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Affordable.(residential architect design awards 06)

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Publication Date: 01-MAY-06

Author: Weber, Cheryl ; Maynard, Nigel F.
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COPYRIGHT 2006 Hanley-Wood, Inc.

affordable

grand

curran house, san francisco

david baker + partners, architects

san francisco

The judges observed that Curran House has "great street smarts," and what more could you ask of high-density housing for economically struggling families in San Francisco's gritty Tenderloin District? The building's soft colors and clean facades--a curtain-walled plane that is pushed back, along with two planes pulled forward to the property line--help the building blend with the historic neighborhood while freshening up the streetscape. "The flying wing is our modern cornice that lines up with the...

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