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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13133 Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13133-design-vanguard-2017-alan-tse-design La Maison The articulated form of this 28-unit condominium in San Francisco’s SOMA district—the first in a series of six for the same developer—allows for balcony decks and bedrooms to be staggered around lightwells. Photo © Bruce Damonte Franklin The design of this eight-story condominium features a curtain wall that lifts up from its corner to reveal a ground-level commercial space. Photo © Alan Tse Tataki Inspired by traditional Japanese houses, Tse designed a pitched profile for the interior of a ground-floor vegan sushi restaurant in a new mixed-use building in San Francisco. Photo © Alan Tse Tataki Inspired by traditional Japanese houses, Tse designed a pitched profile for the interior of a ground-floor vegan sushi restaurant in a new mixed-use building in San Francisco. Photo © Alan Tse Offset House Setback and buildable-area restrictions drove the form for this single-family house in Cupertino, California, which is defined by the dramatic offset between its two stories. Photo © Alan Tse