San Francisco Contemporary!

San Francisco Contemporary!

San Francisco Contemporary!

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Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud and her husband, movie soundtrack producer Pat Gleeson, ruffled the feathers of their conservative Potrero Hill neighbors in San Francisco when they built their Industrial-style loft home, Kronos House, in 1989. All the chatter cooled down when neighbors finally realized that the home was an architectural icon appearing in "San Francisco Architecture: An Illustrated Guide to the Outstanding Buildings, Public Art Works, and Parks in the Bay Area of California" and "New Architecture: San Francisco," architecturally praised in the New York Times and featured in the film "The Joy Luck Club."

The talented couple engaged Maybeck Award-winning architect Daniel Solomon to design the house after seeing a design he had done for friends. Topped by a centrally-domed oculus, the black shingled structure rises several levels. The centerpiece is the tall window reaching 24 feet with a fireplace in front. The window is comprised of small square panes that is purposefully deceptive, making it unclear as to the number of floors. The paved garden courtyard has a water feature, statuary, abstract walls and plum trees with nighttime lighting. The 2,561-square-foot interior has three bedrooms, two baths, and a dramatic living and entertaining area with walls of gray-blue Italian plaster and perforated galvanized metal with dark hardwood floors. The three-car garage is accessed through the interior. For more information.

Much acclaimed design by award-winning architect, Daniel Solomon, Kronos House, on San Francisco’s Potrero Hill, now for sale and priced at $2.5 million.