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A San Francisco Auto Repair Shop is Now a Contemporary Home With an Awe-Inspiring Lightwell

A former automotive repair shop is today a stunning contemporary home in the heart of San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. It only took 10 years to complete the transformation. Around 2006, Khaled Dajani had a vague idea to buy a concrete or brick warehouse-type building and convert it to a residence reminiscent of New York lofts […]

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by Pamela Dittmer McKuen
June 21, 2022

This Couple's Highland Park Kitchen Reflects the Bold Design Approach of Their Architecture Firm

Kathy Shafer is quick to credit her husband, architect Tom Shafer, as the visionary in their relationship, but it was she who first recognized the possibilities in a virtually untouched Highland Park house designed by the renowned modernist architect Samuel Abraham Marx and built in 1957. Ultimately, Tom agreed, and they have lived there happily […]

by Tate Gunnerson
July 12, 2021
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