Connecting youth with professionals and providing skills, inspiration and a deep understanding of what it takes to create and build the environment of our future.
Our Fall Session is underway. Sign up now for one of our 2025 Spring sessions:
Dive into design with other high school students from around the world.
Learn design thinking, sketching, and digital skills. Create original designs.
Plus – 1-hr per week of mentoring with an architect or other design professional
Learn more and register here!
Tuition: $500 ($250 deposit to confirm registration)
The Build SF Summer Design Institute is a fun and fast-paced three week summer program for high school students interested in architecture, design and urban development.
Spaces are still available in our July sessuib. Each morning, you’ll meet online with classmates from around the world. Guided by our architecture instructor, you’ll learn new skills and techniques, as you create original solutions to real-world design challenges, compiling a portfolio of work along the way.
In addition, you’ll be mentored twice a week by an architect, engineer, or other design+build professional. Get a glimpse of life in the design world and what it takes to get there!
Click here to watch a recording of the May 19th, Awards Ceremony.
Click here for details on the awards winners from among the 156 Participants from
24 High Schools in 10 countries and 4 US states!
The mission of the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco is to enhance the awareness and appreciation of architecture and the design process in the local community.
AFSF is thrilled to offer another 6-week distance-learning architecture studio for high school students Curious about architecture & design? Ready to take a deep dive into the design process, work on your design skills, and develop work for your portfolio? AFSF Saturday Design Studio Fall 2024:6 consecutive Saturday studios: Oct. 12 – Nov. 16 10.00AM(PT)-11.30AM(PT)additional 1-hr weekly
Email info@afsf.org to RSVP, or click here for more info September 19th, 2024The Green Room | San Francisco, CA6:00 – 9:30 PM PDT All design professionals and supporters of the build + design world are invited to the AFSF Beaux Arts Ball 2024 – “Archi-Texture: Where Fashion Meets Built Design,” in partnership with SF’s MAC Modern Appealing Clothing.
Thank you to everyone who participated in our AFSF Summer Design Institute or our AFSF Build Antioch programs, and to all the architects and design professionals who mentored the youth in our programs. It’s been another FANTASTIC summer, and it literally could not have happened without you! Sign up here to receive info on future programs, including
Thank you to EVERYONE who participated in our various fundraisers!
Special gratitude to our sponsors:
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