Berkeley architect David Stark Wilson designed this 2007 house, above and at top, which Metropolitan Home magazine featured in a large spread in June, naming it one of the top 100 houses of the year.
Wilson and his associate Chris Parlette designed it partially for fire resistance and partially for durability and low maintenance. The red steel columns have a coating of intumescent paint, which swells in heat and becomes fire resistant, preventing the metal from melting. Wilson says the zinc siding should never require work in the future. He and Parlette prefer metal for siding and roofs; they frequently use galvanized steel, preweathered steel and zinc siding. Wilson doesn't see metal exteriors as inherently harsh and says that with this house, the shingles, the ripples in the metal and the shadows all read as "rich and almost soft compared with a big stucco wall that might have a warm color but is basically just a flat wall plane." This project, he says, "is all about expressing the skin of the building and making it textural and rich." (source, san francisco chronicle)
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