Posts Tagged with ‘san francisco’

• Considering an Alternate San Francisco

  19 Jan 2009

  [image via Memory Alpha] While thinking about the two very different issues of starship architecture and San Francisco’s Presidio last…

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• Reconsidering A Museum in San Francisco’s Presidio

  10 Dec 2008

  [image courtesy 3A Gallery] Here in San Francisco, there’s been a lot of controversy surrounding GAP founder Don Fisher’s proposal…

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• A Look Inside Renzo Piano’s California Academy of Sciences

  25 Sep 2008

  [image courtesy Ethen Wood] Life Without Buildings’ Man-On-The Street Ethen Wood stopped in to Renzo Piano’s New California Academy of…

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• David Byrne, Daniel Libeskind, and the Audio Perception of Space

  21 Aug 2008

  [image via Creative Time] David Byrne’s Playing The Building will come to a close this weekend. The art installation—a repeat…

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• Exploring The Ruins of San Francisco’s Sutro Baths

  07 Aug 2008

  Gloomy San Francisco Days are always good for exploring ruins. This week, on a particularly grey and windy day, a…

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• The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco

  13 Jun 2008

  Some photos I’ve been meaning to post from last week’s press opening of the new CJM in San Francisco. More…

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• Protest Urbanism and the Art of Misdirection

  09 Apr 2008

  Thousands of people descended on San Francisco’s SoMa and Mission Bay neighborhoods today to protest against/for China/Tibet, see the Olympic…

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• San Francisco’s Wright

  02 Oct 2007

  The Xanadu Gallery is the only existing Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building in San Francisco. Originally constructed in 1912, the building…

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• More Parkin(ing)

  27 Sep 2007

  There’s a lot of plotting and scheming (working and relaxing) going on at Life Without Buildings’ secret headquarters (my bedroom),…

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• Happy Park(ing) Day!

  21 Sep 2007

  Some Park(ing) spaces in SOMA, visited during lunch today:More info on Park(ing) Day can be found here, here, and here.

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• Park(ing) Day is Tomorrow!

  20 Sep 2007

  As you can see from the above map, this is the biggest year yet for Rebar’s Park(ing) Day. Check out…

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• Dwell on Design: San Francisco

  14 Sep 2007

  This morning didn’t start well. I woke up to find that someone had knocked over my scooter. A potential disaster,…

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• Dwell on Design: This Weekend

  12 Sep 2007

  Dwell on Design is this weekend, and Life Without Buildings will be there. Check back often on Friday for updates,…

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• PARK(ing) Day 2007: A Call To Action!

  27 Aug 2007

  THE MISSION: To rethink the way streets are used, call attention to the need for urban parks, and improve the…

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• A Mission Story

  21 Aug 2007

  The Mission Stencil Story,”Why Does She Love the Moon?”I can’t believe I missed this. Sadly, a lot of it is…

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• Bay Bridge Repairs, Labor Day Weekend

  15 Aug 2007

  Bay area residents may have noticed signs everywhere kindly informing us that the entire Bay Bridge will be closed on…

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• Dwell on Design San Francisco

  13 Aug 2007

  It’s almost that time of the year again. From September 14th – September 16th, “nice modernists” will descend on San…

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• Transbay Terminal: The Movie

  10 Aug 2007

  Appealing to the nameless masses, SOM has posted the videos for their San Francisco Transbay Terminal competition entry onto YouTube.…

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• San Francisco Transbay Terminal

  08 Aug 2007

  Yesterday saw the unveiling of three competing proposals for the San Francisco Transbay Terminal. All schemes are striving for at…

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• San Francisco from the Bay Bridge

  25 Jul 2007

  Circa 1971:click the image for a GINORMOUS version.Did you see Zodiac? That movie does an incredible job of channeling 1970′s…

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