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Sky Gallery Residence in San Francisco
Dec 21, 2020
Sky Gallery Residence, SF
Architects: Knock Architecture & Design
Location: Nob Hill, San Francisco, California, USA

The outset for this renovation was a dated penthouse apartment in a 1960?s high rise atop Nob Hill in San Francisco which was surviving well below its potential. The Sky Gallery Residence penthouse, which soars over the neighborhood and has 270 degree views from the Bay, South San Francisco, Pacific Ocean, and Golden Gate Bridge, still felt closed off, small, and uninspired.

The overlapping focuses of this renovation were to increase the volume and penthouse feel, to layer and create a hierarchy of private and public spaces, and to highlight the views and also the owner?s extensive art collection. To begin, the eight foot ceilings were removed and replaced at nearly ten feet for the penthouse feeling. An entirely new palette was employed and layered through the different spaces, and a minimal selection of materials was employed including white walls and panelling, calacatta marble, dark stained rift white oak flooring and panelling, and haisa marble.
These materials were expressed as architectural elements and use in a cubist-like fashion to highlight the spaces and to enhance the transitions between them. In doing so, new openings were created between the rooms, the galleries, and views, and a series of wood panels was used...