Joe Fletcher

Butler Armsden Architects devised some clever interventions that brightened up the historic townhome’s interior.

Our annual travel issue celebrates spaces for creativity and the lengths we go to find them—from Bali to Brazil and beyond.

Painter Heather Day and creative director Chase McBride set down permanent roots in a serene home that opens to the landscape.

Designed in 1974 by the husband of famed artist Ruth Asawa, the Noe Valley residence features fresh new finishes and an expanded...

Matthew Herman, creator of the fantastically named fragrance company Boy Smells, tells us which scent he’d pair with some of our...

After a devastating blaze, a Napa Valley couple rebuild with durability in mind.

Woods + Dangaran’s exacting restoration of the Moore House captures the spirit of California modernism.

Architect Anne Fougeron channels West Coast minimalism to soften and brighten a family residence on a rare bluffside lot.

This sun-filled residence brings a suburban California site closer to its untamed roots.

Faulkner Architects creates an expansive home on a challenging mountain slope.

Behind its subdued exterior, a Bay Area townhouse designed by OPA expresses its wild side.

A power couple in the tech world create the home of their dreams—with barely a gadget in sight.

North of San Francisco, Faulkner Architects draws on agricultural influences to create a striking homestead.

A California beach community rallies around a well-considered addition to its laid-back streets.

Outdoor spaces, natural light, and greenery abound in this urban infill project.

An adventurous couple’s renovated home in Twin Peaks features a tiered garden, an outdoor spa, and a meditative alcove.

Architect David Montalba creates an oceanfront hangout where an extended family can enjoy the sand as their living room.

Bay Area–based company Abodu has developed a permitting program to spur lightning-fast build-outs of backyard houses.

A thoughtful redesign transforms a difficult Historic Resource property into a light-filled sanctuary for entertaining,...

With a home for his own family, a Mexico City designer finds the fullest expression of his style.

Butler Armsden Architects’ retooling of a Stinson Beach retreat allows one family to bask in the outdoors.

Perched high above the city, John Maniscalco’s Tank Hill Residence celebrates the dual experience of engaging with, as well as...

More Japanese minka than Sears Roebuck, a kit home in the Bay Area—complete with a meditation room—provides the right bones for a...

Nestled on a steep slope near the iconic Muir Woods in California, a pair of outbuildings offer a sublime connection to Mother...

An architect reimagines a narrow 1901 row house in Noe Valley while preserving its historic facade.

A family finds a place for everything as they grow their cramped Mill Valley home.

Nature informs every aspect of a Northern California residence.

Tragedy begets opportunity in San Francisco when a fire-scorched Victorian is rebuilt from within.

Rebuilding on a challenging site in Mill Valley, California, a couple optimize a winning view that was there all along.

With both an aging relative and a wheelchair user in mind, architect Neal Schwartz creates a family guesthouse designed to be...

The owners of an airy woodland retreat can fit its caretaker in a pocket.

An off-the-grid house that is little more than a decked campsite—albeit with a roof—includes a swimming pool for a family that...

A couple’s retirement home on a nature preserve in Carmel, California, emerges as a series of eco-conscious pavilions that rest...

Thanks to a prefab in-law unit, an octogenarian modernist lives independently on a peaceful, verdant site in Northern California.