Laidley Street Cottage

Like much of San Francisco’s housing stock, the Laidley Street Cottage was becoming outdated. Built to last 100 years, the home was at the end of its useful life, with all building systems needing upgrading. Originally, the home was an existing rear yard cottage.

In the redesign by Red Dot Studio, additional square footage was modest and focused on right-sizing the property to the site while adding new building systems and a daylit design. The renovated Laidley Street Cottage in San Francisco, now has a friendly window-filled facade, but the fence and gate structure provide privacy to the occupants on the living level. The kitchen, dining, and living space extends generously to the front yard.

The primary bedroom has a private rear garden, and the guest bedroom has a balcony, providing even more indoor-outdoor connections. Outdoor space becomes part of the daily living area of the home. FORMA Construction built a new Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) in the back, providing additional living space, an office, or guest accommodations. The Laidley Street Cottage’s attainable scale and outdoor oasis help foster a livable city for the next 100 years.

This project received the Professional Builder Gold Award and was featured in SPACES magazine.

Architect
Red Dot Studio

Photography
John Lee + Jake Stangel

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Spaces Magazine SFC&G Dwell

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