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Skateboarding San Francisco: Concrete, Community, Continuity [SF Public Library]
Feb
13
to Jul 6
Event, Education

Skateboarding San Francisco: Concrete, Community, Continuity [SF Public Library]

  • San Francisco Public Library Main Branch / Jewett Gallery, Lower Level (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Skateboarding art historian and Docomomo Northern California Board Member, Ted Barrow walks visitors through the exhibition, Skateboarding San Francisco: Concrete, Community, Continuity, showing how the City’s unique terrain has become iconic to skateboarding. Combining archival photos from the library’s own History Center with historic skate photos, videos and material artifacts, Barrow shares the impact of skateboarding in San Francisco and its reach across the globe.

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Do Not Try to Remember: The American School of Architecture in the Bay Area [Center for Architecture + Design]
Feb
20
to Aug 8
Event, Education

Do Not Try to Remember: The American School of Architecture in the Bay Area [Center for Architecture + Design]

  • Center for Architecture + Design (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Explore the groundbreaking “American School” architects at SF’s Center for Architecture + Design. Discover how Goff & Greene’s protégés, like Agnoli & Muennig, shaped Bay Area design with radical, contextual, and uniquely American visions. Runs Feb 20 - Aug 8, 2025.

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The Vertical City [Transamerica Building]
Feb
22
to Apr 30
Event, Education

The Vertical City [Transamerica Building]

Foster + Partners has completed a $400M renovation of Architect William Pereira’s Transamerica Pyramid, revitalizing its interiors, Redwood Park, and surrounding district. This transformation blends historic preservation with modern design, creating a vibrant hub for business, community, and creativity in the heart of the city.

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Ruth Asawa: Retrospective [SF-MOMA]
Mar
11
to Sep 2
Education, Event, Modern Art

Ruth Asawa: Retrospective [SF-MOMA]

  • San Francsico Museum of Modern Art (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is set to host Ruth Asawa: Retrospective, a comprehensive exhibition honoring the groundbreaking work of artist Ruth Asawa. Opening to the general public on March 11, 2025, with member tickets already available, the exhibition promises an in-depth exploration of Asawa’s expansive artistic output, featuring over 300 artworks.

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Preserving the Recent Past Conference
Mar
19
to Mar 22
Advocacy, Education, Event

Preserving the Recent Past Conference

  • The Boston Architectural College (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Co-organized by Historic Preservation Education Foundation and the Boston Architectural College, the conference program will include three tracks of presentations on advocacy challenges and preservation strategies, history and context and technical conservation issues and solutions for post-World War II resources, to take place on Thursday, March 20 and Friday, March 21, 2025.

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Tour Day: Landscape Design of Levi's Plaza [Walking Tour]
Oct
26
Event

Tour Day: Landscape Design of Levi's Plaza [Walking Tour]

  • 1105 Battery St San Francisco, CA 94111 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Docomomo US/NOCA on an exploration of the landscape design of Levi's Plaza by Lawrence Halprin. The property includes several office buildings, as well as plaza spaces, water features, and a rolling landscape, and created a lush setting for the urban San Francisco headquarters of Levi Strauss & Co.

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Modernism on San Francisco's North Waterfront [Walking Tour]
Apr
23
Event

Modernism on San Francisco's North Waterfront [Walking Tour]

Our October tour was so popular that we are doing a rerun! We are still keeping group sizes small, so reserve your ticket soon.

We'll explore the theme of Travel & Leisure by visiting the Streamline Moderne Aquatic Park Bathhouse, Fontana Towers, Ghirardelli Square, and the Cannery. A neighborhood that many local residents may pass over assuming it is just for tourists, the North Waterfront has an important history of Modern architecture and urbanism that shaped the future of the city. This tour is a chance to explore some fantastic Modern architecture and very interesting adaptive reuse projects by top tier Modernist architects, landscape architects, and graphic designers including Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons, Lawrence Halprin, Ruth Asawa, Bobbie Stauffacher Solomon, Joseph Esherick, Thomas Church, and Marget Larsen.

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Tickets are limited in order to keep the group smaller.

The tour will primarily be outdoors. However, we will be entering the Maritime Museum for a brief period and masks will be required indoors.

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Tour Day 2021: Travel & Leisure [Walking Tour]
Oct
16
Event

Tour Day 2021: Travel & Leisure [Walking Tour]

Travel & Leisure on San Francisco's North Waterfront

We'll explore the theme of Travel & Leisure by visiting the Streamline Moderne Aquatic Park Bathhouse and Ghirardelli Square—an early adaptive reuse project involving modernists Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons, Lawrence Halprin, and Bobbie Stauffacher Solomon—among other sites. A neighborhood that many local residents may pass over assuming it is just for tourists, the North Waterfront has an important history of Modern architecture and urbanism that shaped the future of the city.

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My NOCA Mod Obsession | Virtual Lightning Talks
Aug
4
Event

My NOCA Mod Obsession | Virtual Lightning Talks

Join Docomomo US/Northern California for a night of virtual lightning talks.

A line up of professionals, students, and enthusiasts will share their obsession with Northern California (NOCA) Modernism. Each short presentation will highlight a different Modernist building, landscape, object, or practitioner in NOCA. Line up of presenters and their topics will be announced in July.

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