Natural Structures + Refined Residential: A Tech Investment Firm in San Francisco’s Presidio

On the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula is the Presidio, a California dreaming national park of lush landscapes, gorgeous views and historic buildings that architectural and design firms continue to reinvigorate, project by project. The 1,500 acre park is a major outdoor recreation hub, but it also includes a lively restaurant, art and history scene (it’s also a former U.S. Army military fort) accompanied by historic residences and businesses including Lucusfilm. Within the Presidio, a technology investment firm had outgrown its current office, and selected its new space in an adjacent building for its similar location and larger scale. Feldman Architecture, a firm with residential roots, won the project because of a residential home it had designed for one of the tech investment firm partners. The firm’s leaders were intent on bringing the same light-filled, refined residential palette of the partner’s home to its new offices. Historic buildings …