Sylvia Kwan, one of the founders of the San Francisco-based firm Kwan Henmi Architects, was spotted by casting agents for...
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First, let me admit that my appointment to the Lower Downtown Design and Demolition Review Board of Denver, Colorado was,...
The modernist avant garde project fell apart for the same reason it had come into existence—an inevitable compulsion to challenge...
HERE’S HOW IT’S DONE IN SAN FRANCISCO Author David Prowler was a VISTA tenant organizer, a San Francisco Planning Commissioner,...
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from Architecture California, vol. 12, no. 1, August 1990. To respond successfully and creatively...
A year ago, for our second quarter “architect in the community” issue, we focused on Los Angeles, site of that...
Above is a rendering by Alfred Eichler of the gymnasium that he designed at the Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional...
California firms awarded the AIA Firm Award since it was first presented in 1962. 1960s Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons...
All members of the American Institute of Architects, California Council are automatically members of the California Architectural Foundation. A small...
If you have been unsuccessful in your attempts to win a design award for your work, you might reasonably conclude...
The truth is: awards programs are beauty contests. There, we said it, even though we hate to admit it. Buildings,...
San Francisco: Architecture of the San Francisco Bay Area: A History & Guide by Mitchell Schwarzer San Francisco, CA: William...






