Vintage car mounted to ceiling in SOMA Residence by Dumican Mosey
American firm Dumican Mosey Architects has transformed an old industrial building in San Francisco into a home, gallery and studio for a contemporary artist and her family.
Located in the city's South of Market neighbourhood, the SOMA Residence occupies a former auto repair garage dating to the 1920s. When the architects first encountered the two-storey building, it was "dark, rundown and pungent with grease".
Photograph by Kirsten Hepburn
"The historic, industrial-use building provided a unique canvas and challenging opportunity for this carefully considered, owner-occupied, adaptive reuse project," said local studio Dumican Mosey Architects in a project description.
Photograph by Kirsten Hepburn
The architects were charged with converting the rectangular, 8,200-square-foot (762-square-metre) building into a home, studio and gallery for artist Klari Reis, who lives there with her husband and son. The clients wanted a strong interplay between art and architecture, along with a blending of light, texture and materiality.
The rooms are punctuated with a range of contemporary artworks. Perhaps the most notable piece is a 1965 red Fiat that was mounted upside-down to the ceiling over the stairs.
Photograph by Kirsten Hepburn
Meanwhile, on the exterior, the team restored the building's original concrete walls and painted them black. On the street-facing facade, steel-sash windows were replaced with newer versions that recall the originals. Frosted glass pa...
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