Scott Wynn, Architect is a small service-oriented architectural practice focused on the custom design of residential and commercial projects. The firm has a long history of involvement in the construction and detailing of buildings and maintains an in-house workshop for the fabrication of furniture, fixtures and various details that are incorporated in its designs.
The firm has been involved in restoration and period work since its inception in 1976. It provides full design services for restoration or for creating new work in the same style, and can as well provide the finest woodwork, both solid and veneered, as well as decorative and figurative carving, turning, and curved work. It also does work in a wide range of styles and periods, both European and Asian, tailoring the projects by working very closely with the clients to satisfy their requirements and desires, exceed their expectations, and meet budgetary requirements.
Scott Wynn is a member of the American Institute of Architects and a licensed California Building Contractor. He has had his work published in numerous magazines, and has exhibited work in California, Hawaii, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio. He has written and illustrated numerous articles on the craft of woodworking for Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding, and Woodwork Magazines, and has written and illustrated the recently released book “The Woodworker’s Guide to Handplanes”, a definitive work on the use of this essential woodworking tool.
Curtain Valance: one of a set for three windows and a bay window. The carving and marquetry patterns are derived from the patterns of the Bradbury and Bradbury wallpaper. American Black Walnut, Birdʼs-eye Maple, ebonized Walnut, gold leaf. Designed and made by Scott Wynn.
By removing some inconvenient closets and relocating the basement stairs to underneath the front hall stairs, the original kitchen, last remodeled in the 1950”s, was doubled in size. The new kitchen has frame and panel cabinets with bolection molding at the panels, tin ceiling and cornice moldings, granite counter-tops, period ceramic tile floor, period details, and eleven paint colors. Construction: Michael Twing. Cabinets: John Clark. Design and miscellaneous details by Scott Wynn.
Affectionately called the “Pink Lady” since its then owner first painted it pink in the 1960ʼs, this Victorian mansion sits across from the famous Carson Mansion in Eureka, California. The current owner wanted a new fence, appropriate to the style of the house erected around the property. While the style of the fence and gate is elaborate, reiterating the detail and style of the main house, the structure of the fence is equally elaborate and state-of-the-art. Due to the fact the fence is 6 1/2 feet high (and the gate over 11 feet) and that the property sits within about 500 yards of the ocean and experiences the occasional gail force wind, the wood fence posts encase heavy 3” steel tubes bolted to a new continuous concrete foundation. The gate, shown here, has an equally heavy welded internal steel frame and rises over 11 feet tall to its finial. And the corner posts of the fence are cast concrete, cast with elaborate victorian patterns to match the wood of the fence. Contractor: Mark Adams.
Custom chair by Scott Wynn
Gable Decoration on a workmanʼs Queen Anne cottage. Designed, carved, and installed by Scott Wynn.
Restoration of seven 1884 Italianate/Stick-style row houses on Golden Gate and Steiner Streets. Originally design by architect John P. Gaynor as a real estate investment for prominent local banker William Sharon, they were built in 1884 and restored in 1985. Architectural forensics determined that there were over 36 molding patterns, plus a number of curved moldings, turnings, and cast pieces. A single facade required six sheets of drawings to described its reconstruction. We did both design and restoration.
Downey Street. Originally a large, but undistinguished Victorian in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. When renovation of the facade began, it was covered asbestos shingles, stripped of any Victorian detail it ever had. Forensic demolition indicated that it never had much detail, so we decided to create our own. Because of its severe western exposure, painting over the years had always been a big maintenance problem. For this reason it was decided to use the embossed, pre-patinated copper and brass sheet metal that is often used for decorative ceilings — a favorite material of the owner — as the cladding and for some of the moldings. The dentil rake molding at the top of the gable is copper, for instance. Two shades of gold leaf were used on the sunbursts. Major architectural elements were fabricated by Scott Wynn.
Shoji between the Kitchen/Dining Room Red Oak, Wenge, Synskin. Designed and made by Scott Wynn.
Custom chair by Scott Wynn
This remodeled kitchen, of a house originally designed by Oakland architect Clayton Van Wagner in 1952, captures the spirit of its Japanese-influenced Mid-Century Modern lines. This view of the Breakfast nook, is highlighted by the custom made Shoji doors with “Leaves of Grass” motif and the banquet of rift Oak, Cherry, and Maple. Angles and curves in this kitchen both direct and ease the flow of work, add visual interest, and improve access. The cabinets are Australian Lacewood, rift Red Oak, Wenge, and Maple, with a stove backsplash of glass. Countertop material varies as to the intended use of the area: granite generally, with a long stainless steel counter integral to the dishwashing sink, butcher block at prep and eating areas, and pigmented concrete at display/storage areas. The Shoji doors and banquet were fabricated by Scott Wynn.
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