A Victorian Facelift

When you think of San Francisco and architecture, you generally picture one of the city's famed Victorian style homes. We found a great article about a pair of homeowners who transformed a crumbling Victorian into the bright, contemporary home pictured at left. The redesigned house features solar panels, a garden roof, and a steel exoskeleton that acts as a necessary seismic upgrade. Creative re-use of existing materials kept some of the Victorian flavor intact. Read more