Fong / Rodriguez House
Bernal Heights, San Francisco

The unconventional plan (by San Francisco standards) puts the living area at the top of the house to enjoy panoramic views of the city, while the middle floor becomes a flexible arrangement of bedrooms, a writing studio, and gallery arranged around sliding cherry wood walls and a glass treaded staircase. The ground floor holds two garages and a studio accessed from the rear yard by a spiral stair.

An 8-ft. diameter stainless steel rimmed circle is cut in the roof of the upper floor balcony. As the sun passes through the day, an oval of sunlight travels through the house, like a huge sundial.

Publications
"Architecture of San Francisco" William Stout Publishers 2007
"West Coast Residential" Blue Imprint , 2007
"Small City Houses", taschen, 2006
AIA 2005 Home tours
Sunset Magazine, June 2004
"San Francisco Houses", TeNeues books, 2003