LineOffice Architecture
Elemental materials are at play in this gut renovation of a 1,200-square-foot loft in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood—the now-trendy former warehouse and light-industrial district. Local firm LineOffice Architecture designed a sculptural “spine” to create separate domestic zones for living, dining, cooking, and sleeping in the open-plan space. This low-slung divider houses storage behind walnut veneer panels with blackened steel accents and is two-sided, with general storage near the front door and dresser space in the slightly raised bedroom hung off the same structure. The bathroom and laundry areas are enclosed within a plaster-walled volume, punctuated by steel and walnut doors, near the loft entry. “It’s impeccable,” juror Cary Bernstein said. “It’s well edited and really well executed.” The two sculptural interventions complement the exposed timbers and industrial aesthetic of the space without disrupting view lines. “The additions are just enough, but not too much,” juror Gregory Hoss said. “It’s very difficult to do that.”
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Drawings
Project Credits
Project San Francisco Loft, San Francisco
Architect LineOffice Architecture, San Francisco—Ross Hummel, AIA
Photography Joe Fletcher
Project Size 1,200 square feet
Construction Cost Withheld
Materials and Sources
Bathroom Cabinets Custom
Bathroom Fittings and Fixtures MGS mgstaps.com
Cooktop Miele mieleusa.com
Countertops Granite
Dishwasher Miele mieleusa.com
Doors Custom
Flooring Custom wood flooring
Garbage Disposal InSinkErator insinkerator.com
Hardware Valli&Valli, an Assa Abloy Group Co. vallievalli.com
Kitchen Cabinets Custom
Kitchen Fittings MGS mgstaps.com
Kitchen Fixtures Blanco blancoamerica.com
Lighting Fixtures Translite Sonoma
Oven Miele mieleusa.com
Paints and Finishes Benjamin Moore & Co. benjaminmoore.com
Refrigerator Sub-Zero subzero-wolf.com
Windows Existing
