JAPANESE TREE HOUSE

What started as a kitchen + two-bathroom renovation expanded into a full gut renovation of this modern family house with spectacular views of San Francisco. Our clients, who have familial and ancestral connections to Japan, chose our team to interpret traditional Japanese home design in ways that celebrated California-local materials and complemented the western modernity of the house’s architecture (while being very practical for an active family: the serenity of these spaces belies all the storage we added!).

From the cold-rolled steel-clad fireplace that disguises large structural pillars, to the custom-designed rimless powder room sink, to the “secret” bathroom containing a sauna + hinoki Ofuro plunge tub, to the custom kids’ loft beds, to our hand-selection of every bundle of sustainably-sourced cabinet veneer, to the surreal foyer pendants by artist Jeff Zimmerman that seemingly drip out of the ceiling, we are very proud of the study and rigor that went toward this project.

This project was featured in Architectural Digest.

Photos by Christopher Stark Photography; styling by Yedda Morrison; Architecture + Construction by SF Design Build