A young Palo Alto, California couple with three children came to Studio VARA with the desire to build a more modern interpretation of the traditional home that occupied this prominent corner lot in Old Palo Alto. As a couple that loves entertaining, they envisioned a multi-purpose home with ample room for their family, as […]
Nestled in the Trousdale Estates, a neighborhood of Beverly Hills, California, this midcentury home has undergone a stunning renovation by designer Jamie Bush together with Dennis Gibbens Architects. This sprawling 5,500-square-foot home was originally constructed in the early 1960s. When the new homeowners purchased it, they were looking to create an open, airy, and contemporary […]
Klopf Architecture in collaboration with Studio M Merge has reimagined this dated midcentury modern home located in Los Gatos, a town in Santa Clara County, California. The family are passionate athletes and sports aficionados who embarked on this remarkable endeavor to breathe new life into their outdated dwelling and neglected pool, resulting in the dramatic […]
Fontana Construction originally built this hillside home in 1995 and many years later was tasked with completely remodeling the entire house, which is perched over the bay in Sausalito, California. Collaborating with both the owners and the design firm, The Wiseman Group, they were able to bring their visions to life and create a spectacular showpiece. […]
This modern waterfront home was designed by Butler Armsden Architects to offer amazing privacy and views, nestled along the San Francisco Bay, California. The goal of this project was to create a minimalist, sophisticated yet unpretentious, home on the water for family living. The design process began by studying the site context with an eye […]
This contemporary home in Mill Valley, California has undergone an incredible renovation for a family of four by Butler Armsden Architects. A couple with two children relocated from New York to California, needing their new home to be reimagined for their growing and changing family. Built by a developer, the dwelling lacked personality, and living […]
SK7 Architecture has completely transformed the owner’s childhood home into a family dream house, located in Carlsbad, San Diego County, California. This modern farmhouse-style house encompasses 3,212 square feet of living space with four bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms. Highlights of this home include steep 12:12 metal roofs softening to 3:12 pitches; soft arch-shaped Douglas fir […]
A family of four commissioned ANACAPA Architecture to update their 1952 California ranch home nestled in the San Roque neighborhood of Santa Barbara. Working with the owner, who was savvy in both construction and design, the architects leveraged a modest budget to reimagine and renovate the 2,000-square-foot existing house and add 600 square feet of […]
Located in San Francisco’s Dolores Heights neighborhood, this modern house was a collaboration between Jones | Haydu and Kevin Sawyers of Sawyers Design, who is also part owner of the residence. Kevin and his husband wished to remodel and expand their existing earthquake cottage that had been added onto piecemeal over the years, transforming these […]
Heidi Caillier Design has reimagined the interiors of this redwood-shingled, craftsman-style house constructed in 1910, situated in beautiful Berkley Hills, California. Created for a family of three, the owners desired a house that would feel timeless yet youthful—a reflection of them. Nestled into a hillside, a large terraced garden overlooks the San Francisco Bay. The […]
