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At Larson Shores Architects, our work is rooted in San Francisco, with projects spanning Sonoma County, the greater Bay Area, and nationwide. Our focus is on modern residential architecture—from ground-up custom homes to major remodels and interior architecture—each shaped by the specific conditions of its site and the lives of the people who inhabit it.
Across all scales, the goal remains consistent: to create spaces that feel intentional, warm, and enduring—where architecture supports both everyday living and long-term adaptability.
In Glen Ellen, that translates into a home that embraces its surroundings—rolling terrain, expansive sky, and a distinctly Sonoma rhythm of indoor-outdoor living.
The design draws from two distinct influences—Sonoma’s agrarian calm and the layered, atmospheric character of London’s Soho. The result is a warm modern farmhouse with a slightly moody, eclectic edge.
Materiality, proportion, and restraint drive the architecture. Rather than relying on stylistic gestures, the house is shaped through a balance of contemporary design principles and tactile, grounded elements—an approach that carries through our work in both and high-end residential remodels.
From the outset, the home was conceived as a series of framed moments. Openings are placed with precision to capture the surrounding rolling terrain—editing views rather than simply exposing them.
Even now, in its unfinished state, the intent is legible:
This approach—common across custom home design in Sonoma County and beyond—transforms the landscape into an active part of the living experience.
The main living space is anchored by a large vaulted ceiling that expands the experience beyond the footprint of the home.
There’s a deliberate vertical progression—your eye is drawn upward through the structure, then outward into the landscape. It’s a spatial sequence that connects body, architecture, and horizon—an idea that carries through our modern interior architecture work as much as it does inground-up construction.
With completion still a year or more away, sharing the process becomes part of the story.
At this stage, the architecture is stripped down to itsessentials:
For a San Francisco-based architecture firm working across California, this phase is often where the design is most clearly understood—before materials, furnishings, and final detailing are layered in.
As the project evolves, we’ll continue documenting the progression—tracking how structure becomes space, and space becomes experience.
From ground-up construction to major residential remodels, the throughline remains the same: architecture that is responsive, modern, and deeply connected to how people live.
