2013 Marin Living: Home Tours

Online sales to our Marin Living: Home Tours have ended. Tickets will be available for purchase at the Home Tours Headquarters, Tamalpie Pizzeria located at 475 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley, starting at 9:00 am Saturday, May 18. For questions day of the tour, please call 415-738-5520.

Presented by AIA San Francisco and the Center for Architecture + Design, San Francisco and Marin Living: Home Tours is the first tour series of its kind in the Bay Area to promote a wide variety of architectural styles, neighborhoods, and residences—all from the architect's point of view. The annual program provides design enthusiasts and the general public with an inside look into the world of distinctive residences in Marin and San Francisco.

Projects are showcased via an open house format. Tour participants have the opportunity to see some of the area's latest residential projects from the inside out, meet design teams, explore housing trends, and discover design solutions that inspire unique Bay Area living. Learn about the featured projects below and click on the links to view more images and information.

Featured Projects

The 2013 Marin Living: Home Tours features residences located in Mill Valley, Tiburon, Ross and San Rafael. Participating firms include Jensen Architects, Andrea Ponsi, Koji Tsutsui & Associates, Jon Brody, Van Meter Williams Pollack and Feldman Architecture and a Sausalito houseboat by David Spurgeon.

View project slideshows and learn more about the design of each residence:

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Tickets

Online sales end at 4:00 pm, May 17. Tickets will be available for purchase at the Home Tours Headquarters starting at 9:00 am Saturday, May 18. For questions on the day of the tour, please call 415-738-5520.

Purchase Tickets

We recommend purchasing your tickets early as this event frequently sells out! Due to the hilly nature of the terrain, featured projects are not ADA accessible.

Home Tours Headquarters

Tamalpie Pizzeria
May 18, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
475 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley
Map

CCS Architecture designed the modern-meets-rustic Tamalpie Pizzeria on Miller Avenue in Mill Valley. Throughout the day, participants can pick up or purchase tickets at the headquarters. A single 40-foot timber beam salvaged from a former redwood tree creates the iconic signage outside, piercing through the façade to the kitchen inside. An all glass façade creates maximum transparency between the main dining room and the outside dining terrace. Inside, a fully open kitchen with counter-seating showcases the pizza making in action.

The main dining room features custom tables made of skidding planks along steel beams which catalyze social interaction, much like a community table, yet with flexibility to push apart for individual seating. Interior finishes include reclaimed wood, concrete, and brushed stainless steel.

Related Events

Lunch with Architect Andrea Ponsi
May 15, 12:00 - 2:00 pm
AIA San Francisco
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Join us for a lecture with Italian architect Andrea Ponsi, designer of House on the Bay, one of the homes on this year's tour. Ponsi will discuss his career and work, which includes architecture and city planning, design, painting and writing, and has been published in international magazines ( Domus, Interni, Wallpaper) and the subject of solo and group shows (Museo della Triennale in Milan, Venice Biennale). In 2000 he won the international competition for the design of the Palos Verdes Art Center in Los Angeles.

Marin Living: Home Tours Architects' Forum
May 16, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
AIA San Francisco
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Included with the purchase of a home tours ticket.

The Architects’ Forum provides an overview of the featured projects on this year’s Marin Living: Home Tours. During this educational panel, architects will discuss their design philosophies and the overall design and construction process for each home.

Home Tours Committee