Cesar Rubio Photography

A broker friend just asked us who we like (locally) for architectural photography, and we agreed it's Cesar Rubio. If we only had one shot, and needed it to grab more than 50% of passers-by, we'd spend the bulk of the budget letting Cesar get it right. He's done the sexier jobs, from SOM SF to Dwell, but he's not so commercial to avoid shooting a Tiburon interior now and again. Portfolio: here. (And no, we've not employed him, but will.)

160 San Marcos Avenue

We absolutely love Craig Steely's work. He's always at least 5 years ahead of trends (glass tile in year 2000, anyone?), and can do modern with a warmth that few other local architects can muster. So we find ourselves wishing we could build his 3,700 SF single-family home design for 160 San Marcos Ave, which recently made its appearance on MLS; the lot and plans are yours for 850,000 underwritten land-loan smackers.

But Craig's site announces construction in 2005, and we're closing in on 2008. Community issues at design review? Indecisive seller? We hope it's not the former, for architecture's sake, but aren't betting on the latter...