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 Connecting the Public with Architecture
In
keeping with its activist, outwardly-directed tradition, AIA San
Francisco has created a new program to connect the public
with
architecture and architects through “ArchCast” city
tours.
In 2005, members of AIA San Francisco first developed podcasts that
educated the public on three topics:
- Sustainable elements of the AIA San
Francisco’s office renovation, completed in Fall
2006
- AIA
San Francisco’s
advocacy regarding tearing down the Embarcadero Freeway
- Neighborhood architecture
These podcasts met with enthusiastic public response in the form of
thousands of downloads. Of special note, the podcast of AIA
San Francisco’s LEED®-certified offices in
October
2006 captured public and professional attention well beyond the Bay
Area.
This encouraged AIA San
Francisco to launch a second phase of
“ArchCast” walking tours. These podcasts
guide residents and visitors alike on tours of the city’s
architectural wonders. Based on the success of these
programs, and with generous support from media partners and members of
the design community, the initiative will now been extended to include
walking tours of some of the city’s favorite neighborhoods.
This latest initiative is one in a long history of accomplishments of
San Francisco’s architecture community. Following
is a timeline of significant events in the city’s
architectural past:
| 1881 |
Founding of the Pacific Coast Association of
Architects, an association of well-known and respected San Francisco
architects |
| 1912 |
Competition for a new city hall in San
Francisco
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| 1915 |
Panama-Pacific International Exposition |
| 1927 |
San Francisco Chapter renamed the Northern
California Chapter |
| 1938 |
Golden Gate International Exposition on
Treasure Island
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| 1953 |
First “Honor Awards”
program held in the Garden Court of the Palace Hotel
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| 1990 |
Members help shape urban design policies and
decisions that led to the removal of the Embarcadero Freeway |
| 1993 |
Members assisted with plans to convert the
Presidio to a National Park |
| 1996 |
“Small Firms, Great
Projects” initiated |
| 2003 |
First-ever “San Francisco Living:
Home Tours Weekend” |
| 2004 |
First-ever “Architecture and the
City” series |
| 2006 |
Center for Architecture + Design opens |
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