San Diego Architectural Foundation

Ann Jarmusch recently wrote a piece for the San Diego Union Tribune about one of our region's architectural gems, the Neurosciences Institute. Designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects with Joseph Wong Design Associates and completed in 1995, it has served as the venue for two of SDAF's  Inside the Design Studio series. If you've not yet made some time to drink this stunning local structure in, we highly recommend it.

Click here to read Jarmusch's SDUT piece._{^{Credit: Michael Moran}}

^{The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in New York City by Ennead Architects, the Firm Formerly Known as Polshek Partnership.}

On June 24 Polshek Partnership, a prestigious 50-year-old architecture practice,  changed their name and are now known as Ennead.

Check out Robin Progrebin's interesting 9/29 New York Times piece, Architecture Now Building New Names, discussing the evolution of architects' approach to identifying themselves and their firms, and the various reasoning behind it.

More reading about Polshek's name change may be found here.

One of our favorite listening experiences is the Los Angeles based NPR radio show DnA: Design and Architecture, during which host Frances Anderton talks to world leaders in design about the latest in products, fashion, graphics, architecture and more.
     
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Friends of San Diego Architecture is celebrating its 25th year of lectures on architecture, design and the built environment. Join them on February 20 as San Diego County Public Health Officer Tracy Delaney speaks about "Building Health Into Our Community Design".
       
Meetings are held on the third Saturday of the month (except in the summer) at
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Through January 31st,  MCASD La Jolla features Automatic Cities: The Architectural Imaginary in Contemporary Art explores the myriad influences of architecture on contemporary art production. The architectural imaginary comprising images of sites and cities built and unbuilt, rising from collective experience and imagination.

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