http://designbythebay.com Robin Chiang & Company Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:06:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://designbythebay.com/2012/02/architectural-ornament-plants/ http://designbythebay.com/2012/02/architectural-ornament-plants/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:24:01 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=1653 When used as ornament in western architecture plants have generally been rendered naturalistically as if they grew on the buildings they adorned. ]]> http://designbythebay.com/2012/02/architectural-ornament-plants/feed/ 5 http://designbythebay.com/2011/10/architectural-ornament-heraldry-and-emblems/ http://designbythebay.com/2011/10/architectural-ornament-heraldry-and-emblems/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:02:33 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=1481 When we look at architectural ornament of heraldry and emblems, we see things associated with the aristocracy. Over time the aristocracy of business and commerce subsumed that of humans. Companies and corporations commissioned heraldic crests emblazoned on shields, which were displayed on the buildings they owned and occupied.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2011/10/architectural-ornament-heraldry-and-emblems/feed/ 4 http://designbythebay.com/2011/09/architectural-ornament-animals-and-birds/ http://designbythebay.com/2011/09/architectural-ornament-animals-and-birds/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:25:28 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=1415 The animals commonly depicted on buildings exemplify desirable human character traits. They are the focus in this second installment of the series Architectural Ornament in San Francisco.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2011/09/architectural-ornament-animals-and-birds/feed/ 4 http://designbythebay.com/2011/06/architectural-ornament-human-form/ http://designbythebay.com/2011/06/architectural-ornament-human-form/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:35:50 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=1263 Modernism replaced ornament with a different vocabulary of details involving straight lines, right angles, and clean edges. Still, since we admire buildings from the time when ornament was popular, revealing the meaning of decorative motifs would broaden our understanding and increase our pleasure in passing by them. They contribute to the urban texture of our cities.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2011/06/architectural-ornament-human-form/feed/ 5 http://designbythebay.com/2009/09/glen-park-bart-station/ http://designbythebay.com/2009/09/glen-park-bart-station/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:23:48 +0000 Vincent Giordano http://designbythebay.com/?p=510 Considered the crown jewel of the BART system, the Glen Park station has withstood the test of time both aesthetically and physically.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2009/09/glen-park-bart-station/feed/ 0 http://designbythebay.com/2009/01/cliff-may-modern-ranch-house/ http://designbythebay.com/2009/01/cliff-may-modern-ranch-house/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:30:46 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=324 From the early 1930s to the 1980s, Cliff May designed over 1,000 buildings, most of them houses, which came to symbolize “western living” for a national and even international audience. ]]> http://designbythebay.com/2009/01/cliff-may-modern-ranch-house/feed/ 1 http://designbythebay.com/2008/09/stern-groves-concert-meadow/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/09/stern-groves-concert-meadow/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:35:29 +0000 Sally B. Woodbridge http://designbythebay.com/?p=180 “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 Stern Grove Concert Meadow.]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/09/stern-groves-concert-meadow/feed/ 5 http://designbythebay.com/2008/05/islais-creek/ http://designbythebay.com/2008/05/islais-creek/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 18:50:34 +0000 RCCo http://designbythebay.com/?p=30 Islais Creek is an inlet of San Francisco Bay located in the Central Waterfront between Potrero Hill and Bayview/Hunters Point. The area was once a vast salt marsh which when diked and drained contained small truck farms. ]]> http://designbythebay.com/2008/05/islais-creek/feed/ 0