Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.8, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Mark English Architects Mark English Architects ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pages - [Front Page [Architecture Complete Only]](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/) - #markenglisharchitects - [Recognition](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/recognition/) - Published Works, Presentations and Awards California Home + DesignSpark Award 2018- GoldDWELL MagazineMy Private Spa150 Best New Bathroom Ideas150 Best Terrace and Balcony IdeasASID California North Design Excellence AwardSan Francisco Chronicle150 Best All New House IdeasDiablo Valley College: Architecture Lecture Series 2022The American House: 100 Contemporary HomesGold Nugget Honor Award 2022domino magazine 2023Luxe RED awards - [About Us](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/about-us/) - ABOUT US Monograph Coming Soon: IN SITU Unique Homes Crafted for California Living Mark English Architects is located in the Potrero Design District San Francisco. Mark English, AIA, founded his practice in 1992. A Bay Area native, he offers a designer’s sense of artistry supported by practical knowledge gained from years of direct hands-on - [Contact](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/contact/) - CONTACT US MARK ENGLISH ARCHITECTS 1501 Mariposa Street Suite 312 San Francisco, CA 94107 415 391-0186 email: mark@markenglisharchitects.com - [Portfolio](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio/) - AllCommercialFurnitureOn the BoardsResidentialUnder ConstructionBuena VistaMeadow HouseTerrace House [In Construction]AthertonThe ComstockLighthouseTōrōCow HollowSilicon ValleyRavensburyClipper StreetNapa ADU SWAPGreenwoodFontanaFontana 2ClarendonSymbol TechnologiesBloom Blow Dry BarTaverna AventineAcqua di Roma SpaRidgecrestSaratoga ResidenceThomas AvenuePark Drive AthertonJade PlaceDuncanLagunaCow Hollow TableCow Hollow DeskAlexander AvenueMount TiburonOlive Tree LaneToyon DriveVicksburgDouglass StreetPartridgeHalf Moon BayChenery Bath - [Furniture](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/furniture/) - Sorry, no posts matched your criteria. - [Blog](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/blog/) ## Portfolio - [Lighthouse](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/lighthousell/) - The project is a renovation to an existing single-family hillside home. The home is perched at the bottom of a hillside, overhanging the San Francisco Bay in the bayside town of Sausalito, with a private dock reaching out into the Bay. - [Atherton](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/atherton-2/) - The Atherton House is a family compound for a professional couple in the tech industry, and their two teenage children. - [Buena Vista](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/buena-vista/) - The Buena Vista Residence presented a rare opportunity to build a new home in San Francisco. - [Terrace House [In Construction]](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/terrace-house/) - Process: Terrace House The successful development of any good building is grounded in a nuanced process. It ultimately begins with the owner; one of their first steps is to select an architectural team whose input will not only guide the design rationale but define how it will function. The builder is also essential, and a - [Meadow House](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/santa-lucia-residence/) - The team led the design of the accessible family compound intended to accommodate a multigenerational family with strong business and cultural ties to Korea. The building was to be a “California home with a Korean heart.”Meadow House presented us with an opportunity to work within the exceptional Santa Lucia Preserve in the Carmel Valley. Both the site and brief paved the way for a challenging and, ultimately, deeply rewarding process. The brief from our clients – a multigenerational family with business ties to their native Korea – outlined a - [Cow Hollow](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/green/) - The Cow Hollow Residence consists of a remodel and small addition to the existing two story, single family residence originally constructed in 1917. - [Fontana](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/fontana/) - The Fontana Apartment is a reinvention of an early 1960’s unit in one of two semi-circular apartment towers near Aquatic Park in San Francisco. - [Ravensbury](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/ravensbury-residence/) - Originally built in the early 1990's, this single family residence is located in the Los Altos Hills area of Santa Clara County. The project brief required a complete remodel of the existing building, as well as the addition of a new Family Room area that could be seamlessly connected to the landscaped yard through telescoping glazed doors. - [Tōrō](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/toro-house/) - Tōrō House is a renovation and addition to an existing single-family home in Woodside, California. The home sits on a hillside marking the interface between a redwood forest grove to the east and a deciduous grove and meadow to the west. - [Greenwood](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/monte-sereno/) - On a serene cul-de-sac at the end of Monte Sereno's most desirable street, this modern masterpiece of steel and glass strikes a balance between sleek sophistication and organic, livable warmth. - [Silicon Valley](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/los-gatos/) - The project is a renovation and addition to an existing single-family mid-century hillside home. - [Clipper Street](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/clipper-street/) - Incredible ground up construction with a sun-drenched yard, all in a coveted Noe Valley location. - [Clarendon](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/clarendon/) - Our client, Geoffrey De Sousa – an interior designer and co-owner of the design showroom De Sousa Hughes – was drawn to this property for its location on one of the highest residential streets in San Francisco and panoramic views of the city. That said, the tired, 1930s-era Monterey-style home failed to do its context - [Half Moon Bay](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/half-moon-bay/) - The Half Moon Bay project is a two phase transformation of a Santa Fe style single family residence on a sizable Rural lot in Half Moon Bay. The space now includes a red Scavolini kitchen, custom hot-rolled steel fireplace and barn door, and a new Master Suite. The Half Moon Bay project was the first ever acquired soley through a HOUZZ referral. - [Napa ADU SWAP](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/napa-adu-swap/) - The Napa ADU SWAP project creates an initial 1200 sf ADU on a property already containing a Primary Home. The ADU has built-in infrastructure to allow for a seamless transformation to the Primary Residence in conjunction with the reduction in floor area of the current Primary home. - [Chenery Bath](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/chenery/) - This bathroom is about everything beyond function; the bathing experience as an integral part of the private world of the bedroom. Comfort, sensuality, theater and beauty are the desires enabled in the new space. - [Ridgecrest](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/ridgecrest/) - The Ridgecrest residence is a collaborative effort between architect and builder for the builder's own family home. - [Partridge](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/novato/) - Located in Sonoma County in the heart of California wine country, this early 1960's ranch-style tract house lacked all distinction and character. - [Symbol Technologies](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/symbol-technologies/) - Symbol Technologies is a company that makes Bar Code Scanners, Mobile Computers, RFID and wireless technology products for Government and diverse Business clients. The Demonstration Room is a place where presentations of products and services are made to prospective Industry clients. The presentations include displays of actual product such as hand-held scanners, as well as - [Alexander Avenue](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/sausalito/) - An urbane elegant home with a warm modern ambiance. The interiors are comfortable and playful, open to the expansive view of San Francisco Bay. The lot is a typical Sausalito hillside lot, small and sloping down from the street to the east. To the north is a sweeping view of Sausalito, looking much like a - [Olive Tree Lane](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/olive-tree/) - The Olive Tree Residence is a new home built high in the Coastal Range above the Santa Clara Valley. - [The Comstock](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/comstock/) - The Comstock Apartments, San Francisco - [Park Drive Atherton](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/park-drive-residence/) - Interior remodel to an existing three bedroom, two and a half bathroom, single-family residence. Scope includes a new interior open riser wood stair with center steel support, a new steel alternating tread stair and new fixtures and finishes throughout. - [Laguna](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/laguna/) - The Laguna residence is an extensive remodel and addition to an 1890's San Francisco home. The historically significant front facade was retained, and a modern home built within the existing shell, with both vertical and horizontal extensions added. - [Duncan](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/diamond-heights-remodel/) - This project is a remodel of a mid-century single family house in Diamond Heights with a beautiful, sweeping view of the city. The new plan relocates all the bedrooms to the lower level allowing the upper level to open up to a great room. This great room houses the kitchen, a formal dining room, a - [Mount Tiburon](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/mount-tiburon/) - Quiet sophistication sets the tone for this expansive 4+ bedroom home. Fostering a love of modern architecture, art and design, this understatement of luxury combines elegance with relaxation. Detailed attention has been given to the oversized slabs of white Carrara and Calacatta marble, playful textures and mood lighting. - [Vicksburg](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/vicksburg/) - This home, a beautiful Victorian from the 1890's, nearly burned to the ground in a devastating fire. Fortunately no one was injured and the detailed facade was saved through the efforts of the Fire Department. - [Douglass Street](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/douglass-street/) - Although this mid-century home sits high on a hill with a clear view of downtown San Francisco and the Bay, the original configuration of windows and spaces didn’t fully capture the impact of those views. Our clients had created a wonderful garden space at grade level that was virtually invisible to the main entertaining spaces. - [Thomas Avenue](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/brisbane/) - Construction of a new 4,966 Sq ft. single family three story residence with a new detached, 534 Sqft. two car garage. Scope of work includes the proposed construction of a new 1,000 Sq ft. secondary dwelling unit and the removal of an existing derelict/ abandoned building. Additional work includes a new driveway and exterior landscape - [Fontana 2](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/fontana-apartment-2/) - [Toyon Drive](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/toyon/) - This extended family compound sits enthroned atop a hillside site in Healdsburg, commanding views of Russian River and beyond. A modern courtyard house facing a guest house and an infinity-edge pool looks towards the northwest. Conceived as a country getaway, the home features three different master suites. Natural and renewable cooling features include overhangs specifically - [Jade Place](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/jade-place/) - Spectacular, ultra modern, high-end home, extensively renovated after being gutted to the studs. High quality materials and attention to detail show throughout. Open & functional floor plan with excellent use of open space, decks, bright colors, marble, and beautiful finishes. Gorgeous Calacatta marble was used on the kitchen counters, island, & fireplace. Beautiful white oak - [Saratoga Residence](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/saratoga/) - Removal of an existing single story 2,607 Sq ft. single family residence with deck and hardscape areas, detached two car garage and two car carport and two stable buildings. Proposed project scope includes new 5,958 Sq ft. two story single family residence with basement, 509 Sq ft. guest house, and new below grade parking structure. - [Cow Hollow Desk](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/green-desk/) - [Cow Hollow Table](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/green-table/) - Our clients needed a table that could transform itself from a small side table to a dining table. Mark English architects designed several prototypes, resulting in the wood and steel transforming table that was built. - [Taverna Aventine](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/taverna-aventine/) - Taverna Aventine is a joint venture between the Vintage 415 team and Gian-Paolo Veronese, and is located steps away from the former sites of two of San Francisco’s most Famous Barbary Coast drinking venues; A.P. Hotaling Company’s whiskey warehouse and the Bank Exchange. Vintage cocktails from that era are available upstairs in the nautically themed - [Bloom Blow Dry Bar](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/bloom-blow-dry-bar/) - Bloom Blow Dry and Style Bar is a boutique blowout and makeup bar located in West Portal, San Francisco. “Enter Bloom and you feel like you’ve walked into your wildly chic older sister’s house. The walls are white and soft grey, a mural of blooming pink flowers graces the entire back wall and everything feels - [Acqua di Roma Spa](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio_page/acqua-di-roma-spa/) - If you haven’t noticed the spa at 700 Montgomery Street at Washington, in the historic Banco Italiano building, it’s because most of it is underground. The spa, with textured walls, ceilings and floors that evoke an ancient, yet modern subterranean feeling. Spa founder Gian-Paolo Veronese, grandson of late San Francisco Mayor Joe Alioto, is combining ## Portfolio Categories - [Residential](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio-category/residential/) - [Under Construction](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio-category/under-construction/) - [Commercial](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio-category/commercial/) - [Furniture](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio-category/furniture/) - [Masonry Grid Visibility](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio-category/masonry-grid-visibility/) - [Front Page](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio-category/front-page/) - [On the Boards](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/portfolio-category/on-the-boards/) ## Masonry Gallery Categories - [Publications](https://www.markenglisharchitects.com/masonry-gallery-category/publications/)