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This year, the Architecture and the City festival theme will be “Future City.”
We will explore and reveal the many layers of San Francisco, and how architecture and design play a key role in the ever-changing urban landscape.

San Francisco is filled with many people on a daily basis—locals, residents, tourists, commuters, and homeless—each having their own perspective on San Francisco’s current state. Each group intimately understand their portion of the city, while other parts of the city remain hidden or tucked away from the casual observer—the secret city.

Programs will create opportunities to help impart and understand the city’s past and how we can seamlessly connect the present urban community to empower a more deliberate, livable future.

This year, the Architecture and the City festival theme will be “Future City.”
We will explore and reveal the many layers of San Francisco, and how architecture and design play a key role in the ever-changing urban landscape.

San Francisco is filled with many people on a daily basis—locals, residents, tourists, commuters, and homeless—each having their own perspective on San Francisco’s current state. Each group intimately understand their portion of the city, while other parts of the city remain hidden or tucked away from the casual observer—the secret city.

Programs will create opportunities to help impart and understand the city’s past and how we can seamlessly connect the present urban community to empower a more deliberate, livable future.

What We Do

The Center is where the design world of San Francisco meets. We host exhibitions and lectures on the interdisciplinary cross-section of architecture and design, as well as highly acclaimed programs such as Architecture + the City and San Francisco Living: Home Tours.

What We Do

The Center is where the design world of San Francisco meets. We host exhibitions and lectures on the interdisciplinary cross-section of architecture and design, as well as highly acclaimed programs such as Architecture + the City and San Francisco Living: Home Tours.

What We Do

The Center is where the design world of San Francisco meets. We host exhibitions and lectures on the interdisciplinary cross-section of architecture and design, as well as highly acclaimed programs such as Architecture + the City and San Francisco Living: Home Tours.

EXHIBITION

VILLAGES OF WEST AFRICA

2.27.20 - 4.20.20

Experience the tantalizing photography of Steven and Cathi House of House + House Architects whose diverse body of work reveal the remarkable beauty of the people, land, villages, textiles, and vernacular architecture across seven countries of West Africa, situated between the Sahara Desert and Atlantic Ocean.

SCREENING/DISCUSSION

5 bLOCKS

THURSDAY, 3.26.20

San Francisco’s Market Street was once the grandest boulevard in America. No stranger to civic celebrations since the 1900s and just minutes from City Hall, the area fell into decline and became home to the city’s poorest population. Directed by Dan Goldes and Robert Cortlandt, "5 Blocks" explores the complex questions of income disparity, changing demographics, and the very nature of place.

SAVE THE DATE

(WORK-IN-PROGRESS) PREVIEW SCREENING/DISCUSSION

SKIN OF GLASS

THURSDAY, 4.2.20

Roger Zmekhol was just 30 years old when he imagined the “Pele de Vidro” building in 1960s Brazil. Constructed amidst a new dictatorship, Zmerkhol's masterpiece eventually fell into disarray and became Sao Paulo's tallest highrise favela (slum) . Follow the journey of filmmaker Denise Zmekhol who unearths an incredible narrative about her father's legacy that was impacted by the country's harsh inequality .

design for aging symposium

THURSDAY, 4.23.20

With California's 65+ population projected to grow almost 90% by 2030, this symposium comes at an important time for the design built industry. AIASF and the Center partner with the Buck Institute for Research on Aging to explore a wide range of issues including universal design recommendations to create more age-friendly cities. Registration now open!
Image courtesy of Buck Institute / Darci Kane

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