Featured in Architectural Digest, this world class residence showcases panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate Bridge, the entire city skyline of San Francisco, the Bay Bridge, and Sausalito. It’s a magnificent masterpiece in a dramatic setting in the most prestigious location and comprises a ±8,131-square-foot home on a ±0.67-acre waterfront lot on the San Francisco Bay. It features four bedrooms with five full baths and two half-baths.
This work of architectural art was designed by architect Charles Gwathmey. It has spectacular outlooks from every corner of the expansive four-level floor plan. The primarily vertical organization of this house takes advantage of its sloped site on the southern coast of Belvedere Island.
The uppermost level contains a three-car garage with glass doors, an elevator which descends to a courtyard, a detached one-bedroom, one-bath guesthouse, and a wine cellar. The remaining levels of the main house are situated between two large retaining walls which follow the natural contours of the site and splay outward toward the bay.
The house’s compact organization within the precinct formed by the retaining walls ensures privacy. An interior circular staircase winds around an elevator and forms the cylindrical focal point of the house’s mass. A barrel-vaulted ceiling articulates the living and dining room at the entry level of the main house, and a large deck projects toward the bay to extend the space into the landscape.
Three bedrooms, three baths, a study. and a two-story entertainment room occupy the intermediate floors, while a media room, a beautiful wet bar, and a full bath with steam shower and sauna on the lowest level open onto a spacious outdoor terrace with a pool. The pool’s “infinity edge” establishes a poetic connection to the Bay. The interior floors are limestone and wide wood planks of bubinga wood. The cabinets are lightly stained maple.
The exterior is clad in gray-stained cedar, with a curved standing seam zinc roof. All exterior windows, doors and decks are teak, all terraces are beige-and-gray flamed limestone pavers, and the retaining walls are painted warm white stucco.
The unique location near the tip of Belvedere Island provides privacy and security while enjoying the stunning, world class views. Within a short walking distance are the Corinthian Yacht Club, San Francisco Yacht Club, and Tiburon’s downtown with its charming boutiques and a dozen culinary restaurants, such as Michael Mina’s Bungalow Kitchen, the Malibu Farm, Servino’s, Luna Bleu, Le Pattie Left Bank Bistro, Salt & Pepper, and the iconic Sam’s Café.
There are ferry services to San Francisco and Angel Island, bayside parks and biking path, plus hundreds of acres of vast open space for hiking and family picnics. Also, Tiburon-Belvedere is known for the best school district in California and the fog-less weather.
Built in 2000 and extensively renovated by current owner, this state-of-art residence has extreme high quality and craftsmanship at a cost above the current offering price of $22,888,000. Details on www.445BelvedereAve.com.