John King is the San Francisco Chronicle’s urban-design critic. His book Portal: San Francisco’s Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities will be published in November.
Three new residence halls and an academic center rise on a redwoods-cloaked California campus conceived by Charles Moore and William Turnbull Jr. in the 1960s.
One of Aidlin Darling Design's most significant undertakings to date, the refurbished space will serve as the chapter's offices as well as the city's center for architecture and design.
Tech offices are dark and storefronts are empty. But, as residential towers by Studio Gang and OMA show, the future of San Francisco’s new mixed-use district is planned for diversity and affordability.