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The New Vintage

Friday, May 15, 2009 03:14 PM

Taylor Lombardo Architects and interior designer Martha Angus combined clean-lined spaces with handcrafted furnishings for a family home in St. Helena and Silver Oak Cellars in Oakville.

Sail Away

by Erin Feher

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 05:06 PM

Edmonds and Lee designed a minimalist getaway in Wine Country for an ocean-loving family member, helping him feel right at home on dry land.

Building A Better Tomorrow

by Erin Feher

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 01:09 PM

Can architecture help solve some of San Francisco’s most chronic problems? City officials and some local organizations think it can.

The New Shape of San Francisco

by Erin Feher

Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:12 AM

The strict building codes implemented in San Francisco over the past 50 years have kept the skyline modest.

Designing Communities: The Enterprise Rose Fellows

by Erin Feher

Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:48 PM

The Enterprise Rose Fellowship teams emerging architects with community-based organizations in order create spaces—from homes to businesses to parks—that benefit the neighborhoods they are built in and the lives of people that use them. Theresa Hwang (Los Angeles) and Katherine Williams (San Francisco) are two of California’s fellows. They have each taken on exciting new projects in their local communities.

Before-and-After Renovations

by Sarah Lynch

Thursday, July 16, 2009 07:13 AM

Click on the "after" button to see the dramatic transformation of the remodels featured in our July/Aug Renovations issue.

New Conrad Prebys Music Center at UCSD

by Alicia Sabuncuoglu

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 08:38 AM

A new $53 million state-of-the-art music center gives UC San Diego one of the finest concert halls of its size, with the help of award-winning acoustician Dr. Cyril Harris...

Cool Haus Ice Cream

by Danielle Davis

Monday, June 22, 2009 12:29 PM

Cool Haus’ chrome-rimmed ice cream truck is far from the standard, kid-friendly, weekend Popsicle cart. Spotted at artsy Los Angeles hotspots like Venice’s Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Cool Haus offers high concept ice cream sandwiches that are cleverly named after architectural buzzwords...

Mission's Bay's newest building has looks and brains: Watch a Video Tour

by Erin Feher

Thursday, June 04, 2009 05:53 AM

Designed by Rafael Viñoly, the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building is the newest addition to UCSF’s Mission Bay Campus.

SPUR's New Glass House

by Erin Feher

Thursday, May 14, 2009 02:58 PM

The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) recently moved in to their new Mission Street location...