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Hugh Metcalf

It May Be 10,000 Square Feet, But This San Franciscan Home Is All About "Smaller, More Intimate" Spaces

The exterior of a modern home with a large patio sofa and plants in pots.

For this home in San Francisco, built in 1907, size isn't an issue. Between the main house and a smaller 'cottage' that makes for an ideal guesthouse, there's some 10,000 square feet of floorplan to play around with.

However, instead of playing into the modern design trope of tearing down walls and creating larger, open-concept spaces, SkB Architects took a more pared-back approach to remodeling the home, without changing any of the internal walls.

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