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

One of the more mystical aspects of design… Selecting exterior colors in San Francisco is a fascinating exercise with its wonderfully mercurial light. The vicissitudes of fog, seasons, orientation and chromatic neighbors pull colors in unexpected directions. #color #colorstudy #designprocess #architecturelovers #interiordecor #designinspo