Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design

A number of years ago, I had the opportunity to work with Jerome Buttrick on the renovation of a classic, now landmarked house in Berkeley designed by William Wurster. At the time, I was impressed by how aware and sensitive Buttrick was to the key elements that make the house an icon of the "second generation Bay Area tradition." We modernized the open plan design and strong indoor/outdoor relationships to accommodate a more contemporary functional kitchen and service area of Wurster's first "shed roof house." As a friend and admirer of Buttrick's talent I have kept up with his ongoing architectural projects. I am increasingly impressed with his deepening sensitivity to the evolving Bay Area aesthetic and his skill in moving that aesthetic into the future. I believe that he, with a few other architects practicing in the region, are designing projects that can be said to define the third generation of Bay Area Architecture. Many of his residential projects have an urban character responsive to the contemporary generation of residents that also maintains connectivity with the strong geography and landscape of the region. They are definitive projects of the present and near future.
5 9 years ago (18-11-2017)