https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2243 en-us Pan American Unity will return from its sojourn at SFMOMA to a new performing arts facility at City College of San Francisco.]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16368 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 08:59:30 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16368-lmn-architects-and-tef-design-unveil-new-san-francisco-home-for-famed-diego-rivera-mural A new 12,000-square-foot building by TEF Design and Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design restores the glimmer of a 60s-era utility substation in the Tenderloin neighborhood.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14327 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 09:59:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14327-larkin-street-substation-addition-illuminates-an-industrial-corner-in-san-francisco Dimmable LED lights, programmed to pulsate across the facade, and a living wall that repeats the checkerboard pattern in greenery, enliven the utility building. Photo © Mikiko Kikuyama The reinforced polymer panels that form the articulated facade are only a quarter-inch thick, but resemble concrete in color and aggregate finish. Photo © Mikiko Kikuyama Image courtesy TEF Design Fortresslike power plants are usually perceived as an intrusion on the visual environment. But the San Francisco utility giant PG&E has long taken exception to that truism.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11496 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11496-pge-mission-substation PG&E Mission Substation Illuminosa spotlighted Robert B. Howard’s Power and Light bas-reliefs and illuminated the partly resin-clad ventilation shaft from within. Photo © Bruce Damonte PG&E Mission Substation TEF Design repaired and replaced concrete panels on Mission Substation’s Hyde Street elevation. Photo © Bruce Damonte PG&E Mission Substation The facility’s Mission Street elevation is a modern composition of curved volumes framed by classical elements, to which newly installed bent-steel fins add a human scale and texture. Streetscape lighting by HLB complements Illuminosa’s treatment of this southeast face. Photo © Bruce Damonte