This eccentric, yet lovely abode designed by Ogrydziak Prillinger Architects gives a new meaning to the term “town house.” The Gallery House is located in an infill lot in San Francisco. The building combines a residence and semi-public art galley to showcase the client’s extensive collection of artwork by female contemporary artists.
To match the artwork, the Gallery House’s architecture is equally as modern. The architects employ a steel screen on the façade of the second and third levels. This façade lets you know immediately that this not just an ordinary building or home. The ground level hosts the public gallery, which entertains visitors with both public and privately curated works. The open plan of the gallery also allows for the visitors to transition into the domestic area through different zones that reflect the varying artwork.
Inside the home, you will be confronted by a matrix of soft edges and angles, that are articulated by different furniture, fixtures and lines of sight as dictated by positioned walls.
A great outdoor roof garden terrace offers wide views of the San Francisco skyline.
The Gallery Home is sustainably designed and constructed to make maximum use of daylight and natural ventilation. Radiant floors are installed to warm the home and large operable walls can be opened up to the park and trees near the property.
Posted by Allison Lane at 28 May, 2010
this house looks great, adding the randomly arrayed bars really improves the look – it doesn’t seem like everything is so transparent, even though it still is
Comment by brillega on May 30, 2010 at 6:39 pm