Huntsman Architectural Group in San Francisco designs itsoffice as a study in relaxed Modern style.

The Barcelona chair designed by Mies van der Rohe is the mezuzah of American architecture firms, installed by the front door as a symbol of devotion to the tribe of Modernism. It is a pleasant surprise, then, to find it missing from the lobby of the new San Francisco quarters of Huntsman Architectural Group, replaced by a trio of Egg chairs, a lesser-known but still classic icon by midcentury Danish designer Arne Jacobsen. It is telling, too, because the robin's-egg-blue chairs also signal a devotion to high design, yet they convey warmth, comfort, and the atmosphere of hospitality that envelops each area of this clean-lined office. The Huntsman practice moved to this location from offices scattered over several floors in a nearby historic building designed by architect Julia Morgan.