Thomas Rex Hardy

General Contractor: North Bay Construction

Cabinets: Wooden Leaf Woodworking

Photography: Aerial Canvas and Thomas Rex Hardy, AIA

Project completed 2019.

Photography by Eric Rorer.

This boathouse on Tomales Bay was deteriorating and in need of almost total reconstruction. The missing floating dock was reconstructed and a new boat ramp added to the refurbished dock. Extensive permitting and approvals were required due to the sensitive environmental location of the structure over water. New doors, windows and siding were all built by the general contractor from old growth redwood.

Construction by James Lino Construction, Inverness. Photography by Eric Rorer.

The James R. Browning United States Courthouse located at Seventh & Mission in San Francisco is one of the most historic buildings in San Francisco. Tom Hardy was the project architect while working for historic architects Page & Turnbull during the 5-year restoration project after the building was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. He is currently a docent and gives public tours of the building.

The existing structure was a house reconstructed after the original Victorian burned down. Work included new kitchens and bathrooms for both units, custom bookshelves, and creation of a new Master Bedroom suite at the basement level.

Photography: Eric Rorer.
Construction: Thompson-Suskind.

Pool house and guest house with eyebrow dormer and attached arbor. The upper floor serves as a guest house and changing room with bathroom and kitchenette. Pool equipment and storage are on the lower floor buried in the slope of the hillside.

Landscape design by Michael Yandle

Project included a second story addition at the rear of the house to create a new Master Suite as well as renovations to bathrooms and a new library in the connection between old and new.

Photography : Bernard Andre.
Construction: Wilkinson Construction.

This fine arts and crafts style house was designed in 1909 by architect Sidney B. Newsom, son and partner in the Newsom architectural dynasty in San Francisco. It was remodeled on all four levels including new bathrooms and laundry room. All rooms were refurbished and the spectacular leaded glass panels at the stairwell were restored by Reflection Studios.

Construction: Plath + Company.
Interior Design: Jan Wasson.
Faux painting: Katherine Jacobus.
Lighting Design: Techlinea.
Photography: Eric Rorer.

We’ve enjoyed extensive experience with historic buildings of all types and sizes from log cabin to classical courthouse. Many of the projects in this gallery were completed while I was a project architect for the firm of Page & Turnbull.

We enjoy working on new houses in urban and rural locations, and on new buildings in historic neighborhoods.

This Victorian house in the Pan Handle had been carved up into multiple units during the Summer of Love and was returned to a single-family house as part of this multi-phase project. The work included finishing out the upper floor and creation of a new Master Suite as well as refurbishing all the bathrooms and the kitchen. The front stairs and entry doorway was restored and interior finishes were also stripped and freshened.

This renovation of a classic San Francisco full floor apartment included new kitchen, master bathroom, powder room, and dressing room.

This house on Portola Avenue was once a carriage house for a much larger property but was moved and re-oriented when Portola was widened in the 1950s. The challenge here was to make a small house feel not so small.