Jewish Life at Drexel University / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Fri, 19 May 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Drexel University’s Hillel House is sheathed in local red brick as textured fabric draped in an abstract menorah that terraces down to the street. Arranged on four interconnected levels, the square building has thickened side walls which contain services, and four central columns which structure the middle, front and rear.

Uptown Apartments / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Daniela Cardenas — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 13:00:00 +0000

A segment of Euclid Ave between Ford Ave and 115^th Street is anchored by two new cultural institutions, MOCA on the west and CIA on the east. Linking these two pivots are four new urban fabric buildings that contain commercial, retail and entertainment, with housing above.

8 Octavia / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Florencia Mena — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 17:00:00 +0000

The site is where the elevated 101 Freeway connects to the surface streets at Market and becomes Octavia Boulevard – the entrance to north/west sector of San Francisco. The First Baptist Church with its classical façade and strong cornice is one pylon of this entrance. Mirroring this mass, on the other side of Octavia Boulevard, 8 Octavia completes the gateway. This entry is seen as an opportunity to present our new city, one that folds tradition and innovation.

Tampa Museum of Art / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Nico Saieh — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Museums began in ancient times as Temples, dedicated to the muses, where the privileged went to be amused, to witness beauty, and to learn. After the Renaissance museums went public with palatial structures where the idea of the gallery arose, a space to display paintings and sculpture. Later, museums became centers of education, researching, collecting, and actively provoking thought and the exchange of ideas. By presenting the highest achievements of culture, museums became a stabilizing and regenerative force, crusading for quality and excellence. The role of the modern museum is both aesthetic and didactic, both Temple and Forum.

Mississippi Blues / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Nico Saieh — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Mississippi is a soul food restaurant in the Fillmore Jazz District of San Francisco.

Mizu Spa / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Nico Saieh — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Mizu is water, which Mizu Spa embodies. The atmosphere is a tranquil stream. At the center is a river of rock, around which the communal therapy barge floats in space. The walls are draped in shimmering mesh creating light and fluid edges. The horizontal surfaces of floor and ceiling are black. Everything else is pure and white.

McCarthy Residence / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Nico Saieh — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A robust Mission district industrial building, built in the 1930’s, has had many lives. First as a Lucky Strike warehouse, later an auto repair shop, and then in the 80’s the Capp Street Project Gallery. During the dot com era it was dolled up as a software company. Clive McCarthy bought the building in 2006 for his art factory and residence.

Toast / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Nico Saieh — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Toast Restaurant serves comfort food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This is the second branch at the new Hamiltonplace shopping mall in Navato, north of San Francisco. The mall is one story Mediterranean kitsch in a parking lot.

1234 Howard Street / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Nico Saieh — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The 50-by-165-foot site stretches from Howard Street on one side to Natoma Street on the other. A one-way drive, with parking on one side and lobby and circulation on the other, links the streets. Above the drive a court is carved through the block, dividing the width of the building into three equal bars. The central bar remains empty; those on either side are again divided, into two halves.

Beth El / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Nico Saieh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Mechanical, Electrical, Lighting & Plumbing Engineering: Randall Lamb Associates

Conduit / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Nico Saieh — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Conduit Restaurant emerged from the found circumstances. The ground floor commercial space in a new residential building had a low ceiling and a tangled maze of plumbing, sprinkler and electrical conduits serving the residences above.

Bridge House / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Nico Saieh — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The site is fifteen acres of wooded grasslands with a ravine running through. The house bridges the ravine, spanning east to west.

1028 Natoma Street / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Nico Saieh — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

This project, on a twenty-five-by-eighty-foot lot next to 1022 Natoma Street, continues the investigation of San Francisco infill buildings. At the street level are parking and entrance lobby; above are four stacked units. One thickened party wall provides vertical access and a light court. The other acts as a service zone, condensing kitchens, bathrooms, laundry, and storage behind sliding glass doors.

Congregation Beth Sholom / Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects

Igor Fracalossi — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0000

The site is at the intersection of Park Presidio and Clement Street. An early plan established a pair of religious structures as gateposts along this boulevard. One is the strong presence of the neo-classical Christian Science Church. The other is congregation Beth Sholom.