Preliminary plans have been submitted to rebuild the home at 3456 Washington Street in San Francisco’s Presidio Heights. The property owner is listed as a trust for the Gap Inc. co-founder and local billionaire Doris F. Fisher. The plans would create a three-story mansion with a small ground-level ADU.
Demolition will be required for the existing home, which was built in the late 1950s with an expansion made during the 1990s. The new house will be roughly thirty percent larger, spanning 11,125 square feet across three floors, with a small accessory dwelling unit positioned on the ground floor. The primary residence will span 10,450 square feet, while the ADU will feature two bedrooms across 678 square feet.
3456 Washington Street aerial overview, rendering by Obata Noblin Office
3456 Washington Street entrance, rendering by Obata Noblin Office
Obata Noblin Office is the project architect. The ground level will be dedicated to a three-car garage, fitness center, hot tub, sauna, and an indoor pool. The second floor will include two dining rooms, a media room, and a podium-top terrace. The top floor will feature five bedrooms and bathrooms.
The property owner is listed as the ‘DDF Article 3 Trust’, with Doris F. Fisher as the trustee. Doris F. Fisher co-founded Gap Inc. 55 years ago in San Francisco alongside her late husband, Donald Fischer. Gap has remained based in the city, with its headquarters currently located along the Embarcadero.
3456 Washington Street podium-top courtyard view, rendering by Obata Noblin Office
3456 Washington Street side elevation, illustration by Obata Noblin Office
The recent application utilizes Senate Bill 330, which freezes the planning code in place for future development applications. This preliminary submission is not a development permit. According to a Historic Resource Evaluation conducted by the Architectural Resources Group last September, the building is not eligible to be individually listed under any California Register criteria.
The story here is similar to our coverage last year, when plans were revealed for a residential expansion at 496 Sea Cliff Avenue for the former presidential candidate and billionaire Tom Steyer.
The quarter-acre property is located at the corner of Laurel Street and Washington Street, two blocks from the Presidio.
3456 Washington Street, image via Google Street View
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, an international law firm, is listed as the project applicant. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be established.
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Looks like a commercial build on Tatooine
It’s good that in their expansion will include and ADU in the plans
A TWO bedroom in 678 square feet?
This is a nice design actually. A good pallet of warm colors and materials with a modern design that often uses cheaper materials (all white, stucco). Getting tired of the posters that really can’t understand a good contemporary design when they see it.
It looks like city funded affordable housing.