Tagged San Francisco

San Francisco is the heart of California. A crossroads for excitement, nightlife, cultural diversity, and the financial lungs of California. It is considered the 13th most populated state in the United States a...

A successful architectural career isn’t built overnight. Apart from vigorous studies, there some underlying factors you'll have to consider for your name to be written in the hall of fame.  You've got to l...

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has installed five reflective spheres outside the Chase Center complex in San Francisco. “Seeing spheres is a public space that contains you and contains multitudes,�...

Apple has designed a series of new art-based augmented reality experiences, called T, offered at Apple Stores around the world. The three new sessions include an interactive walk featuring works by some of the...

OMA has completed a 56-story glass tower in San Francisco’s Transbay district that contains a combination of condominium residences and apartment rentals. The opening of The Avery was announced by Related Ca...

In a city seemingly saturated with coffee shops, where coffee is big business, could there be room for a small, neighborhood-based, owner-operated shop to take hold? Could a space built around the relationship ...

The design inspiration for the new Feit venue in San Francisco by Jordana Maisie came from shoe stores of the past — boxes stacked tall and rolling ladders roaming the aisles. The design honors this history ...

Overlooking the natural elegance of the Mount Sutro Open Reserve in San Francisco, the Twin Peaks Residence by Feldman Architecture is a direct reflection of the occupants who live there, two highly active 30-s...

Architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has recently completed the first of a series of new Blue Bottle Coffee, located in San Francisco’s South Park neighborhood. The 365 sqm location transforms the stree...

Australian skincare brand Aesop has recently opened a new store in San Francisco’s historic waterfront district. Created in collaboration with Jeremy Barbour of Tacklebox Architecture, the design pays homag...

Cafe X Technologies debuted a new café in San Francisco in which espresso-based drinks are prepared by a robotic arm. First opened in Hong Kong, the robot-operated ‘Cafe X’ is now venturing to San Fr...

California-based architecture firm Rapt Studio has just completed the renovation of Dropbox’s headquarters in San Francisco. The magic of Dropbox is it allows you to work anywhere, using a nearly invisible i...

Designed by Kuth Ranieri Architects for the 2016 Market Street Prototyping Festival, SonoGROTTO creates a refuge on one of San Francisco’s busiest sidewalk. Market Street is and has been a primary artery cha...

Conceived by David Baker Architects for the 2016 Market Street Prototyping Festival, peepSHOW 2.0 is an urban viewing station that focuses the gaze and thoughts of a passersby on the intersection of 7th and Ma...

Apple has unveiled its new store on San Francisco’s Union Square designed in collaboration with UK architecture firm Foster + Partners. The new store opens its signature 42-foot tall sliding glass doors to c...

The new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is set to reopen to the public on Saturday, May 14, after three years of renovation. Completed by snøhetta, the expanded SFMOMA seamlessly integrates a 10-storey stru...

INTERSTICE Architects designed the Sunset Parklet, a public seating area between 44th and 45th Avenue in San Francisco, that consists of four strips that undulate along the length of the parklet, providing bui...

Coffee Bar’s tiny Kearny Street shop by Jones Haydu sits right at the entrance to a large parking garage and caters to the busy people of the Financial District. Utilizing the Japanese Shou Sugi Ban technique...

From above the clouds and undulating hills, the latest images of his ongoing AIR photo series, Vincent LaForet, who in the past showed us Las Vegas from 10,800' in the air, captured aerial views of San Fran...

The Turner Residence in the San Francisco’s suburb of Larkspur, was designed by Jensen Architects as a living space that’s at once booth indoor and outdoor. Nestled into the hillside, the long, solid plinth...

Starbucks celebrates San Francisco's history and attractions with the opening of a new store. Replacing a smaller store in the city’s Fisherman’s Wharf area, a 4,400 square-foot Starbucks opened its doors t...