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As a former Zynga executive and creator of the social networking game Mafia Wars, Roger Dickey was used to 10-hour workdays spent in rooms lit only by the glow of a screen. Now an angel investor, the 29-year-old bought this four-...More»
Two San Francisco–based design firms were among the 10 winners of the 2013 National Design Awards, announced by the...More»
The 36th annual Decorator Showcase opens on Friday, in which 24 of the Bay Area's top design firms transform Herbst Manor (2800 Pacific Ave., at Divisadero St.,...More»
Jay Nelson doesn’t just want you to look at his art pieces—he wants you to clamber into them, cram them with gear, and drive them across the country. Though he...More»
Not every 21st-century exec wants an office littered with Ping-Pong tables, bocce courts, and napping nooks. In this city of startups, there's something tantalizingly grown-up about a workplace like One Kearny Club, where pony-hair...More»
Zero. Zilch. Nada. The buzziest new Bay Area homes aren't envied for their Kim and Kanye-like excess. Instead, their cool factor lies in what's lacking. Going beyond sustainable building, these homeowners are striving for net-zero...More»
Pacific Heights architecture firm Turnbull Griffin Haesloop is known for pulling off deft designs in tricky settings, whether flooding an ancient, cavelike house in...More»
After forfeiting its original Union Square location in 2010 to rising rents and then pop-up hopping throughout the city, the Museum of Craft and Design has found a permanent home...More»
Green-construction firm Cree Building developed its New Age–sounding LifeCycle Tower system with two goals in mind: to make its structures more...More»
It takes some gumption to build a three-story addition onto one’s home as an homage to the painter Piet Mondrian. What if the primary-color blocks end up looking more Legoland than Louvre? Luckily for owners John Marx, a...More»
“Most houses have a man cave,” says Erin Hiemstra, kicking off a pair of leopard-print Emerson Fry heels. “This is my chick cave.” After she had already orchestrated two apartment moves in less than a year...More»
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