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Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no earthquake to shake it

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

A 1916 San Francisco mansion has been renovated and converted into art. It took 3 years to transform it.

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

The architect who dealt with it shows that it was a Herculean task to deal with its renovation. "There were no roofs, no exterior walls and no floor tiles. "Everything looks very beautiful now, but to look beautiful you have to endure the pain," says an expression ", says the architect Peter Marino.

He points out that for the couple homeowners it was all about security. So they laid strong concrete pillars to strengthen the foundations up to 30 meters underground.

"If there is an earthquake somewhere, come here and take shelter," says Marino humorously.

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Marino carefully preserved the courtyard and other extraordinarily original features of the house adhering to the neoclassical style of the living room, which seems to have been adapted from any hotel in France.

"My philosophy is original combined with modern," says the architect, and to see it from corner to corner, he walks through the pictures.

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

Inside the residence where history mixes with modern and where there is no

* The Architectural Digest article was adapted in Albanian by Tiranapost.al