Serenity In Dolores Heights By MAK Studio, $6.8M
Author:Philip Ferrato
Designed by San Francisco’s renowned MAK Studio and just completed, this exquisitely detailed new home presents the rare opportunity to own a distinguished work of architecture, a jewel-box setting for living. Helmed by architect Michael Alexander Kao, MAK Studio is a multidisciplinary firm with an extensive portfolio of impeccably detailed, minimalist projects throughout the Bay Area.
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The house is set back from the street beyond a gated parking area. Just inside the entry, a steel staircase by Melissa MacDonald Metalworks leads up to the skylit main living area with distant views of San Francisco; another stairway enclosed in a mesh glass screen leads to the roof.
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What We Love: There are no false notes here, no fudging, no compromises, all decisions are made create a serene setting that is uniformly exquisite and considered throughout.
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In the principal bedroom suite, the bath is concealed by a scrim of bronze mesh glass, and storage is perfectly fitted into a wall of paneled floor-to-ceiling doors. There are two additional bedrooms on this level plus another bath.
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On the lower level, the family/media room and the exquisitely detailed office are both softly lit by clerestory windows.
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More: Go to the listing for additional details, or the property’s outstanding dedicated site for more, including a video and floor plans. An uncompromising work of architecture represented by Neil Bassi of Sotheby’s International Realty.
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Photo Credit: R. Brad Knipstein Photography for Sotheby’s International Realty