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Summer Design Institute 2022

Spaces are still available in both the June and July sessions of the AFSF Summer Design Institute! Any high school student is invited to participate in this intensive 3-week deep dive into the world of architecture, including twice weekly mentoring by an architect, engineer, or other design professional. This year’s program will again be online, …

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Congratulations to the High School Design Competition participants and award winners!

The Architectural Foundation of SF congratulates all 142 students from 13 schools across 4 countries and 5 states for their innovative and high-quality submissions in our 53rd annual High School Design Competition. Thank you as well to our jurors for their thoughtful reflections on the award-winning entries. Click here to see a list of all …

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Sun., May 22, 4:00pm, AFSF High School Design Competition

The Architectural Foundation of SF invites you this Sunday, May 22nd at 4:00pm (PDT) to our 53rd Annual High School Design Competition Awards Ceremony, via Zoom.  Students were challenged to design an Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) to support expanded transportation and housing options on the east side of the city. Here is a link to this year’s design brief. Students from …

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High School Design Competition 22

Announcing the 2022 AFSF High School Design Competition! Individuals and teams are invited to submit their designs for a transit-oriented development on the east side of SF, to address our housing shortage, equity needs, and the climate crisis at the same time. Details here. Inquiries and to schedule a meeting for your class, contact ryan@afsf.org.

Saturday Design – Spring 22

Space still available in the Spring 22 session of the AFSF Saturday Design Studio. 4 Saturdays (Apr 16 – May 7), plus weekly individual mentoring with a design professional. Sign up here. More info here.

Summer Design 2022

High school students! Sign up for AFSF Summer Design 22 – an exciting, dynamic, 3-week online intensive in digital design! Work with students from around the world! Learn multiple 3D design apps. Individual 1:1 mentoring with a professional architect, engineer or other design professional. Register here More info here.

Happy Holidays from AFSF!

All of us at the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco would like to wish the sweetest of holidays to all of you in the Build + Design Community, all of our students past and future, and all of our supporters and colleagues in this essential work.  Whether you celebrate Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanza, Festivus, New Year’s, some …

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Happy Thanksgiving!​

Happy Thanksgiving! At the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco, we are endlessly grateful to all the students who have participated in our programs (congratulations to the 2021 Design Ideas Collective award winners!), as well as everyone who has supported our students in their sincere efforts to dive into the world of design and to apply …

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