San Mateo & San Francisco Counties · SF Peninsula

Pacific Heights & Presidio Heights.

Civic-scale SF townhouses and freestanding residences. $8M–$35M.

Pacific Heights & Presidio Heights — Cerro Studio luxury design
How we work in Pacific Heights & Presidio Heights

Our practice in SF Peninsula, applied to Pacific Heights & Presidio Heights.

Atherton is the densest concentration of UHNW households in the United States, and its luxury residential market has shifted meaningfully toward contemporary glass-and-stone architecture over the past decade. We design in the Mediterranean vocabulary for clients who want it — increasingly common as tech-wealth families seek warmth and patina after two decades of modernist saturation — and we partner with specialist modernist architects when a project demands it.

Hillsborough, Woodside, Portola Valley, and Ross preserve the traditional ranch-and-estate vocabulary that maps cleanly to our Central Coast work. San Francisco proper — Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights, Russian Hill — requires a more urban and civic hand; our treatment there emphasizes the layered, collected interior that rewards repeated looking.

For the full SF Peninsula positioning, visit the SF Peninsula market page.

At a glance
Market
SF Peninsula
Investment range
$6M – $50M
Region
San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
Signature elements
  • Lime plaster in cool, gray-warm tones
  • White oak millwork and reclaimed timber framing
  • Venetian plaster ceilings in civic rooms
  • Integrated art program and library millwork
  • Wine cellar and sommelier program
  • Kitchen garden and orchard integration
Architects we collaborate with
  • Walker Warner
  • Aidlin Darling
  • Feldman Architecture
  • Butler Armsden
  • Geoffrey de Sousa
  • Nicole Hollis (interior-peer)
Builders we trust
  • Young Construction
  • Thomas James Homes
  • Clarum Homes
  • Redhorse Constructors
  • Matarozzi Pelsinger
From our work

Projects in SF Peninsula and adjacent markets.

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A Cerro home in Pacific Heights & Presidio Heights.

We design ground-up estates, whole-home renovations, and historic restorations across Pacific Heights & Presidio Heights and the wider SF Peninsula market. Every inquiry is read by the principal designer.

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