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Welcome to the sixth annual Architecture and the City festival, the nation’s largest architectural festival showcasing tours, films, exhibitions, lectures and more. Whether you are looking to become involved with the local architecture and design community or simply want to learn more about the city in which you live, Architecture and the City offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience San Francisco.
This year’s festival promises several new and exciting ways to engage in conversation about our city. The festival theme Everyday, Design celebrates the many smart, ingenious and unexpected ways design impacts our daily lives, unveiling the unseen hand of the designer in everything from civic and institutional works to landscaping and residential design. Programs promise to explore the nuanced ways architects and designers thoughtfully impact our communities and reflect ever-important issues of sustainability. For the second year in a row, the festival will also offer architectural programming for the whole family, tours of evolving San Francisco neighborhoods and dining by design, a unique opportunity to enjoy our local culinary arts with the architects and chefs who make it possible. Throughout the festival, participants will also have the opportunity to discover the best in residential architecture during the San Francisco Living: Home Tours weekend, which returns September 12-13; take in films that examine the work of Herzog & de Meuron and Gregory Ain, as well as the tremendous life and career of Julius Shulman; partake in architectural runs and bicycle rides; and enjoy lectures by designers such as Piero Lissoni, among others. It is our privilege to announce that Mayor Gavin Newsom has once again officially proclaimed September “Architecture and the City month.” We hope you enjoy the festival! Erin Cullerton
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