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Constructed Realities Awards Program 2013
Constructed Realities is a biennial awards program established at the behest of the Small Firms Committee, AIA San Francisco.
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Short Takes: The Bridge to Yaxchilan.
Most people don’t know that the longest bridge in the world, until 1377, was not in Rome, China or the Middle East. It was in the Central American Mayan city of Yaxchilan.
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The Joy of Mentoring a High School student: The Build San Francisco Institute.
The Architectural Foundation of San Francisco has created the Build San Francisco Institute, a half day high school program for students interested in design, construction, engineering and architecture. The Build San Francisco Institute is a unique community educational partnership, involving AFSF, San Francisco Unified School District and more than two dozen major San Francisco firms.
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Short Takes: Country Pyramid
This monument to the “afterlife” is to be found near the Carneros Inn, Napa. Hordes of mummies, ghouls and goblins will be queuing up soon.
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GREENBUILD 2012 San Francisco: A personal take.
“When I first visited the Greenbuild website to sign up, I became very excited: The prospect of spending three days in educational sessions at one of the world’s largest conferences dedicated to green buildings with building professionals from around the world sounded thrilling.” – Benjamin Todt
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Short Takes: “Brand Building in the era of the Empowered Client”
Last week, we participated in a webinar hosted by the AIA CRAN called “Brand Building in the era of the Empowered Client”. Joining us were Liza Hausman of Houzz.com and architects Bud Dietrich, Jane Frederick and Stuart Narofsky.
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Short Takes: San Francisco Moment #3- Urban Menagerie
Hidden in the shadow of the wonderful Alcoa Building, by SOM, is a delightful little creature..
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NOW NEXT FUTURE conference 2012
A conference presented by the AIACC to explore enhancements in design thinking made possible through technological innovation.
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Short Takes: Portuguese Architects win International Competition
Our Friends in Portugal have just announced that they have won an International Competition hosted by Architecture for Humanity. Keep up the great work, and congratulations!
