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Lydia Lee

Lydia Lee is a freelance writer in the San Francisco Bay Area, focused on architecture and design.

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Windhover Contemplative Center

Windhover Contemplative Center by Aidlin Darling Design

Palo Alto, California
Lydia Lee
February 15, 2015
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At Stanford University, a student retreat is also a meditation on architecture.


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Anderson Collection at Stanford University

Palette Cleanser: A new campus museum quietly serves up a visual banquet.
Lydia Lee
December 16, 2014
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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.


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Hunters View Redevelopment

Second Time Around: The reimagining of two city blocks is helping to shape a new identity for one of San Francisco's bleakest neighborhoods.
Lydia Lee
October 16, 2014
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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.


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Square, Inc. Headquarters

Economies of Scale: A booming startup grows with style yet retains the collaborative environment that has been key to its success.
Lydia Lee
September 16, 2014
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Many San Francisco startups inhabit industrial warehouse spaces: the lofty, open structures readily adapt to become modern workshops for artisanal software development.


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Rene Cazenave Apartments

Safe Haven: The first residential building in San Francisco's Transbay redevelopment area sets the bar high for those that follow.
Lydia Lee
June 16, 2014
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The first residential building in San Francisco's Transbay redevelopment area sets the bar high for those that follow.


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474 Natoma

Bucking the Trend: An affordable-housing complex on a long-vacant site preserves part of San Francisco's rapidly gentrifying South of Market neighborhood.
Lydia Lee
June 16, 2014
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An affordable-housing complex on a long-vacant site preserves part of San Francisco's rapidly gentrifying South of Market neighborhood.


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NASA Sustainability Base

Lydia Lee
June 16, 2014
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Despite legend, the orange drink Tang is not among NASA innovations that benefit life on earth. But the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has pioneered such technologies as high-efficiency solar cells to support life in space. So when its Ames Research Center received a grant to build a new facility, NASA seized the opportunity to showcase its state-of-the-art sustainability achievements. “We wanted to build the greenest building in the federal government and create a unique demonstration of NASA technology in the built environment,” says Steve Zornetzer, NASA Ames's associate director. The Center, located in the San Francisco Bay area, found
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Next World

Lydia Lee
February 15, 2014
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San Francisco's multitudinous tech start-ups are not only making their mark in economic terms, they're redefining the workspace. 


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Craftsman + Wolves

Tough Cookie: A new bakery forgoes the soft, sweet approach for a moodier sensibility.
Lydia Lee
July 16, 2013
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“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.


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Flip House

Pushing The Envelope: Constraints enhance creativity as Anne Fougeron demonstrates in a San Francisco house renovation.
Lydia Lee
June 16, 2013
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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.


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