Articles by Lydia Lee

A new campus museum quietly serves up a visual banquet. It’s tempting for designers to try to turn art museums into works of art themselves. But what if the client’s directive is just the opposite? A new campus museum in the Bay Area by the New York–based firm Ennead Architects may disappoint those hoping for a bigger architectural statement.

The reimagining of two city blocks is helping to shape a new identity for one of San Francisco's bleakest neighborhoods. Mention “the projects” to San Francisco residents and they are likely to think of long rows of low-rise apartment buildings, painted pink and other pastel hues, terraced along the hills on the southern edge of the city.

Many San Francisco startups inhabit industrial warehouse spaces: the lofty, open structures readily adapt to become modern workshops for artisanal software development.

The first residential building in San Francisco's Transbay redevelopment area sets the bar high for those that follow.

An affordable-housing complex on a long-vacant site preserves part of San Francisco's rapidly gentrifying South of Market neighborhood.

San Francisco's multitudinous tech start-ups are not only making their mark in economic terms, they're redefining the workspace. 

“The Rebel Within” is a soft-boiled egg magically cooked within a savory muffin of ham and cheese—basic ingredients presented in a delightful new way.

It's safe to say that the San Francisco Planning Commission never envisioned a bay window like the ones architect Anne Fougeron created for the Flip House.