Museum of Craft & Design Re-Opens at New Location in San Francisco
The Museum of Craft and Design re-located to a large space in the Dogpatch area of San Francisco to a grand opening this past weekend on April 6th. No one was disappointed. The mission of the museum is more than to display works of art. With after school art classes for youth as well as...
Easter at Descanso Gardens
Last weekend my family and I enjoyed the holiday and the change of seasons at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge in Southern California. Though the cloudy skies and rain might not have suggested its spring in California, it was still a perfect day out together amongst the flowers and gardens in full bloom. Of...
Railway Station Under the Cloud
This is a unique project that joins the landscape with that of architecture “amidst the clouds.” The project of the railway station in Sevastopol, Ukraine, created by Arthur Kupreychuk, consists of a passenger terminal building underneath a hanging air cloud-canopy above it. Certainly a creative concept. The supporting structure of the canopy is similar to...
SOCIALIGHT / International Lighting Competition
SOCIALIGHT / The 2013 edition of the CLU Foundation’s competition invites participants to consider the role of lighting in the urban areas of tomorrow. Think of the future. Imagine urban neighborhoods where there are, for example, no cars, that the territory belongs to the people and that we put value in community, natural, recreational and...
Objectified
Whether its sub-conscious or physical, we are all designers. Almost everything we come in contact with in our lives has been designed, analyzed, and designed again. Objectified portrays design as a constant necessity in an ever changing world, and that couldn’t be more true. In the film they spoke with Dieter Rams who’s designs I...
Winery Architecture & Landscape
The four wineries shown here are in no specific order and are from Artesa Winery, Robert Sinskey Winery, Andretti Winery, and Quixote Winery all in and around Napa, California. Winery Architecture & Landscape, a set on Flickr.
SF Jazz Center To Be Completed Soon, Re-Opens This Month
Originally located near the Financial District of the city, the San Francisco Jazz Center is now located in the neighborhood of Hayes Valley. Concerts starting on MLK Jr. Day, January 21st, kick-off the new season and the opening of the new jazz center. The building was constructed and designed with jazz in mind. It is...
Rapha Bicycle Club Brings Tactical Urbanism to the Marina
Riding my bike provides numerous health benefits. From San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge and into Marin County and back, my rides conclude at Rapha in the Marina District of San Francisco at Fillmore and Filbert. Its here at Rapha that one finds themselves sipping on an espresso or coffee from Fourbarrel Coffee while...
Urbanized
In a world of constant uncertainty, there are positives to take note of forming in the great urban cores of the world, our cities. The urban landscape has forever changed from the days we once knew before the automobile. “Urbanized“, a documentary by Gary Hustwit, looks beyond that and provides examples of the changing urban...
Design: It’s About Time
September has been filled with events in San Francisco geared towards the Architecture and the City Festival put on by the American Institute of Architects San Francisco. Design: Its About Time was the keynote lecture that included a panel of Walter Hood of HOOD Design, Jane Martin, AIA of Shift Design Studio, and Phil Ginsburg of SF...
SMUD East Campus Operations Center
You might not know the acronym SMUD and thats fine. What you should know is SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utilities District) is the 6th largest public utility in the country and currently has under-construction their East Campus Operations Center. The building is being developed to become the “nation’s largest, most sustainable fleet operations campus.” SMUD campus is making an effort...
