http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/habitat-45 daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824478791-EO0Y586HTZPL0K5B9OXO/3468108179_d70194e4c4_o.jpg Bob's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824478791-EO0Y586HTZPL0K5B9OXO/3468108179_d70194e4c4_o.jpg Bob's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824499125-C3KB0AM4POUAP09WV501/3468116741_2b665467b4_o.jpg Bob's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824471566-F3H2QRGSN9FKDUXTXVJK/3468115247_9a425e6f76_o.jpg Bob's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824488820-LJVMYUJ8PTYGVWSW1YB5/3468118477_66dc8ef8ea_o.jpg Bob's Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824500742-0CPYL3UEZXLNVTQCVUKY/3468933236_4466b606ed_o.jpg Bob's Garden http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/bodega-bay daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372822941942-W7LJDHAYWXJ4A4FPXLSR/3021741554_21c747f2e0_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821036555-EE3ZWB7W7XJ5ZBD3FJOP/3020910987_23618b2a83_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821021885-VRITO7TFMBNTIROZH0S6/3020906875_4e55807455_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821102541-AQEKNFCCIACZW3M5T2KZ/3021741554_21c747f2e0_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821094576-OET8136YW9XXZO63JCCI/3021737532_f2abee45a2_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821095190-H1X2TCJLWGA20MPPQXGJ/3021739534_3e1d806f13_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821044022-87F76FTDMT0VLP7MBFLW/3021722850_1c97220442_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821028990-PQ1W33FLJSLALGUC8BPN/3020908929_9ede5a57fd_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821111765-HPOAFKT9V0G2GHKO1TU4/3320148887_d13ae7465e_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821086739-HE8OL1XLMZBU7ZPS7874/3021735566_1569fb66e9_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821103711-BMZ8P4BUY07GG0VBVE8W/3256836185_4901f45317_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821111963-54WO54SEJFJN0YVIDM7D/3257666314_44c74c4cff_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821023110-B2YYHX2RLTVSXN1G2B1P/3020895483_0dbd1623f6_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821053457-6GGDUX8RLHEES00SPIQW/3021724156_14a347e6a3_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821070126-VF49ILEJXGAU5F3HTK43/3021732240_4bdbb03178_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821078051-W62W85R2T89RX1C5S3RI/3021734410_8598376459_o.jpg Bodega Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821086108-6EHZ4NQR9M7029C92N5I/3021736516_90b1998cdb_o.jpg Bodega Bay http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/the-plant-cafe daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827124624-5EFQ3ZJKAUGM3KQTSDY5/the-plant-cafe1.jpeg The Plant Cafe When the owners of The Plant Cafe Organic, Matthew and Mark first approached me about a vertical garden they were interested in something dynamic and unusual that fit with their dining concept of “the waiting room of a Finnish sauna set in a Tokyo airport”. Something modern and organic-I suggested a large boarderless Tillandsia piece composed of nine 1/4” plates of cold rolled steel patinaed with a solution of copper suspended acid wash. My assistant Jesse and I set to work constructing the large “backer panel” receiver on which the steel plates were to be secured. The backer was then preliminarily fitted with the steel panels to mark the positioning of each panel, and the backer was secured to the wall. We then constructed transport frames to move the steel in order to receive the patina and later to serve as placement rigs while we worked on the plantings. During assembly, each panel was numbered and secured to the backer in the corresponding location. This is one of my favorite pieces as the patina, although tricky, is quite unusual and has continued to grow and change over time just like the plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827116979-RN6EG16XKXG9SU6ANFG8/3993303743_c4929b5b89_o.jpg The Plant Cafe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827116979-RN6EG16XKXG9SU6ANFG8/3993303743_c4929b5b89_o.jpg The Plant Cafe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827117097-XVF7J0PWQWKRA5E05P7S/3993307303_131ec38aec_o.jpg The Plant Cafe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827132149-XLDQ41BV92HSE4AJXEJY/4607852214_73954e281c_o.jpg The Plant Cafe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827122854-WR2OJN31KEHXX2J7O1YG/4607241541_b3aba92ce5_o.jpg The Plant Cafe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827124097-DQD3APTT0TRHZO8ZGUZZ/4607851892_70f426a805_o.jpg The Plant Cafe http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/events daily 0.75 2013-07-03 http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/events/2013/7/3/sightglass-22nd-street monthly 0.5 2013-07-03 http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/habitat-65 daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824429195-P6HPUWA1MC2Z8TP2AJG5/8073172739_c3b374a502_o.jpg Habitat 65 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824433089-8OP3XB3QY5TNHTALMCH4/8073166648_306de64d07_o.jpg Habitat 65 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824435537-RE48RR6P4ME2JROBQ42J/8073173299_711690b3e1_o.jpg Habitat 65 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824433089-8OP3XB3QY5TNHTALMCH4/8073166648_306de64d07_o.jpg Habitat 65 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372824440506-PQUK3FTPW5M1QK55OXVB/8073173597_b266a06263_o.jpg Habitat 65 http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/habitat daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372828169757-Z0RIV4T5GSW27OO8EIJ0/5096909386_812762f705_o.jpg Habitat 45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372828174574-LJYI9D7REEXM46RB3DT4/5148167443_8f05b66736_o.jpg Habitat 45 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/t/51d47720e4b06a58fca2ac0b/1372828145795/5084211443_a911d8b89e_o.jpg Habitat 45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372828162934-KO609VMCEVY6VH1XQJ79/5096308269_aa14a3fd41_o.jpg Habitat 45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372828162015-GWDISYA2MI0ZF1XJ85HR/5096901906_ae6ccb133a_o.jpg Habitat 45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372828167242-THNOR1XJ792MCDCD9GG9/5096903396_a0a37b0118_o.jpg Habitat 45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372828155946-IONKQAVD764T4CNAF44W/5084809188_8b9ea4910e_o.jpg Habitat 45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372828150618-9XW07NWGBTV7WE4QAHE8/5084216633_232d8c9301_o.jpg Habitat 45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372828155854-39D58ONHIU9LX2UKDUU8/5096252089_c44f9b0540_o.jpg Habitat 45 http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/sunset-magazin daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827172113-3TC1C68ZV4VXFZGRJN9I/3587894520_407c91cce4_o.jpg Sunset Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827173996-OB3IC0O93S012UV2UEM9/3587087635_eaf2615fb2_o.jpg Sunset Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827173996-OB3IC0O93S012UV2UEM9/3587087635_eaf2615fb2_o.jpg Sunset Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827186277-YIVZTQ3VITYCOM3EHKMC/3587900806_3506961d6f_o.jpg Sunset Magazine http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/sightglass-7th-avenue daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372886807450-39LI18Q6N18SN16V03MZ/Screen+Shot+2013-07-03+at+2.26.14+PM.png SightGlass 7th Avenue Following in the footsteps of coffee innovators Blue Bottle and Ritual Coffee Roasters in San Francisco SightGlass Coffee Roasters is my newest completed project. Over the past year, Sightglass Coffee, Jared and Justin Morrison’s coffee roastery and cafe on Seventh Street and Folsom, has been selling coffee from a kiosk set inside an old warehouse they’re renovating. Tarps separate the espresso machine from the construction zone, and everyone who stops by for a cappuccino stoops and cranes as they stand in line, trying to see past the plastic. SmithBuilt worked for months rebuilding the structural steel and beam interior. I am always reminded of a boat every time I look up at the elaborate old ceiling with its’ complex series of trusses. The epic industrial space (last a sign-painting shop) still looks a mess, but it’s actually nearing completion. We have just finished polishing the concrete floor, prestained with coffee, and the crew is getting ready to paint the exterior, punch a hole in the ceiling for the roaster’s heat vent, and finish constructing the bars. It’s a huge space, actually, which will be divided into half cafe, half production; like most microroasters, they’re projecting that wholesale beans will be a big chunk of the business. The coffee roaster occupies a prominent place at the front, and there’s an oval coffee bar in the back and a mezzanine for storage and seating. The front bar was constructed with a poured-in-place concrete top, diamond-polished to a worn matte finish. The front of the bar is clad in zinc sheets, hand sanded and patina washed to produce a dusted carbon effect. As an interior wall finish we employed a Japanese wood flaming technique called Soh-sugi-ban a historical technique that has been used in Japan for centuries. The char on the wood helps protect it from water as well as making it harder for the wood to catch fire in the future, as well as just looking beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372886807450-39LI18Q6N18SN16V03MZ/Screen+Shot+2013-07-03+at+2.26.14+PM.png SightGlass 7th Avenue Following in the footsteps of coffee innovators Blue Bottle and Ritual Coffee Roasters in San Francisco SightGlass Coffee Roasters is my newest completed project. Over the past year, Sightglass Coffee, Jared and Justin Morrison’s coffee roastery and cafe on Seventh Street and Folsom, has been selling coffee from a kiosk set inside an old warehouse they’re renovating. Tarps separate the espresso machine from the construction zone, and everyone who stops by for a cappuccino stoops and cranes as they stand in line, trying to see past the plastic. SmithBuilt worked for months rebuilding the structural steel and beam interior. I am always reminded of a boat every time I look up at the elaborate old ceiling with its’ complex series of trusses. The epic industrial space (last a sign-painting shop) still looks a mess, but it’s actually nearing completion. We have just finished polishing the concrete floor, prestained with coffee, and the crew is getting ready to paint the exterior, punch a hole in the ceiling for the roaster’s heat vent, and finish constructing the bars. It’s a huge space, actually, which will be divided into half cafe, half production; like most microroasters, they’re projecting that wholesale beans will be a big chunk of the business. The coffee roaster occupies a prominent place at the front, and there’s an oval coffee bar in the back and a mezzanine for storage and seating. The front bar was constructed with a poured-in-place concrete top, diamond-polished to a worn matte finish. The front of the bar is clad in zinc sheets, hand sanded and patina washed to produce a dusted carbon effect. As an interior wall finish we employed a Japanese wood flaming technique called Soh-sugi-ban a historical technique that has been used in Japan for centuries. The char on the wood helps protect it from water as well as making it harder for the wood to catch fire in the future, as well as just looking beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372823014909-2KPAVGIVYSWF1K2UTZ9M/Screen+shot+2013-06-17+at+10.31.28+AM.png SightGlass 7th Avenue - SightGlass : 7th Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372823014611-YZV1WYZ4CYEPT56CX6EL/Screen+shot+2013-06-17+at+10.31.45+AM.png SightGlass 7th Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372823025219-KC3IMAR7WU506DYYA0K5/4556216971_52d52a8037_o.jpg SightGlass 7th Avenue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372823037447-LSGZF2ANU7KS1YQU9JJV/4556844694_bdaa2cdfcc_o.jpg SightGlass 7th Avenue http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/index daily 0.75 2013-07-03 http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2013-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1368921340110-T30KJD3MJIA9QIZROQKD/Marin-Home-Tour-lets-nature-be-your-guide-3265012.jpeg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1368921340110-T30KJD3MJIA9QIZROQKD/Marin-Home-Tour-lets-nature-be-your-guide-3265012.jpeg New Gallery - Marin County Homes Write text here http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/ames-alley daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372885519476-ML2BQ6L4UZDDHDXCI55Q/bettymay.jpg Ames Alley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830428037-J6H80U1ITUI5IAX9NV4P/2947726952_ac9311e3e4_o.jpg Ames Alley Converted from a three car garage in the 1940′s this space on Ames Alley housed Betty May school for dance until the early 80′s when Betty May passed away. The studio holds a special place in my heart because not a month goes by without someone stopping me to talk about the fact that they or someone they know danced or was somehow involved in the studio. It was real neighborhood fixture. I lived in the studio while I renovated the front flats of my house on Guerrero.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830496819-J6SQXHT0PY6XRYSDMYE6/3320012455_01070abeaf_o.jpg Ames Alley Ames before Renovation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830446258-CXI60P0FQZSI0DJOLATH/2947728768_a37fb9cfd8_o.jpg Ames Alley Ames frontage after renovation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830497242-XZ2L9R1YKKFWWZZRQ8LI/3324914578_347cac6e15_o+%281%29.jpg Ames Alley Serving as a design motif I preserved the tap marked maple floors and built up and around this grounding element. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830447981-PNKDI91NXGVB13I87H1J/2947740696_5cd2d5bf85_o.jpg Ames Alley The fireplace is wrapped in 1/4″ x 1 1/2″ slats that were milled from the existing douglas fir roof joists before we raised the ceiling height and replaced the roof with engineered trusses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830407527-D5LOQNYLNCUTJC7K1IV8/2946888393_b8a30a2a9d_o.jpg Ames Alley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830471027-ZRTEND8Y8HN8Q9TAWAY7/2947787488_ce77aaee3a_o.jpg Ames Alley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830477646-MT78JS51MIGNQAGHDLEX/2947790028_3be74855f5_o.jpg Ames Alley The kitchen with custom cabinetry built by my friend Steve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830463237-G0MIG20F3SIAWZADG0E1/2947785798_ddaebb6c52_o.jpg Ames Alley The bathroom where a skylight above doubles as a rooftop table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830465573-O2FA0CG42QXV2R1XNG2U/2947783738_cc7c644b8e_o.jpg Ames Alley This was my first vertical succulent garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830425006-ZC21CKHKCUO5ESOA3MPA/2946940181_bbf39d2771_o.jpg Ames Alley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830505558-FJ02XLEM3M9YT93EV0D1/2947799846_3bac114cfa_o.jpg Ames Alley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830490403-GBT2NJBI041IOTWDFOKO/2947795086_45c92bde4e_o.jpg Ames Alley Our small but oh so deep soaking tub was formed in placed by concrete works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372830492370-POVTPZIXLR0O2ZLHQ23M/2962227323_29a5670337_o.jpg Ames Alley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372885519476-ML2BQ6L4UZDDHDXCI55Q/bettymay.jpg Ames Alley http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/ritual-coffee daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827219314-L80WNAOVTJ37Q7P29TE6/3908260377_5f756f0003_o.jpg Ritual Coffee This is a new Tillandsia garden that is currently hanging in the Ritual Roasters on Valencia Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827217929-4R6RGWIFHPXYJAW2F3PS/3908257957_3e289c0edb_o.jpg Ritual Coffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827217929-4R6RGWIFHPXYJAW2F3PS/3908257957_3e289c0edb_o.jpg Ritual Coffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827214924-UAJ0LX0QJGIJBMGKNCRX/3908258427_c6c67ab8dc_o.jpg Ritual Coffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827222586-ADL9884SD9JA71G22246/3908260919_0464d7146a_o.jpg Ritual Coffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372827223508-BE58QFVKLTEVK4ADOQIH/3909042608_5d0431ece0_o.jpg Ritual Coffee http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/news daily 0.75 2013-07-03 http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/news/2013/7/3/sightglass-polishing-the-countertops monthly 0.5 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372880719671-11PKL8EWMS7U5TO2HA10/sg8.jpg Blog & News - SightGlass, 7th Street : Pouring and Polishing the countertops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372880719833-TPRFGOSYMUUDW04MTUAJ/sg9.jpg Blog & News - SightGlass, 7th Street : Pouring and Polishing the countertops Concrete is a challenging medium-heavy, difficult to mix, (especially with additives) and tricky to achieve consistent finishes. The mold construction must be spot on because every blemish shows and the molds must be strong enough to withstand the vibration process. Vibration consolidates concrete in two stages: first by moving the concrete particles, then by removing entrapped air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372880720678-ZTW15VV8PRRRI7J0TU09/sg10.jpg Blog & News - SightGlass, 7th Street : Pouring and Polishing the countertops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372880722456-ALOV557MNV919QAE8PUO/sg11.jpg Blog & News - SightGlass, 7th Street : Pouring and Polishing the countertops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372880721839-JQCA7A4EJ93YBQAFUPPY/sg12.jpg Blog & News - SightGlass, 7th Street : Pouring and Polishing the countertops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372880722949-QI8YU10MU0OXBVC7H0LQ/sg13.jpg Blog & News - SightGlass, 7th Street : Pouring and Polishing the countertops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372880723497-HZVMKFOH2D1A58MKI5Z3/sg14.jpg Blog & News - SightGlass, 7th Street : Pouring and Polishing the countertops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372880717316-RIEUUM1SJDAKI24H5XS3/sg6.jpg Blog & News - SightGlass, 7th Street : Pouring and Polishing the countertops After the molds have been removed, Justin and Jerad begin the polishing process with a Diamond embedded grit pad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372880717841-7VTSYLAYDDI09TERIQ9J/sg7.jpg Blog & News - SightGlass, 7th Street : Pouring and Polishing the countertops Water polishing the counters- starts with a 200 grit pad and moves through the grits to finish at 800 grit before the sealing process. http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/news/2013/7/3/smithbuilt-project-sight-glass-the-ancient-japanese-technique-of-shou-sugi-ban monthly 0.5 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372879425316-F0PLY2I05JL7BDSUDDQF/sg1.jpg Blog & News - Sight Glass, 7th Street : The Ancient Japanese Technique of Shou-Sugi-Ban Jesse surveys the boards prior to the burning process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372879426760-L4UK9CMQWDD3EPKRBTZK/sg2.jpg Blog & News - Sight Glass, 7th Street : The Ancient Japanese Technique of Shou-Sugi-Ban Jay ignites the planks with a roofing torch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372879426838-4DS6C4W7HWYNY5YBK7LA/sg3.jpg Blog & News - Sight Glass, 7th Street : The Ancient Japanese Technique of Shou-Sugi-Ban Before we perfected our “vortex box” technique we tried a standing wall burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372879429181-96GSIKO4HIRARUSBBGB9/sg4.jpg Blog & News - Sight Glass, 7th Street : The Ancient Japanese Technique of Shou-Sugi-Ban Jesse at the burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372879429676-NG2DI8ISOH7RF4F53Y5G/sg5.jpg Blog & News - Sight Glass, 7th Street : The Ancient Japanese Technique of Shou-Sugi-Ban Jay removes the softer burned out sections with a wire brush exposing the standing grain. This process yields that beautiful “stand blasted look” but with a black carbon patina. http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/radius-house daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821722140-QXA5DYHFCBVKSAJW92TJ/3754394404_e3915646ce_o.jpg Radius House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821691671-SIRMA9E4UF9R6PWN956U/3754394404_e3915646ce_o.jpg Radius House - Center Spire This center spire serves as a “structural post” supporting the roof joists. Imagine a bicycle wheel on its side with one half missing. The hub is the spire and the spokes are the roof joists. The rim is a semi-circle which reflects the semi-circular CMU wall set into the hillside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821687159-ESVXV0BJG3693NSZBRS7/3754394060_03b36d1633_o.jpg Radius House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821699035-D9FX9CZN55USHVCSCQ9A/3754395362_491ed7a04c_o.jpg Radius House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821692880-R908LAJXKT9EZW2DMEZM/3754394824_0e448dbb45_o.jpg Radius House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821695729-Z5OSGTJ58XH3TEB9QTRH/3754395214_9aa72d2015_o.jpg Radius House - The Fireplace The fireplace is comprised of handset stones from a local quarry placed by Danielle and crew. The full-sized River Stone was originally covered with a lambskin rug for basking in front of the fireplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821663709-5PF4XTCIE788PJXIXY6C/3753595371_dc6947cbe0_o.jpg Radius House - Kitchen Kitchen with custom walnut table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821670527-MQLW0H0Y5X6PYKW35582/3753595735_2073db2af2_o.jpg Radius House - Bathroom I Bathroom I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821667881-15OQZANVMQTCC0MHOOCV/3753595889_87fa3600b3_o.jpg Radius House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821664046-XGI8D05XLU96GZRLAPU3/3753594677_2706c9286c_o.jpg Radius House - Bathroom II This is the second bath notice the airplane windows inserted into the CMU wall. At certain times during the day the windows transfer the outside light in acting as prisms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821682053-QNQFXI2J75EZ8NQ1R4P2/3754393864_6476e44560_o.jpg Radius House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821673045-RK4210B586GOG2QZ76DF/3753596253_3d37827f7c_o.jpg Radius House - Cabinet This is a cabinet designed to mimic an early 19th century Japanese tonsu owned by the client. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821673829-3XCZ4466IKAODS7Y02GR/3753596373_e1e766f6d3_o.jpg Radius House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372821681019-JB2LZQHZ81BOCAZ8G6VL/3754393700_7c0b2c249a_o.jpg Radius House - Bedroom Bedroom in the redwoods. http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/bardessono-hotel daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372826650527-E5DZ0NKF9F99XPOLLFX1/3242780553_c5fd7a73ea_o.jpg Bardessono Hotel This is the Bardessono Hotel Tillandsia Garden. SmithBuilt’s collaboration process inspires one-of-a-kind results. Most recently, SmithBuilt collaborated to create a “green” art installation as the main feature of the lobby at the The Bardessono hotel in Napa Valley. SmithBuilt created and installed a vertical garden on the hotel’s main entrance walls using Tillandsia, “air” plants which need little to no water. The project was lauded in the New York Times as “a striking substitute for wasteful displays of cut flowers” that has the effect of “a Victorian collector’s cabinet of curiosities” full of “abstracted sea creatures.” SmithBuilt worked with Flora Grubb of Flora Grubb Gardens and Seth Boor of Boor Bridges Architecture to conceive and build the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372826639561-Y6LRJTO5C8SNXRI1K4IH/3237683791_94f9036db0_o+%281%29.jpg Bardessono Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372826658703-9PA1BIJ2IXQCZ3P75WKR/3242784627_131cfc1d3f_o.jpg Bardessono Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372826639561-Y6LRJTO5C8SNXRI1K4IH/3237683791_94f9036db0_o+%281%29.jpg Bardessono Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372826641737-34Q2C3DTHKNXOFNWBQQ9/3237691081_14fed73080_o.jpg Bardessono Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372826663934-E8U5V0B6UQ1XN0Q6ZQTJ/3243612000_1f3bfcc22f_o+%281%29.jpg Bardessono Hotel http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/moss-work daily 0.75 2013-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1382744582967-R35IUU2QLZRA0WWDVJ8W/frontdoor-fuzzylogic.jpg Moss Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1382744582967-R35IUU2QLZRA0WWDVJ8W/frontdoor-fuzzylogic.jpg Moss Work http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/sightglass-20th-street daily 0.75 2015-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1422593692342-27WR9LAVUV1R55G2C00A/boor_bridges-sightglass_facade.jpg SightGlass 20th Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1422593692342-27WR9LAVUV1R55G2C00A/boor_bridges-sightglass_facade.jpg SightGlass 20th Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1422593685540-972NXS6XABUN9CWC5PSK/boor_bridges-sightglass_counter-wide-angle.jpg SightGlass 20th Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1422593684970-9D3KRS7YOO0EZ047V3ZK/boor_bridges-sightglass_counter-detail.jpg SightGlass 20th Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1422593689948-RFX9140D8JM5FHZL25XA/boor_bridges-sightglass-cafe-seating.jpg SightGlass 20th Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1422593686998-T16SX5GV0RTL66C6LUYI/boor_bridges-sightglass_ceiling-detail.jpg SightGlass 20th Street http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/contac daily 0.75 2013-08-06 http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/sf-gate-may-2010 daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372882926369-ZLTTEG3X9DEW0NYXIDQ4/Screen+Shot+2013-07-03+at+1.21.43+PM.png SF Gate : May 2010 http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/about daily 1.0 2013-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1375831489043-RFGSRVYZYW2HO8VCSC1I/Location-2-articleLarge.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1375831248367-3ONRSO2Q5J5D32JSU3AE/5096909386_812762f705_o.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1382739295748-U2OW5LUHB3RSKSUJG78N/sgc_1.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1382739359380-1B6VL6T2IVKTA81VGWQQ/sgc_3.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1382741071842-0TS8XRW1WQNU973UW1MP/3324914578_347cac6e15_o.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1382744804585-Y6345FCYWJDLAEETSPI4/3468108179_d70194e4c4_o.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1350441759922-NKU5OB8ZIW62XB889M04/boatmen.png About - Transient http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/nyt-february-2009 daily 0.75 2013-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372887307310-EAOURTJ5XTN81AO781D4/nytimes.jpg NYT : February 2009 http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/sunset-magazine daily 0.75 2013-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1375833243597-Q0KGTG55LFSK34OKEPJ0/sunset.jpg Sunset Magazine http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/nyt-august-2011 daily 0.75 2013-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1372886900838-9FZ6EZWJ4JPUTAXJSGRX/Screen+Shot+2013-07-03+at+2.27.52+PM.png NYT : August 2011 http://www.smithbuiltsf.com/ca-home-design-ii daily 0.75 2013-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5197ecaae4b0a2d4e1c32902/1375831947303-P7VKFX9SOOL63KL623K5/frontdoor-fuzzylogic.jpg CA Home Design : II California Home Design features a Moss Wall in a house tour article titled Fuzzy Logic. 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