Our studio class was honored to tour @pier70sf and the magnificent Building-12 with Dominic DiTullio of Brookfield Properties. Our interdisciplinary design studio brings together real estate development and architecture graduate students to create a mixed use proposal for the San Francisco waterfront. Dominic’s and Brookfield’s experience with Pier-70 had our heads spinning: how they navigate the complexity of the project while keeping their eyes on the prize of a beautiful new neighborhood. Hats off to the team at @plantconstruction and @perkinswill for their adaptive reuse of Building-12. @sf_port #industrialarchitecture #historicarchitecture #shipyard #modernarchitecture #architecturelovers #urbanism #urbandesign #architectureeducation

Farewell Mission District…. Hello Downtown San Francisco! After 19 years at 375 Alabama, we are setting up shop at 381 Bush St: A luminous full floor in the 1907 Alto Building, an 8-story steel-framed sliver with glazed brick, giant double-hung windows, and @haraz_coffeesf below. We’re excited to be part of this vibrant, bustling neighborhood and close to our friends at @singular_builders @aiasf @gensler_design and many others. Great memories from two decades in the Mission and a refreshing change to kick-off our exciting next chapter! #downtownsf #publicarchitecture #sanfranciscoarchitecture #historicsanfrancisco #architectureoffice #designinspo #kennerlyarchitecture

“Didactic Details” Teaching a design studio at UC Berkeley this semester is an opportunity to revisit the wonderful but much maligned Bauer-Wurster Hall: a building that teaches by celebrating its structure, systems and circulation. Like many brutalist buildings, Wurster required a major seismic retrofit (demolition was floated as an option), that amplified its mission by exposing new structural elements and seizing new spatial opportunities. I do miss the graffiti in the stairwell…. @ucberkeleyarch #brutalism #concrete #midcenturymodern #modernarchitecture #midcenturydesign #designinspo #architectureeducation