Speaking of Stanley Saitowitz designed homes, having been listed for $6,980,000 sixteen months ago, the five-story Russian Hill house at 1110 Green Street has been listed anew for $5,885,000.
Black slate, etched glass, and floating features abound.
Opinions as to whether or not the modern design “offers a tranquil peaceful atmosphere” and “is awe inspiring to any architectural aficionado” are likely to be nearly as abundant.
∙ Listing: 1110 Green Street (3/2.5) – $5,885,000 [pacunion.com]
Wow, that is one brutal facade. I’ve seen less sinister looking off site mechanical enclosures. Is there some fetish he has against trees and shrubs also?
These saitowitz designs are butt ugly. Maybe rich people think differently than I do–come to think of it, that’s probably why they are rich.
I don’t know, I really like this one, although I’m not sure it ages well.
fuglers
Is there a heliport on the roof or will Emperor Palpatine be entering through the front door?
Dear Wrath:
Spot on comment. Genius. Can I have your baby?
Still overpriced by $1.5M
say what you want about the color grey, but didn’t wurster have some similar shapes in his portfolio?
The living room definitely reminds me of Victoria and Jack’s tower condo in the recent movie Oblivion.
Is there some fetish he has against trees and shrubs also?
They wither and die in the harsh environment.
Slate? For $6M, I want jet-black marble.
Good luck getting in and out of that bathtub without seriously hurting yourself.
I like it. It is a refreshing splash of modernity on a very traditional block. I wish I could see more of the interior.
I really like the exterior. Lines do it for me.
reminds me of the SHU at Pelican Bay.
For those who like their Saitowitz, check out what he’s doing for student housing on the other side of the Bay. Farms in Berkeley? Moo.
In what might be a hard harbinger of things to come for the market in Stanley Saitowitz-designed S.F. SFHs, the five-story Russian Hill house at 1110 Green Street has changed hands again, but appears to have been significantly re-designed at some point since the home was sold after the listing described in the main post above.
Since re-dubbed The Sky House by a San Francisco architect, founder and principal of Studio12 Architecture, a cursory review of DBI’s Permit Tracking System indicates a series of building permits were opened starting in 2015 by an Owner/Builder and at the very least, the Saitowitz facade and a lot of his design details have been remodeled away (compare the pictures above, and those on Natoma Architects’ website for “the Shaw Residence”, with those from the recent listing brokerage). If you don’t mind me saying so, the exterior remains modern while jettisoning Saitowitz’ characteristic coldness and becomes more attractive as a result. The home is also now 4 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms and 4,993 ft.².
The asking price in the aforementioned Summer 2022 listing was for $12.995 million, which was decreased to $11.995 million two months later and then the listing was removed close to the end of that year. Listed for rent asking $31,995 between March and June of 2023, “arguably one of the most dramatic modern homes in the city” was listed anew in September 2024 asking $9.995 million. The home closed 95 days later for $9.350 million ($1,873 per ft.², when it sold after the post above in the Summer of 2014, the $5.350 million price amounted to $1,410 per ft.²), or 6.45 percent below the Fall 2024 asking price and a 28 percent decrease from the Summer 2022 asking price.
Luckily for the seller, the home last sold just prior to the start of the pandemic for $9.950 million, so the closing price last month only amounted to a 6 percent decrease in nominal value. Hat’s off to Scott Kalmbach of Outpost Real Estate for representing both the buyer and the seller on the deal.