Bay Area landscape designer Janell Denler Hobart is known for her understated presence and refined work, often collaborating with architect Ken Lindsteadt on stately estate gardens that balance classical elegance with modern sensibility. That …
By Reed Wright
A native New York City lawyer and his partner, an athletic trainer from Massachusetts, wanted to exchange their San Francisco condo for a house, so they considered bucolic Marin. Instead, they found a home …
Nearly a decade ago, the new owners of a 1924 Sea Cliff residence—originally designed by architect Earle Bertz—set out to transform the 4,900-square-foot Spanish Revival home into a pied-à-terre for their visits from China, …
By Zahid Sardar
When a young San Francisco couple was looking to refresh their Nob Hill residence six years ago, a dinner party encounter led to them becoming Studio AHEAD’s first client. Not long after the completion …
By Anh Minh Le
For Tucker Nichols, 55, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at an early age, art became a vital way to express what words often fail to capture — even chaos. Raised in Boston and …
By Zahid Sardar
With financial institutions and other temples of commerce flagging since the pandemic, business consultant and hobby photographer Eugène Resh, 50, quit San Francisco in 2023 to roam the world. The city had been his …
By Zahid Sardar
No one wanted to ditch the past. “We were just looking to update the restaurant and not let a cool legacy die,” says Samantha DuVall Bechtel, a history buff and daughter of founder Sam …
By Zahid Sardar
Design Drive: Curving Around the Bend Minimal in form, the Mernøe No. 2 table lamp by Morten Mernøe is carefully engineered with a wood shade and base linked by a slender brass sleeve for …
Shape Shifters: Harnessing the magic of technology and craft Design consultancies like San Francisco’s IDEO, founded in 1978 by Stanford’s David Kelley, once worked quietly behind the scenes, shaping early tech products like the …
By Zahid Sardar