Challenging the local San Francisco vernacular with powerful contemporary style, this new apartment building designed by Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) plays with viewer perception to create dramatic visual and spatial effects.

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Architects: Stephen Phillips Architects

Location: United States, San Francisco, CA, USA

Project Team: Sam Clovis, Cameron Helland, Richard Porter, Andrew Wright, David Stamatis, Franco Zaragoza, Stephen Becker, Domini Padua, Trevor Larsen

Area: 4200.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Tim Griffith

Contractor: Kevin Webb Construction

Structural Engineer: Double D Engineering
Client: Hayes Valley Properties

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From the architect. Challenging the local San Francisco vernacular with powerful contemporary style, this new apartment building designed by Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) plays with viewer perception to create dramatic visual and spatial effects.

© Tim Griffith

Linden Street, a back alley to Hayes Valley?s boutique San Francisco mixed-use commercial and residential district, incorporates an eclectic group of traditional one- to four-story Victorian and Edwardian houses. The immediate neighborhood, spanning from Octavia Park to cafes on Laguna Street, has been steadily tr...