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Andrea Cochran Charles Chase John King Marc L'ItalienDavid Herd
Douglas Burnham
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| Douglas Burnham |
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| San Francisco Federal Building/Courtesy Wikipedia |
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| Golden Gate Bridge/Photo © Rich Niewiroski |
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| Mint Plaza/Photo © CMG |
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| CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts/Courtesy e-flux |
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| Four Barrel Coffee/Courtesy Four Barrel Coffee |
Douglas Burnham is founder and principal of envelope Architecture + Design (envelope A+D), an award-winning collaborative design firm that advances new models of public and private space anchored in compelling visions of the emerging urban condition.
Favorite new green building:
The San Francisco Federal Building: not so new, but really the best in terms of architecture (better than the Piano Academy of Sciences in my opinion).
Must-see historic building:
Depends what you mean by historic…
San Francisco Art Institute Building -- the modern (1969) addition and raised public terrace by Paffard Keatinge-Clay
and by building...
The Golden Gate Bridge, 1937
Off-the-beaten-path architecture:
The Marin Headlands has amazing bunker architecture embedded into the sea swept hills overlooking the Pacific and next to the Golden Gate.
Best public parks/spaces:
Mint Plaza
PROXY (one of our projects)
Golden Gate Park - between the De Young Museum and the California Academy of Sciences
Museums, galleries, and performing arts:
There's a not-to-be-missed show in the Architecture + Design Galleries in the SFMOMA: FIELD CONDITIONS by curator Joseph Becker.
Eli Ridgeway Gallery (near the SFMOMA)
The Wattis Institute of Contemporary Art
Drinking, dining, and shopping:
Okay, so here I have to pitch some of our projects:
Food:
Locanda, Delfina, Delfina Pizzeria 18th Street, Contigo
Coffee:
Four Barrel, Sight Glass, Ritual Roasters in the mission and at PROXY
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