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High School Design Competition 2019

AFSF presents the 50th Annual High School Design Competition for students throughout the Bay Area! This year, students are challenged to design the new Tenderloin YMCA at UC-Hastings as key part of plans to integrate the campus into the community.  Details here:  http://www.afsf.org/programs/the-annual-architectural-design-competition-for-high-school-students/ Dates: Entries must be submitted Sat., April 27 between 10:00am and 12:00 noon. …

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Summer Intern Shares Experience

One of our current interns was so impacted by his AFSF experience last year, he signed up to for another summer with us.  Read Anthony Martinez’s reflections on the latest sf.citi blog: https://sfciti.org/news/building-new-experiences-and-uncovering-careers-through-future-grads/ AFSF is a proud sponsor and host of Future Grads interns, in partnership with the SF Police Dept and sf.citi.  

2018 Kirby Award Winner

The Architectural Foundation is proud to award the 2018 Kirby Ward Fitzpatrick Prize to Fletcher Studio for their impressive redesign of South Park, San Francisco’s oldest public open space. The Kirby prize is awarded annually by AFSF in recognition of the best new building by a small firm.  Congratulations to David Fletcher and the rest of …

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Summer Design 2018 – Sign up Now!

The Architectural Foundation of San Francisco (AFSF) is thrilled to announce our 2018 Summer Design Institute! Sign up here:   https://goo.gl/forms/tzL6klMOdc9FFcDm1 Open to any high school student, you can choose between two 3-week sessions: June 11-29 or July 9-27.   Both run Mon. – Fri., 9am – noon, and tuition for either session is $2,000 which includes all materials and …

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Thank you for making the 2017 Beaux Arts Ball fabulous

The Architectural Foundation of San Francisco thanks all of the professionals and fans of the architecture, engineering and construction worlds who came out in style for our 3rd annual Beaux Arts Ball Redux.  More than a few impressive costumes made the evening of music, food, games and prizes sparkle even more brightly.  Special thanks to …

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Spaces still available for the Summer Design Institute

There’s still time to apply for the July session of our annual Summer Design Institute!  Join other high school students from around the Bay Area to learn multiple professional 3D design tools, meet with architects and engineers, apply sustainable design technologies, view some of the most exciting new architecture in San Francisco, and collaborate on …

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2nd session of the 2017 Summer Design Institute now open!

Due to unusually high demand, the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco (AFSF) announced that we are offering another session of our annual Summer Design Institute.  In addition to our regular June session (June 13-30), which is almost full, we have added a new session in July:   July 10-28 (except no program July 13-14).   …

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2017 High School Design Competition Challenge!

The Architectural Foundation of San Francisco is pleased to announce our 48th annual HIGH SCHOOL DESIGN COMPETITION This is an exciting competition where high school students put their design skills, creativity, spatial and analytical thinking and craftsmanship to the test. With the guidance of instructors, high school students design a building and communicate their design …

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Announcing the 2017 Summer Design Institute!

The Architecture Foundation is proud to announce the 2017 Build SF Summer Design Institute. June 13-30, 2017. A fast-paced, exciting opportunity for high school students to gain high-tech archticture and design skills working on real-world challenges. For more info and to apply: Build SF Summer Design Institute