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Giant Pixel / Studio O+A

June 25, 2013

Interior Designers: Studio O+A
Area: 4200 m²
Year: 2013
Professionals: House of Music, Matarozzi Pelsinger Builders

Presented by The Architect's Newspaper and enclos, Mode Lab recently announced their upcoming Facades+ Performance Symposium in San Francisco taking place July11-12. The event consists of hands-on instruction by industry experts in a small, one-on-one, classroom setting. These workshops will provide professionals and academics with the skills and knowledge to work with cutting edge technologies in a fast-paced and intensive environment. The workshop will explore the use of Grasshopper, Firefly and Arduino as creative and technical tools in the design, simulation and prototyping of intelligent building skins. For more information, please visit here.

280 Freeway Competition

June 07, 2013

Architecture at Zero 2013 Competition

May 17, 2013

Open to students and professionals worldwide, the Architecture at Zero 2013 competition is challenging participants to create a design for a new, roughly 150 unit mixed-use residential apartment building located in the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, California. With the aim of being as close to zero net energy as possible, the building must be a mix of affordable and market rate housing units and include a full neighborhood-serving grocery store on the ground level. The competition is presented by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and AIA San Francisco, in partnership with the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC). Submissions are due October 1. To register, and for more information, please visit here.

Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco / Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

April 13, 2013

The revamped Transbay Transit Center in downtown San Francisco broke ground earlier this week, a project that will introduce a 1.5 million square foot development that will be part transportation hub, part public park and urban space, and part offices and retail establishments. The massive undertaking, designed by renowned architecture firm Pelli Clarke Pelli will bring together 11 systems of local and national transportation, serving 45 million people per year. In addition to securing access to myriad transit lines, the project will also provide downtown San Francisco with a 5.4-acre rooftop park, designed by PWP Landscape Architecture, along with numerous cultural programs. The project is budgeted at 4.2 billion dollars and is projected for completion in 2017. It is funded in part by the construction of a 1,070-foot tower that is adjacent to the Transbay Transity Center. It is also designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli and is slated to be the tallest tower in San Francisco. The tower will secure 60 stories of office space and jobs and will contribute to the projected $87 billion of revenue through 2030.

Join us after the break for more details on this project.

A Conversation on Firm Culture with Carole Wedge and Jessica Lane

March 17, 2013

As part of AIA San Francisco's continuous effort to highlight women in architecture and better understand the imbalance of gender in the profession, they are hosting two great women for a conversation on firm culture, leadership and mentorship which will take place March 19th from 6:00pm-8:00pm PST. Carole Wedge, FAIA - Shepley Bulfinch's first female President in its 130 year history- will talk with emerging designer Jessica Lane of EHDD to discuss Carole's start at Shepley Bulfinch, in 1986, working in the mailroom as a co-op architecture student at the Boston Architectural Center, as well as her appointment, in 2004, as president. For more information, please visit here.

Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building / Rafael Viñoly Architects

March 05, 2013

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Architects: Rafael Viñoly Architects
Area: 6364 m²
Year: 2010
Manufacturers: Kingspan Insulated Panels, Geometrik, Morin Corp.
Professionals: Sandis, Nabih Youssef Associates, Carducci & Associates Inc, Cupertino Electric Inc, Forell/Elsesser Engineers Inc.

College Track / Turnbull Griffin Haesloop

February 26, 2013

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Architects: Turnbull Griffin Haesloop
Area: 13800 ft²
Year: 2012
Professionals: Fratessa Forbes Wong, Plant Construction

Aesop Store in Fillmore Street / NADAAA

February 19, 2013

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Architects: NADAAA
Year: 2012

SFMOMA Expansion / Snøhetta

February 14, 2013

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has announced further details of its 235,000-square-foot building expansion that will support the museum's increasing role in city life and the international art community. Designed by Norway-based practice Snøhetta, in collaboration with local firm EHDD, the 10-story concrete structure will compliment SFMOMA's original, Mario Botta-designed, red-brick museum by offering more free-to-the-public space, expanded education programs and an abundance of flexible performance-based gallery space.

SFMoMA: Lebbeus Woods, Architect

January 12, 2013

SFMoMA will highlight the legacy of Lebbeus Woods in an exhibition that will run from February 16 through June 2, 2013. It will include 75 works from the past 35 years of his career. Lebbeus Woods is often categorized as an architect, but always as an artist and visionary. His career has been filled with imaginative leaps through the concepts of space and form, exploring politics, society, ethics and the human condition. He was a great influence on architects, designers, filmmakers, writers and artists. The exhibition will celebrate his untimely death late last year and the breadth of influence that his work had on the art and design community.

Flip House / Fougeron Architecture

December 10, 2012

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Architects: Fougeron Architecture
Year: 2012
Manufacturers: VELUX Group, Delta Light, Fleetwood, Flynn & Enslow, Kenwood Cabinetry, +1NorCal Coating-1

Fillmore Park / David Baker + Partners Architects

December 05, 2012

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Architects: David Baker + Partners Architects
Area: 44 ft²
Year: 2012
Manufacturers: Bigelow, CornerStone Quartz, Daltile, James Hardie, Kone, +2Lanz Cabinets, Sun Light & Power-2