Banks Street

Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher
Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher

BANKS STREET

Red Dot Studio

ARCHITECTS
Red Dot Studio

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Karen Curtiss

CONTRACTOR
Aaron Gordon Construction

ENGINEERING
Lee Structural Engineers, Toft Denevers

MANUFACTURERS
Autodesk, Velux Commercial, Bertazzoni, Fisher & Paykel, Thermador, Tolix, Cherner Chairs, Concrete, Fir And Cedar Wood, Libson Cork, Rlm Lighting, Santec, Steel, Trimble Navigation

PHOTOGRAPHS
Joe Fletcher

AREA
1253 FT²

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
San Francisco, United States

CATEGORY
Houses, Renovation, Houses Interiors

Originally built in 1908, this neighborhood home had been owned by one family for four generations.

Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher
Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher
Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher

The new owners honored that past, exposing much of the framing and recycling what couldn’t be salvaged into the board form for the exterior concrete walls.

A southern facing side yard created a new entry sequence and sun filled urban oasis.

At 17’-1” interior stud to interior stud, we had a saying at this Bernal Heights home: Every inch counts.

Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher
Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher

We transformed a one-bedroom cottage into a three-bedroom home without expanding the building envelope.

By paying attention to outdoor access and the vertical space as well as the floorplan, the home now lives larger than its 1253 sf.


Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher
Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher


Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher
Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher
Banks Street
© Joe Fletcher


Banks Street
First floor plan
Banks Street
Second floor plan