BAY SIDE: All three units that make up 1055 Lombard Street (above) in San Francisco, the Project of the Year in 1987, are afforded dramatic views of the city and bay beyond thanks to horizontal bands of windows and glass doors kept in scale by a ribbon of clever clerestory units.

BAY SIDE: All three units that make up 1055 Lombard Street (above) in San Francisco, the Project of the Year in 1987, are afforded dramatic views of the city and bay beyond thanks to horizontal bands of windows and glass doors kept in scale by a ribbon of clever clerestory units.

ISLAND EYES: Spinnaker Island, a 103-unit project of attached townhouses and condominiums (left), features a land plan of well-massed buildings along a winding roadway and hilly parcel. An assortment of window shapes and sizes on every elevation no doubt aids the ability to capture views from every unit and drew comparisons among the judges to a European village, earning it the co-Project of the Year award in 1985.

ISLAND EYES: Spinnaker Island, a 103-unit project of attached townhouses and condominiums (left), features a land plan of well-massed buildings along a winding roadway and hilly parcel. An assortment of window shapes and sizes on every elevation no doubt aids the ability to capture views from every unit and drew comparisons among the judges to a European village, earning it the co-Project of the Year award in 1985.