INTERSTICE hosts Dutch Architects on Summit tour at Mission: House
INTERSTICE hosted this esteemed group of renowned Dutch architects at MISSION:house this September. Since 2010, Dutch Architect and Designer Edwin Oostmeijer has organized and led the Amsterdam-based Summit Tour, which highlights key works of Northern California Modern Architecture.
For The Summit’s fourth annual study visit to view examples of “NorCalMod,” MISSION:house hosted the distinguished guests and demonstrated a contemporary vision of this classic, architectural theme. The celebrated, signature blending of architecture with local and regional geographic influences that characterizes the Modern Architecture of Northern California was a highlight for the visiting Dutch architects, designers and developers, who traveled to experience and learn about local variations of this motif. The tour features project-based housing interspersed with private homes. “The Summit,” named for an intriguing apartment building in the Russian Hill neighborhood, refers to “the peak” of architecture both metaphorically and literally.
Mission House Published in West Coast Modern
We’re pleased to announce that the Mission house has been published in West Coast Modern – a new architectural monograph by Zahid Sardar featuring “Breathtaking home designs that fit perfectly into the unique landscape of the West.” The book features work by offices such as Aiden Darling, Tom Kundig, Steven Ehrlich, and other notable names from California and the rest of the West Coast. San Francisco Live/Work – aka the Mission House – is on page 124 – the book is available for purchase on Amazon.
Mission House Published in Houses Designed for Families
We’re pleased to share that the Mission House has been featured in Houses Designed for Famlies, a new architectural monograph published by Think Publishing. The book contains almost 50 modern homes designed with the family in mind, and you can find the Mission House on page 53.
IA Workspace Featured in Residential Architect Magazine
We’re pleased to share that this month’s Residential Architect includes a feature on IA’s warehouse workspace — turn to page 72 for the full story on the converted 1940’s era warehouse-turned-architecture office located in San Francisco’s Mission District. Also, be sure to check out IA’s Andrew Dunbar and Zoee Astrakhan’s video interview with Nigel Maynard of Residential Architect!
587 Shotwell Office Photography
We’re excited to share new finish photography taken of our our office renovations at 587 Shotwell, begun back in 2009. Since moving in, we’ve improved the former warehouse space, most notably with the addition of the “Cube,” our conference room built with a rigid wood frame clad with a glass skin made of panels sourced from local salvage yards. The full set of photographs and full description can be found on our website.
Photography credits go to Cesar Rubio (http://www.cesarrubio.com/).
Recap – Home Tours Weekend/GREENskin in arcCA
Photo: Mathew Millman
The Home Tours weekend and inaugural gallery installation went extremely well, and concluded a very busy month of September in the office. Now that we’ve had a bit a chance to catch our breath, we wanted to express our appreciation to everyone who participated in the Home Tours, and we were equally proud to share the Mission:House with all of you that took the time to drop by and see our work up close.
For those of you who weren’t able to make it to the Home Tours, you can read up on what some of our visitors had to say (Inhabitat / Architect’s Newspaper). Special thanks to Mike Chino (Inhabitat) and Lydia Lee (Architect’s Newspaper) for sharing their impressions!
On the topic of the Mission:House, we’re happy to share that our recently awarded GREENskin Facade System was featured in the 10.3 issue of arcCA, in its AIACC Design Awards Section. Flip to page 40 to see the project and other winning projects in the Small Design Category.
IA Office — Our "New" Space
We thought we’d share our “new” office with everyone – “new” being a relative term as we’ve been working in our renovated warehouse space at 587 Shotwell Street for about a year now. Aside from a new kitchen, new lighting fixtures, and some custom furniture, our biggest improvement to the space has been the conference room, a.k.a. “The Cube.” The Cube’s clouded glass shell is 100% reclaimed material, sourced from local reclamation yards. The glass is mounted to a simple exposed wood structure, held in place by custom mounting brackets we fabricated in our shop.
Before the Renovation
Featured Project: Noel Barnhurst Studios
photo credit: Cesar Rubio
We’re happy to share some finished photography of our most recently completed project: the studios of Noel Barnhurst. We were asked to renovate a 1930’s era concrete warehouse located in San Francisco’s SOMA district to accommodate the client’s food photography studio as well as other associated program including test + preparation kitchens, as well as office + conference spaces. We appreciated the raw material character of the existing building and worked to preserve these elements while making sure new construction complemented the building’s existing material palette. Hand in hand with this strategy, we avoided creating hard partitions and opted instead for a series of heavy velour curtains to divide space — ensuring the spatial organization remained open-ended and keeping the physical presence of the building in focus.
You can see more images of the project on our website.
photo credit: Cesar Rubio
photo credit: Cesar Rubio
photo credit: Cesar Rubio
BURGER RESIDENCE FEATURED IN CALIFORNIA HOME AND DESIGN
The Burger Residence kitchen is featured in the July/August 2010 Issue of California Home and Design Magazine. This kitchen, featured on pages 118-119 of the issue, highlights the potential of a small space to create big impact in the connectivity between interior and exterior living spaces.