Sarina Bowen Kennerly
Principal
These 11 Buildings tell the story of 21st Century San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
Owen Kennerly
Principal
The supremely elegant Gallery of Horiyuji Treasures by Yoshio Taneguchi. A delicate lantern of steel and glass wrapped around a gallery core of polished stone, it houses over 300 precious objects donated to the Imperial Household from the temple of Horyuji in Nara in 1878 for safe- keeping. The building is taught yet buoyant. Movement is deliciously choreographed and non-axial: From the site approach through Ueno park to the offset causeway between pools; from the hidden entry doors to the flow between rooms within, every transition presents a view to contemplate then a change in direction before proceeding. Completed 1999. #yoshiotaniguchi #japanesemodern #museumarchitecture #modernism #glassandsteel #designinspo #sacredarchitecture #architecturelovers #landscapelovers
Learning from Tokyo, the land of skinny buildings! 19th century parcels extruded into a 21st C. Megalopolis. Neighborhood character comes from the fine grain scale, the small businesses and dense population folded therein. The streets are so clean and transit is ubiquitous. *sigh* #walkableneighborhood #singlestairhousing #singlestairreform #tokyoarchitecture #urbanarchitecture #designinspo #megacity #megalopolis #modernarchitecture #urbanism #mixeduse #architecturephotography
Two more floors to go! Topping out on July 11. Precast skin up through level-8 Transbay 2E / #230folsom Willis construction is fabricating and installing the skin They do beautiful work. @mercyhousing is the owner developer @swinerton1888 is the GC Our excellent design team includes: @y.a.studio @meyersplusengineers @dciengineers @langanengenv @plural.studio.sf @tucci_lighting @team4ea 184 units of affordable family housing, two retail spaces, and a childcare center to be operated by @wuyeesf #concrete #concreteconstruction #precastconcrete #underconstruction #affordablehousing #housingforall #urbanarchitecture #modernarchitecture #highrisebuilding #design #texture #architecturelovers #urbandesign