Old Bernal Heights House, San Francisco, California
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 | Old Bernal Heights House |
| Designer | Feldman Architecture LLP, San Francisco, California, USA |
| Location | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Date | July 2007 to December 2008 |
| Building Type | Small House |
| Climate | Mild Temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Builder | Gary Liu |
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| Area | 2200 SF |
One of the oldest houses in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, this 1860’s cottage sat in disrepair for years and, at one point, was nearly condemned. Our charge was to repair, expand, and modernize the small, dark house while maintaining the rustic charm of the original building.
To accomplish this, we kept the façade and envelope of the existing structure and added a contemporary, but unobtrusive, addition – a narrow, ten-foot-wide wing that contains a garage, bedroom suite, and studio office spaces on two levels. We cut away the roof and upper floor in the center of the house to create a central light core that washes a stone wall and illuminates the kitchen and living room. Large new windows create a connection with the backyard. Careful mixing of rough stone and wood with clean glass and metal breathes new life into the once-neglected structure.
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