Under-utilized parcels of city-owned land in San Francisco, re-imagined by Nicholas de Monchaux as part of his Local Code / Real Estates project, 2009. Image: Courtesy Nicholas de Monchaux
Nicholas de Monchaux is an architect, urbanist, writer and Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UC Berkeley. His recent book, Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, unearths the truly fascinating story behind the design of the Apollo spacesuit, which has surprising relevance to architectural and planning discourse, particularly in the Bay Area. > Read More
2011.12.18 1:38pm
Filed under: Architecture, Ecology, History, Interviews, Planning, Technology, Brad Leibin, Nicholas de Monchaux
Photo by Mallory Scott Cusenbery
“That thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you is usually what you need to find, and finding it is a matter of getting lost.” — Rebecca Solnit [1] > Read More
2011.12.16 5:13pm
Filed under: Architecture, Essays, Theory, Mallory Cusenbery
Aerial photo of Ronchamp today. Photographer: Iwan Baan (Bauwelt)
When Renzo Piano was commissioned to make some additions and adjustments to Le Corbusier’s iconic Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp, it caused an uproar. Now that the scaffolds have been removed, Richard Ingersoll wonders what the controversy was about.
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2011.12.11 3:29pm
Filed under: Architecture, Essays, History, Reviews, Richard Ingersoll
Picture 1: Richard Serra, Abstract Slavery, 1974; paintstick on Belgian linen; 114 x 212 inches; collection of Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands; © 2011 Richard Serra / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: Robert Mates and Paul Katz
Richard Serra is the quintessential modern artist. The exhibition Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art makes obvious that he’s immune to convention, a follower of no movement, and firm against authority—occasionally even his own. > Read More
2011.11.22 8:06pm
Filed under: Architecture, Reviews, Paolo Polledri
1020 Pine, Kennerly Architecture; Photo Tim Griffith
Kennerly Architecture’s 1020 Pine, San Francisco, received a Merit Award for Architecture from the AIA California Council this fall. Justly so: it’s a handsome project. > Read More
2011.11.01 4:22pm
Filed under: Architecture, Essays, History, Tim Culvahouse
Lavaflow 2. Photo: JD Peterson
Earlier this year I went to the big island of Hawaii to see the lava landscape and the houses that San Francisco and Hawaii based architect, Craig Steely has put down on them. > Read More
2011.11.01 2:31pm
Filed under: Architecture, Interviews, Landscape, Kenneth Caldwell, Craig Steely
Craig Steely is a San Francisco- and Hawaii-based architect. He received his architecture degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. While there, he was awarded a scholarship for international study and spent his thesis year in Florence, Italy studying with Cristiano Toraldo di Francia formerly of SUPERSTUDIO. > Read More
2011.11.01 1:58pm
Filed under: Craig Steely
Paolo Polledri is a writer and designer. He worked at the Getty Center and was the founding Curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. > Read More
2011.10.30 8:00pm
Filed under: Paolo Polledri
Mallory Scott Cusenbery, AIA, is the design principal at RossDrulisCusenbery Architecture, Inc., a mid-sized firm specializing in justice, public safety and community projects. > Read More
2011.10.29 11:26am
Filed under: Mallory Cusenbery
Erin Hyman is an independent writer and editor, who has contributed to a forthcoming book surveying architecture installations worldwide over the past forty years. > Read More
2011.10.28 6:00pm
Filed under: Erin Hyman
Kenneth Caldwell is a Bay Area based writer and communications consultant. He can be reached at Kenneth@KennethCaldwell.com. His blog can be found at www.designfaith.blogspot.com
2011.10.27 7:17pm
Filed under: Kenneth Caldwell
Nicholas de Monchaux is an architect who works at the intersections of urban ecology and infrastructure. He is the author of Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo (MIT Press, 2011), an Architectural history of the Apollo 11 Extra-vehicular garment.
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2011.10.27 3:15pm
Filed under: Nicholas de Monchaux
Richard Ingersoll, born in California, 1949, earned a doctorate in architectural history at UC Berkeley, taught at Rice University from 1986-97 and currently teaches at Syracuse University in Florence (Italy). > Read More
2011.10.27 1:41pm
Filed under: Richard Ingersoll
Tim Culvahouse, FAIA, is an architect who helps fellow architects expand, refine, or otherwise enrich what they’re doing. > Read More
2011.10.27 11:04am
Filed under: Tim Culvahouse
Yuki is an independent writer, designer, and editor who is inspired by Sanford Kwinter, Chris Marker, and Japanese and Brazilian architecture. She appreciates the Bay Area for its food-supporting dirt, its fascinating mid-century techno-hippy history, and its rare gems of concrete brutalism.
2011.10.25 11:50pm
Filed under: Yuki Bowman
Brad Leibin is an architectural designer and writer in San Francisco. > Read More
2011.10.24 2:54pm
Filed under: Brad Leibin
2011.07.26 3:26pm
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TraceSF invites contributions from writers, photographers, artists, and other observers of Bay Area design, culture, and urbanism. The format and content of contributions are open, but the length should be appropriate for a blog journal (roughly 400 to 1,200 words for text). If longer is better, please write a short introduction to your piece. Fiction is acceptable if labeled as such.
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2011.04.09 8:04pm
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TraceSF is an online journal that critically explores San Francisco Bay Area design, culture, and urbanism. Featuring contributions in different media from a diverse group of designers, artists, photographers, and thinkers, TraceSF pursues topics that often fly beneath the radar. It does so as an independent forum, organized for its contributors out of a shared desire for greater urbanity in San Francisco and the region.
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2011.04.09 8:04pm
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2011.04.01 8:05pm
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