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Butler Armsden Architects

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1420 Sutter Street, First Floor
San Francisco, CA 94109
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Butler Armsden Architects is an award-winning, high-end residential architecture firm in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. Leading the office is Lewis Butler, who received his formal training at Stanford University and Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. He then joined the distinguished firm of William Turnbull and Associates before founding Butler Armsden with his wife, Catherine Armsden, in 1985. For over 25 years the firm has specialized in new and remodeled homes in San Francisco, Napa Valley, Sonoma, Stinson Beach and Atherton with a diverse portfolio that includes everything from a new townhouse in San Francisco to a family cabin amidst cornfields in Yolo County.

Services Provided

Architectural Design, Building Design, Custom Homes, Earthquake Retrofitting, Green Building, Home Additions, Home Remodeling, New Home Construction, Space Planning, Sustainable Design

Areas Served

Belvedere, Belvedere Tiburon, Mill Valley, San Francisco, Sausalito, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Tiburon

26 Projects for Butler Armsden Architects
Stinson Beach House
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Yolo County Cabin
12 photos
Valley of the Moon Retreat
15 photos
San Francisco, CA
An Updated Classic
10 photos
Portola Valley Courtyard House
23 photos
Platinum on the Peninsula
17 photos
Tiburon Bay House
8 photos
Atherton Modern
20 photos
Atherton Abode
7 photos
A Wurster Revival
16 photos
Woodside Residence
11 photos
Carriage House
11 photos
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4 Reviews for Butler Armsden Architects
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Butler Armsden is one of the top residential design firms in the Bay Area. They are experienced in a broad range of architectural styles and consistently produce work that is appropriate for each client and site, and not limited to a narrow design aesthetic. The office is also incredibly well versed in dealing with major planning department issues as well as navigating through the building department with complex projects. Lewis and the entire crew are charming, talented, and hard-working. They are an absolute pleasure to work with.
pchi
Peninsula Custom Homes
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“We have found Butler Armsden Architects to be one of the premier residential design firms in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is rare indeed to find excellent and creative design skills combined with an astute ability to manage projects. Lewis Butler and his team combine both of these talents very successfully.”
thompsonbrooksinc
ThompsonBrooks,Inc.
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I have worked with Butler Armsden on two projects. Both were beautiful and well managed. They work well as a team working with the contractor in the client's best interests. Judith Thompson, Thompson Brooks, Inc., General Contractors.
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Simply, chic and completely. Modern but it's very nice to mix and match back to nature. Calm and sometimes colorful. They know how to making special decoration to classic.
229 Comments
Commented: Wall stripesHi Marilyn, The stripes are the height of the tile, 12 inches. Tile size is 12x 18" Porcelanosa tiles.
January 19, 2018
Commented: Mi piace moltissimo il tavolino scimmia, di che brand si tratta?Ciao Giulia! "Baboon Bench" by Judy Kensley Mckie
January 8, 2018
Commented: where are the occasional chairs from?Interior Designer, Angela Free, reupholstered the client's existing chairs in a cream colored boiled wool fabric. www.angelafreedesign.com.
January 3, 2018
Commented: in the carriage house photo with the pool table and couchThanks for asking! These reading lamps are from Ethan Allen.
January 1, 2018
Commented: Lovely kitchen, What color light did you choose?Hi, thanks for asking. We used Halo recessed lights with MR16 bulbs. The color temperature of the MR16s is quite warm at approximately 3000K and they warm even more as they dim. We do think that 400...
November 13, 2017
Commented: can you tell me who makes these mirrors or were they custom?Hi thanks for asking. We custom designed them and then a local metalworker fabricated them for out of blackened steel. His name is Dan Ramos, and here is his website: http://www.studioromo.com.
October 3, 2017

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