More stories about San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

• EHDA Grand Award: Caterpillar House

  This Carmel, Calif., home's gracefully elongated shape modernizes the iconic ranch-house concept while maximizing views and daylighting.

• The Family Business Comes Home In This San Francisco Mixed-Use Space

  A remodeled San Francisco building houses work and living spaces for a creative and enterprising family.

• Studio Visit: Hood Design

  Architect talks to Walter Hood about his approach to diverse landscape architecture projects.

• Slideshow: Mid-Rise Buildings

  Buildings of four to six stories could be just the ticket in a new era of infill development.

• Architecture for Humanity helps rebuild in Haiti and beyond

  In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Architecture for Humanity acts as a resource for the local building and design community.

• Loring Sagan Melds Various Businesses With Personal Space in San Francisco

  This former bakery houses living space and multiple businesses, including a coffee roaster and an artisanal charcuterie.

• Custom Builder of the Year 2011: Jim Murphy & Associates

  Jim Murphy & Associates is a custom building company as sound and fully realized as the wine country estate homes that are its specialty.

• ra50: Craig Steely Architecture

  Craig Steely practices the art of less is more.

• ra50: David Baker + Partners Architects

  At David Baker + Partners in San Francisco, sustainable design is a way of life.

• ra50: Fernau & Hartman Architects

  Fernau & Hartman reinvents the local “street language” of architecture to bring out what’s best in a site.