“Helping to balance nostalgia and aesthetics, architect Jennifer Weiss…retained the house’s original footprint while raising ceilings, expanding windows, carving out bedrooms, and catapulting the facade into the current century.” - Deborah Bishop for Dwell Magazine.
“House for an Architect” in The New York Times.
“The exterior dramatically changed, from having a traditional peaked roof to a flat roof over big windows.”
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DWELL magazine
Bright Lights, Big Kitchen
"Jennifer Weiss knows that artfully updating a pearl of mid-century design means discerning when to respect what's there and when to forge into the next century."
Coxhead Garden in Architectural Digest
San Francisco Chronicle
Architect, art historian covers all the bases
"Making model homes for one's tiny toy animals isn't a typical afternoon activity for a kid. Unless that kid is Jennifer Weiss - who went on to study art history and architecture at Columbia University, and then earned a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University."
Gardenista
San Francisco Chronicle
See how an SF architect transformed a 1,000-square-foot home into a light, livable space
“After a remodel that took only seven weeks, a dark and confined 1,000-square foot home in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood was transformed into an airy, light-filled space.
Architect Jennifer Weiss made several simple yet significant changes, such as raising the ceilings 23 inches to maximize light and creating an open floor plan in the living area.”
California Home + Design
Day and Night
"In remodels, the difference between before and after can be night and day—and that is doubly true for a kitchen that Jennifer Weiss redesigned for the 2009 San Francisco Decorator Showcase."
California Home + Design
A Heightened Awareness
"Not surprisingly, designing spaces that are specifically well suited to the display of art is second nature for Weiss....The once dim and dreary space now functions as a sleek backdrop for an impressive art collection, curated by Weiss...In a carefully designed composition of lines, forms and textures...."
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The Italian Job
"For a California girl, a trip to Milan during Salone lnternazionale del Mobile was pure inspiration.
San Francisco architect Jennifer Weiss shares her favorite finds from the furniture fair and beyond."
House Beautiful
San Francisco Magazine
Catbird Seats All
"Jennifer Weiss' sleek concrete chaise longue sitting on a bed of coiled rope..."
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
Take Two
"l thought it was the “ugliest house on the block,” the cave-like apartment with arched doorways and closed-off rooms seduced the real estate broker who purchased it with more than just investment potential."
Remodelista
Entryways
Remodelista
10 Easy Pieces: Kitchen Flooring
"Jennifer Weiss of San Francisco's J. Weiss Design chose to stain the floors in this kitchen remodel. "I love that adjusting the stain can make a wood floor seem more—or less—dramatic and modern," says Weiss."
Remodelista
Architect Visit: J. Weiss Design Kitchen & Bar in San Francisco
"San Francisco architect Jennifer Weiss accumulated 18 years of design experience (Harvard Graduate School of Design, construction manager at Ryan Associates, associate at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) before starting her own firm, J. Weiss Design."
California Home + Design
Design Dilemma: The Case of the Missing KeysDesign Dilemma: The Case of the Missing Keys
"When architect Jennifer Weiss spotted a Plexiglass bin that was overflowing with keys, papers and cellphones on her clients' kitchen countertop, she knew instantly she could make their lives better."
San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2009
"Jennifer Weiss opened up and streamlined the the formerly cramped kitchen. She modernized its aesthetic, while maintaining a nod to the past with materials such as zinc counter tops and Heath Ceramics."
Remodelista
Steal This Look: J. Weiss Kitchen & Bar in SF
"Architect Jennifer Weiss designed and executed the project in two and a half months for the SF Decorator Showcase, a feat in itself, with a “night and day” theme; the gleaming white daytime space adjoins a glamorous midnight blue bar area (outfitted with a sparkly Bocci chandelier), which in turn leads to the formal dining room."
Remodelista
Feeling Blue: Baths from the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory
"A periwinkle bath with a tidy soap niche by Jennifer Weiss Architecture in San Francisco."