San Francisco. Property of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Lilienthal | Worley K. Wong & John Carden Campbell, architects

MORE than in the country (where they can work off surplus energy outdoors), children need houseroom of their own in town. Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Lilienthal asked Worley K. Wong and John Carden Campbell to plan their San Francisco house so that their boys, Jimmy and Peter, should have their own dining alcove and a full half of the second floor. On these four pages you see how outdoors and in have been zoned to give two generations living space. The youngsters have: their own bathroom, communicating with their parents', their own rooms, a roof deck which they share, storage in the garage for outdoor gear and a lion's share of the grounds, designed by the well-known land- scape architects, Eckbo, Royston & Williams. For themselves, the Lilienthals have wisely looked ahead to the day when the boys will want to use the living room and have added an upstairs study.

Children share but do not dominate the house. For themselves, Mr. and Mrs. Lilienthal have a spacious living- dining room and the garden becomes theirs in the evening when the tricycles have been garaged for the night. A propitious use of the small lot (which backs up against an old city wall) affords them a view over the Presidio from their dining room. For their convenience, a cupboard in the living room stores card tables; two others wall the dining room from the children's dining alcove. One of these houses a bar, the other is for silver, china, place mats, etc.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | January 1951