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The architects winter party setting brings warmth and family to the outdoors.

Designer Jillian Knox sits in her San Francisco home.

Outside, David wanted a bit more curb appeal and jumped at Nichols’s suggestion to cover part of the addition in roof tiles. “It’s supposed to be roofing tile, but I didn’t see why you couldn’t use it for a facade,” Nichols says.

Inspired in part by the work of Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz, and wanting to preserve the sense of a ruin, they left the arched front windows frameless. “From the outside, they still look like open holes,” Michael says.

Jillian Knox and Elvis Santoyo in their San Francisco apartment

The red rock of the fireplace façade became smooth drywall with an elongated concrete hearth. “We fireproofed it with a layer of fireproofing between the actual fire insert and the outside walls,” notes Mattingly of the application. The rug is the Savannah from Armadillo, topped with a Cierre Aida Sectional from KCC, and a Little Petra Lounge Chair by &Tradition. The lighting is Noguchi, and casts a soft glow at night.