San Francisco, as everyone who lives there knows, is a city desperate for more space. But making due with a small lot can sometimes lead to amazing things—like this 1,900-square-foot home designed by Craig Steely.
The one-year-old house is built atop a 24 foot by 24 foot concrete garage, perched above San Francisco's Dolores Park. The three-story home is actually quite small, but a number of clever details make it seem expansive—from pivoting windows to the operable wood louvers that reappear around the home.
Around the time the house was being designed, the new on-ramp to the Golden Gate Bridge was under construction which necessitated clearing a grove of Monterey Cypress trees in it's path from the Presidio. We secured some of these trees and working with a local milling shop turned them into 90 solid wood louvers.