2025 AIASF Home Tours

2025 AIASF Home Tours Overview
 

For Architects and Homeowners
                     Now in its 22nd year, the AIA San Francisco Home Tours event showcases exceptional residential architecture in San Francisco. It provides a unique opportunity for architects, homeowners, and design enthusiasts to celebrate innovative and outstanding home design. The program promotes diverse architectural styles, neighborhoods, and residences. Projects are showcased through an open house format, allowing tour participants to explore some of the region's latest projects, meet design teams, explore housing trends, and discover design solutions that inspire unique ways of living. This tour allows architects and homeowners to demonstrate the positive impact of great residential design in San Francisco and how design enhances our daily lives.
 

Tour Format
                     Self-guided one-day home tour showcasing multiple homes on Saturday, September 20, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (PST).
 

Tour Goals 

• Celebrate great design in the region and its contribution to our quality of life.
• Promote awareness, understanding, appreciation, and experience of excellent design.
• Engage the community in conversations about residential design and its connection to the surrounding environment.
• Provide insights into the design process with pre-tour lectures and opportunities to interact with architects and designers on-site during the tour.
• Demonstrate the positive impact of great design on the economy, environment, and community identity.
• Highlight the innovative talent of the local design community and inspire a new generation of architects to explore the field.
• Highlight at least one home that marries all-electric components with thoughtful design.

Submissions Criteria

• Submission Deadline: Wednesday, July 16th, 2025 by 11:59 p.m. PDT

The following timeline is a general outline of our process. AIASF and the Home Tours Committee will evaluate the submissions on a rolling basis. Once the project is submitted, you should expect to receive status notifications and to schedule a site visit within 1 – 3 weeks of submission.

• All entries must be submitted by the firm principal, a registered architect, a current AIASF member, and the person responsible for the project design.
• The architect agrees to collaborate with AIASF on logistics to showcase the project and to participate in a panel discussion at the Center for Architecture + Design in the week prior to the tour.
• Multiple submissions are encouraged; however, only one home per firm may be chosen for the tour. Previous homes featured on this tour are not eligible for consideration.
• Project Completion: Projects must be substantially completed by the date of submission.
• The Architect + Homeowner Agreement must be signed and included with the submission.
• Shortlisted firms must complete the Project Team and Vendor List before final selection.
• Only project architect firm members may be at the homes during the tour. This includes all associated interior designers, contractors, engineers, etc. unless they have a sponsorship agreement with AIA San Francisco.
• There is no fee to submit a project.

 
Questions? Jensen Zack, Community Engagement Coordinator, jzack@aiasf.org