INTERVIEW: We Talk With Prefab Home Architect Toby Long
We at Inhabitat are bona fide prefab lovers. And while we tout the benefits of the prefab process every day, it's also important to step back and examine the potential of the prefab market, its
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Golden Gate Bridge Visitors Greeted by Energy-Efficient Prefab Welcome Center
The Golden Gate Bridge celebrated it's 75th year anniversary in 2012 and as part of the celebrations, the Golden Gate District and National Parks Conservancy rallied together to improve the facilities
David Baker’s Station Center Affordable Housing Development Transforms a Brownfield Site in Union City, CA
Station Center Affordable Housing is part of the larger Union City Master Plan and revamping of the transit centers. The site for the project is sandwiched between a freight line and a commuter rail line,
Reclamation Etchworks Creates Modern Spirit Decanters From Recycled Glass Bottles
Reclamation Etchworks creates modern day spirit decanters for your home bar by upcycling bottles collected in local San Francisco restaurants. With the help of an entire community of bartenders they were
Tour Some of Marin County’s Best Homes at AIA SF’s Marin Living: Home Tours
Heads up San Francisco Bay Area architecture fans - AIA SF's 2013 Marin Living:Home Tours is back again! For the past three years, the owners of some of Marin County's most impressive homes have opened
San Francisco Drops Law Mandating Radiation Warning Labels on Cell Phones
Photo via Shutterstock Citing high costs and extreme resistance from the mobile phone industry, San Francisco has dropped a law that would have required a radiation warning label to be placed on all
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Headquarters Boasts Solar Panels and Built-in Wind Turbines
The SFPUC Headquarters are located in downtown San Francisco in a neighborhood dominated by civic buildings and just a block away from City Hall. KMD Architects was tasked with designing the greenest
Crissy Field Center is Dedicated to Environmental Youth Education in San Francisco
Crissy Field Center is a state-of-the-art youth education facility that includes classrooms, a science lab, an art room, an administrative space and the Beach Hut cafe. Children from around the Bay Area
San Francisco’s Exploratorium Reopens as the Country’s Biggest Net-Zero Energy Museum
When the Exploratorium opened in 1969, it pioneered a new type of interactive science museum that has come to be the norm at museums around the country and the world. Now, the Exploratorium is forging new
Pedaling Pianist Strikes a Chord With His Homemade Piano Bike
Pianos aren't generally thought of as the most portable of musical instruments, which makes tickling the ivories almost always an indoor activity -- but staying cooped up inside to play wasn't what
Wharton’s Entire San Francisco Campus Earns LEED Gold Certification
Sited close to the Bay Bridge with views out over the water, Wharton's new San Francisco campus is also conveniently located near public transit. The school offers up graduate level classes and an
Talking Public Space and Urban Intervention With San Francisco’s Rebar Studio
INHABITAT: How did Rebar get its start? MATT: Rebar started around a project called the Cabinet National Library. We were inspired by an art magazine in Brooklyn called Cabinet, which had bought a
Pelli Clarke Pelli Breaks Ground on the Transbay Transit Tower in San Francisco
The new 60-story tower, located at 101 First Street, will be the flagship project next to the new transit station and park. Both of the projects were designed by Pelli Clark Pelli, which creates a
INTERVIEW: We Talk to Lumio Folding Book Lamp Creator Max Gunawan
We met up with Max at the Techshop in San Francisco, CA to see the Lumio first hand. At first glance the lamp looks like a simple hard-bound book or journal, but once you open it, the book unfolds several
San Francisco’s New Transbay Transit Center Sheds Glass Skin to Save $10 Million
We're still about 4 years away from the completion of the Transbay Transit Center, a 1.5 million-square-foot facility that will serve as the terminus for this high speed rail line in California. Stretched
Celebrate World Water Day by Surfing a 14-Foot Wave Made of Plastic Bottles in San Francisco
For the past 20 years, the world has observed World Water Day on March 22nd - and to mark the occasion this year, the Dopper Foundation has erected a 14-foot wave made from reclaimed plastic bottles in
Snohetta’s San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion to Break Ground this Summer
The sloped expansion will be fifty feet higher than the neighboring Botta building and will be accessible from two sides, aligning with the new Transbay Transit Center under construction two blocks away
VIDEO: Inhabitat Interviews California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom!
Inhabitat readers might remember that we interviewed California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom back when he was the mayor of San Francisco in a live webcast that was open to any of our readers who
GIVEAWAY: Win a Free Pass to Compostmodern 2013 in San Francisco (Worth $575)
Compostmodern kicks off next month in San Francisco, and we can't wait to see what the world's green thinkers have in store for us at this fantastic two-day event! This exciting conference will provide a
NBBJ Unveils Samsung’s New Garden-Filled San Jose Campus That Could Rival Them All
Samsung's new campus will expand the company's existing US reach and set it on a more level playing field with the other tech companies with headquarters in Silicon Valley. The San Jose campus will
Compostmodern 2013 Kicks off Next Month in San Francisco – Register Today!
Heads up sustainable designers, architects, and green thinkers! We're excited to announce that one of our favorite San Francisco Bay Area design events is kicking off next month - get ready for
Aether’s New San Francisco Store Takes Shipping Container Architecture to New Heights
High-end clothing store Aether Apparel just launched its first standalone retail shop in San Francisco - and it's made from three recycled shipping containers stacked one atop another! The sophisticated
Video Interview with Green Home Designer Michelle Kaufmann
At a West Coast Green conference in San Francisco, we were lucky enough to not only get a sneak peek of the Michelle Kaufmann mkLotus prefab house, but also to speak with the designer herself to get the
Merritt Crossing is a Sustainable Affordable Housing Project for Seniors in Oakland
Merritt Crossing is located on the corner of 6th and Oak Street in Oakland. The dense project worked to match the surrounding feel of the residential homes as well as address the visual and noise impact
San Francisco Bay Bridge to Be Adorned With 25,000 LED Lights This Year
Soon San Francisco Bay Area commuters will have something more entertaining to stare at in traffic than the tail lights of the car in front of them. As the Bay Bridge enters its 75th year in 2013, it is
Silicon Valley at Significant Risk of Sea Level Rise Due to Climate Change
Silicon Valley office building photo from Shutterstock Even the Internet is not immune to the effects of climate change. Many of the world's most famous tech giants, such as Facebook, Oracle, Google,
Golden Gate Valley Library is a Solar-Powered LEED Gold Renovation in San Francisco
Originally the Golden Gate Valley Library was named the Carnegie Library and was completed in 1918 in the Beaux-Arts style by architect Ernest Coxhead. The basilica-shaped library needed a renovation and
Noriega Street Parklet is a Succulent Meeting Spot Crafted by the Community in San Francisco
Noriega Street Parklet is built in the shape of a parallelogram outside Devil's Teeth Bakery on the north side of Noriega Street in the Outer Sunset District. The 45 deg angle provides an interesting
San Francisco Joins the Micro Apartment Craze and Approves 220-Square-Foot Units
Image ©pchurch92 Micro-apartments have been the hot topic in New York lately, but the craze is heading west! The SF Board of Supervisors has approved a trial run that will make 220-square-foot
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