Lawrence Halprin’s new outdoor theater in Stern Grove’s Concert Meadow
“To create a mystical place where one would be inspired to reach into oneself.” This was landscape architect Lawrence Halprin’s intent in designing a new outdoor theater for San Francisco’s...
View ArticleLawrence Halprin’s Gardens at Levi’s Plaza
The designers of Levi’s Plaza, San Francisco’s most beautiful corporate estate, created a place that entrances those who visit it. The use of Coit tower, one of the city’s most...
View ArticleThe new Brower Center in Berkeley
The recently completed David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley is a memorial to a major figure in this country’s environmental movement. Brower served as the first Executive Director of the...
View ArticleThe Zanker Road Landfill, Rethink, Reinvent, Renew
You may not think of landfills as harbingers of a “green” future, but if you check the web site of the Zanker Road Landfill or, even better, visit the landfill...
View Article350 Mission Street
The 27-story office building shown below, designed by SOM design partner Craig Hartman, is proposed for 350 Mission and Fremont Sts., a site adjacent to that of the future Transbay...
View ArticleEmeryville’s Doyle Hollis Park
Thoughtful design is not something one expects to find in the restroom buildings of public parks. Usually, one settles for adequate light and ventilation along with functional plumbing. So it...
View ArticleBook Review: Overlook
Traveling by car around our country, we are likely to find signs indicating a high point offering us a wider view of the surrounding landscape. Such overlooks may enrich our...
View ArticleArtisanal Recycling by Leger Wanaselja
When you walk or drive around Berkeley’s flatland neighborhoods, the buildings that line the grid of streets are not likely to attract your attention. A few large turn-of-the-19th century houses that...
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