LAKE
Oakland, CA, 2021
forest <> house
Northern California, 2015
Radhaus
San Francisco, CA, 2018
Kindred
Various, 2016
Hunters Point Shoreline
San Francisco, CA, 2017
Trap Table
Berkeley, CA, 2013
All Tactile projects
project
year
typology
location
status
LAKE
2021
Hospitality, Public Space, Retail, Cultural, Adaptive Reuse
Oakland, CA
design
LAKE envisions a thriving urban promenade filled with Black-owned and Black-centered businesses occupying flexible indoor and outdoor spaces that support gathering, shopping, experiencing, and celebrating Oakland’s vibrant community and culture.
The Social Network
2012
Hospitality, Adaptive Reuse
Bay Area, CA
completed
For The Social Network we designed an open and lively 28,000 square foot cafeteria that can accommodate up to 3,500 employees and guests for any given meal. The cafeteria doubles as a secure auditorium for weekly "all hands" presentations and global simulcasts. Independent from the main cafeteria, we designed the campus's burger shack and pizza restaurant, adding to the neighborhood feel of The Social Network grounds and complementing the playfulness and casual work environment.
forest <> house
2015
Residential
Northern California
completed
Our long-time clients sought to create a private retreat hidden in the forested hills of Northern California, a house where an extended community of family, friends, and colleagues could gather.
Radhaus
2018
Hospitality, Adaptive Reuse
San Francisco, CA
completed
The proprietors envisioned Radhaus as a contemporary gathering place pairing the convivial, communal essence of a German beer hall with contemporary interpretations of traditional Bavarian cuisine.
Clipper Street Residence
2007
Residential
San Francisco, CA
completed
In 2005, a design savvy skateboard couple enlisted ENVELOPE to renovate a tattered Victorian duplex — two stacked flats with a typical series of dark, cellular rooms — in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood. The renovation design conceives of the home as two distinct worlds sculpted to fit two uses: a surprisingly eclectic upstairs flat for living, and a more matter-of-fact lower level creative studio that opens up to the garden.
Kindred
2016
Aside, Fabrication, Public Space
Various
completed
Kindred is a re-configurable, re-deployable planter-seating system composed of three modules and designed to add visual and functional dimension to multi-purpose open space.
Hunters Point Shoreline
2017
Public Space
San Francisco, CA
completed
The Hunters Point Shoreline is a new public open space born out of a far-reaching public, interim use, and community engagement strategy for the former Hunters Point Power Plant site.
Trap Table
2013
Aside, Fabrication
Berkeley, CA
completed
Designed, prototyped and fabricated in our shop, the Trap Table leverages the tessellating ability of half hexagons to create a system capable of a multitude of configurations.
Locanda
2011
Hospitality
San Francisco, CA
completed
Designing Locanda required a reflection of the restaurant’s reinterpretation of Roman cuisine. In using polarized qualities like loud and quiet, light and dark, modern and ancient, ENVELOPE crafted a spatial organization that played with fusing different worlds into the experience of enjoying great food. Our mixture of smart functionality and revered tradition runs through the details of Locanda, unifying the overall design with purpose and history, creating a contemporary space that one can relax into and just enjoy the food.
