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Portola Valley, CA Market: Single Family Residential Size: 4,600 sf Architect: Thayer Hopkins General Contractor: SEA Construction With the San Andreas Fault line running through the front yard—which contained liquefiable soils—FTF presented options to the project team that would make the house more disaster-resistant than code regulations required. Given the geotechnical and geological challenges of […]

Hillsborough, CA Market: Single Family Residential Size: 9,600 sf Architect: Studio VARA General Contractor: Dijeau-Poage Construction Re-interpreting an addition on the back of an older house in Hillsborough, the front half of the house was maintained, while the rear was thoroughly modernized down to the last detail. Following the basic form of the original house, […]

Monterey, CA Market: Multifamily / Affordable Size: 52,000 sf Architect: Zimmerman Associates General Contractor: Johnstone Moyer Located on the former Fort Ord Army Base in Monterey County, Manzanita Place provides 66 affordable rental units and marks the first housing community to be completed in the East Garrison master-planned development within Monterey. FTF collaborated closely with […]

Guadalupe, CA Market: “Multifamily / Farmworker Housing” Size: 41,016 sf Architect: RRM Design Group General Contractor: Seven Peaks Real Estate & Development FTF designed two three-story wood framed apartment complexes totaling 41,000 square feet, located in the coastal town of Guadalupe in Santa Barbara County. Each building consists of 17 two-bedroom one-bath rental units with […]

Palo Alto, CA Market: Mixed-Use / Multifamily Size: 62,953 sf Architect: EID Architects General Contractor: Propriis Developer: Zijin, LLC The project involves the development of an L-shaped lot with a 29,938 square foot subterranean parking garage, a three-story mixed-use building containing 4,676 square feet of commercial space and 7,394 square feet of residential, and eleven […]

Menlo Park, CA Market: Single Family Residential Size: 5000 sf Architect: William Duff Architects General Contractor: Moderna Homes This two-story residence was built over a full height habitable basement and includes a large kitchen, family living room, formal living room, dining room, five bedrooms, and four bathrooms, plus a media room, and wine room. The […]

Orinda, CA Market: Single Family Residential Size: 6,844 sf Architect: Butler Armsden Architects General Contractor: Buestad Construction, Inc. The Project involves remodeling and a full seismic retrofit of an existing single-family residence located in the Orinda hills. The residence was originally built on a steep stabilized old landslide deposit. FTF collaborated closely with the architect […]

Marin County, CA Market:Single Family Residential Size: 6,500 sf Architect: Quezada Architects General Contractor: Nestler Construction New construction of an articulated modern house on the eastern slope of Mount Tamalpais. Extensive cuts into the hillside required 20-foot tall retaining walls, so that the large house would minimize visual impact on the hillside.