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Schwartz and Architecture

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415-550-0430

At Schwartz and Architecture, our projects are the result of an interactive design process with our clients to develop architectural solutions of clarity, economy, and grace. The solutions are never preconceived; rather they are the product of careful research and response to each unique situation and need. The work focuses precisely on the particular attributes of site and context, thoughtfully expanding upon them to arrive at form. Our design sensibility is characterized by a subtle choreography of movement, light, and material textures to create spaces that unfold into dynamic yet unified environments.

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Tom Hanks is not known for horror films, but his 1986 flop, The Money Pit, has a terrifying premise: A seemingly small renovation consumes a couple’s life, devouring their reserves of time, money, and sanity with nightmare contractors, intractable plumbing problems, and general calamity–like Boston’s Big Dig project in a living room. But as San Francisco residents Lisa Koshkarian and Tom DiFrancesco found in their third-floor addition, it doesn’t have to be that way. With a thoughtful architect and good communication they opened up a whole new vista by building upward.

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