ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME

MIDCENTURY WIZARDRY

DESIGN NOTES FROM THE WISEMAN GROUP

The existing home has a Bay Area 1961 architectural pedigree. The architecture and garden have regional historical significance and were required to be respected and preserved.

Most of the original Esherick exterior architecture details were maintained and honored. The interior was reconfigured for a young family; keeping original references and elements, reintroducing some of the same and simplifying others.

Maintaining the integrity of the architecture and original intent was an overriding theme. We wanted to honor the past. We enhanced the open plan northern

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