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The Warm Springs BART Station will be the southernmost station on the original Fremont line. The site was once known for spas and resorts that took advantage of its springs. The design recalls the origin of the area.
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Supposing that occasionally taking the long contemplative view is indeed a good thing, where do you stand to get one? One place where your search will be rewarded is The Long Now Foundation’s Museum and Store.
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“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.
More... Lawrence Halprin’s new outdoor theater in Stern Grove’s Concert Meadow
Planning effort to develop a conceptual design for Cargo Way, a segment of the Bay Trail to make it safe and attractive for pedestrians and cyclists while ensuring the industrial boulevard serves the City’s industrial and cargo freight transportation needs.
More... Cargo Way/Bay Trail Conceptual Design Study
The inclusion of the word, light, in the name of Oakland ’s new Roman Catholic cathedral inspired the architects at the San Francisco office of SOM to design the cathedral as the embodiment of light. Thus, the building now nearing completion on the west shore of Lake Merritt is wrapped in translucent walls that convey the impression of layered light.
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The C. V. Starr East Asian Library on the University of California’s Berkeley campus opened in March 2008. Designed by Billie Tsien and Tod Williams, the building occupies a site on the north edge of the Memorial Glade that is part of the campus’s landmarked Classical Core. Yet, while honoring its context, the architects have created a building that has more in common with the tenets of Modernism than those of Classicism.
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Herzog & de Meuron’s de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park is nearly three years old. It’s time to review its design, construction, and landscaped setting. A tour of the building and grounds follows.
More... The de Young Museum Revisited
The Glen Park Community Plan is one of several planning efforts underway in the City’s transit-served neighborhoods. Glen Park with its BART station is a piece of the Citywide Action Plan to meet the need for housing and jobs.
More... Glen Park Community Plan