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Survivor: The Ultimate Design Review Process

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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Confessions of a Design Reviewer: Ten Guidelines for Coming Out as an Architect

First, let me admit that my appointment to the Lower Downtown Design and Demolition Review Board of Denver, Colorado was,...
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The Architecture of Patronage, Part II: The Rise of the Anti-Patron

The modernist avant garde project fell apart for the same reason it had come into existence—an inevitable compulsion to challenge...
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Design Review in San Francisco

HERE’S HOW IT’S DONE IN SAN FRANCISCO Author David Prowler was a VISTA tenant organizer, a San Francisco Planning Commissioner,...
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The Community as Client: Architectural Review in America

Editor’s note: This article is adapted from Architecture California, vol. 12, no. 1, August 1990. To respond successfully and creatively...
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Design Review: Editor’s Comment

A year ago, for our second quarter “architect in the community” issue, we focused on Los Angeles, site of that...
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Coda: Alfred Eichler, 1895-1977

Above is a rendering by Alfred Eichler of the gymnasium that he designed at the Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional...
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. . . and Counting

California firms awarded the AIA Firm Award since it was first presented in 1962. 1960s      Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons...
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The California Architectural Foundation: Exploring Sustainable Solutions

All members of the American Institute of Architects, California Council are automatically members of the California Architectural Foundation. A small...
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Thank You For Submitting

If you have been unsuccessful in your attempts to win a design award for your work, you might reasonably conclude...
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Presentation Is Everything

The truth is: awards programs are beauty contests. There, we said it, even though we hate to admit it. Buildings,...
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Book Review: Mitchell Schwarzer’s Architecture of the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco: Architecture of the San Francisco Bay Area: A History & Guide by Mitchell Schwarzer San Francisco, CA: William...
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Editorial Board, 2019-2024

Shannon Calder
Lucy Campbell, MLIS
Leigh Christy, FAIA
Anne Cotter, AIA
Tim Culvahouse, FAIA, Editor
Nicki Dennis Stephens, Hon. AIA
Andres Diaz, AIA
Wyatt Frantom, FAIA

 

Alan Hess
Lisa Matthiessen, FAIA
Ian Merker, AIA
Mark Miller, FAIA
Tibby Rothman, Hon. AIA|LA
Simon Sadler, PhD
Maxine Ward, AIA

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