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Butler Armsden Architects

Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars4 Reviews
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About Us

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

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26 Projects

Stinson Beach House

5 photos

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
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Credentials

5 Houzz Awards
Best of Houzz 2017
Best of Houzz 2016
Best of Houzz 2015
Best of Houzz 2014
Best of Houzz 2013
3 Houzz Badges
Star Houzzer
Influencer
100,000 Ideabook Saves
1 Affiliation
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4 Reviews for Butler Armsden Architects

strandbergeng
strandbergeng
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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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
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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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.
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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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.
yuya666
yuya666
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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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.
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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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