Michael Hennessey creates modern bay windows for San Francisco townhouse

Large stretches of glass front this black house in San Francisco, which local firm Michael Hennessey Architecture designed to exhibit alternatives to "conventional building strategies".The Franklin Street townhouse occupies a slender lot in San Francisco's Marina District. The building is flanked on both sides by structures dating to the 1920s.
Michael Hennessey Architecture said the townhouse features elements that depart from the norm in San Francisco, such as interior light wells and windows