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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...

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Lawrence 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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350 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...

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Emeryville’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...

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Book 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...

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Artisanal 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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