For the second time since 1991, the Architectural Foundation of San Francisco will host a party for the Design, Engineering, and Construction industries. We think that it is time to gather again and celebrate the accomplishments of those who plan, design, and construct our built environment. Plans are currently underway for the AFSF’s Beaux Arts Ball …
The Architectural Foundation of San Francisco presents the Kirby Ward Fitzpatrick Prize every year to a small San Francisco architectural firm honoring design excellence. This year the prize has been awarded to Interstice Architects of San Francisco, for DREAM:shop. The prize is given in honor of San Francisco architect Kirby Ward Fitzpatrick (1935 – 1988). Kirby’s work …
2016 Kirby Ward Fitzpatrick Award presented to Interstice Architects. Read More »
The Architectural Foundation of San Francisco presents the Kirby Ward Fitzpatrick Prize every year to a small San Francisco architectural firm honoring design excellence. This year the prize has been awarded to LMS Architects for their work on the new Firehouse Number 1. The clients for the new Firehouse are SFMOMA, SFFD & SFDPW. The prize is given in honor …
LMS Architects wins the 2014 Kirby Ward Fitzpatrick Prize. Read More »
Make the Connection is an annual mixer that brings together professionals from the architectural, construction, engineering, facility management, green building, interior design and marketing communities in Northern California for an evening of conversation and cocktails. Presented by AIA, IIDA, IFMA, SMPS, and USGBC. Each year the proceeds from the Make the Connection event benefit a …
Build SF Update The 2012 school year has begun and Build San Francisco is again accepting students. This year we are running three programs, including morning design studios with Independence and Ida B. Wells High Schools. The afternoon Build San Francisco Institute program is rapidly filling up, with a great group of students from eight …
012 VENICE BIENNALE Economic Development by Proxy Posted on: August 13, 2012By DOUGLAS BURNHAM In 2010, amid the severe economic downturn, San Francisco’s Mayor’s Office requested proposals for temporary uses on city-owned vacant lots as a way to spur economic development within a neighborhood marred by a 10-block-long linear void created when the earthquake-damaged Central Freeway was …
“I am going to leave my own impact on this city,” says David, a student at the new Build San Francisco Institute. This spring, David and other BSFI students created a full-length video that uncovers critical information about a real estate plan that would eliminate some of the last affordable housing available in San Francisco
