The San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission is scheduled to review plans tomorrow afternoon for the redevelopment of the San Francisco Symphony Hall at 201 Van Ness Avenue in the Civic Center. The meeting will review plans by Mark Cavagnero Associates to replace most of the facade with curtain-wall glass and expand the building footprint.
The California Transportation Commission has approved the CEQA environmental review of the 2.2-mile extension of The Portal, San Francisco’s Downtown Rail Extension. The Portal will connect the city’s existing 4th Street Train Station to the Salesforce Transit Center. Once complete, the connection will accommodate Caltrain and future high-speed rail.
The San Francisco Symphony has started the entitlement process for renovations of the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall at 201 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco’s Civic Center. While plans are preliminary, the Symphony has hired local Mark Cavagnero Associates and the world-renowned Gehry Partners to produce a dramatic reimagination inside and out. Construction is expected to cost at least $100 million.
The American Institute of Architects, San Francisco, opened its new headquarters and the Center for Architecture + Design last Friday at 140 Sutter Street in downtown San Francisco. The civic-minded institution will provide a new cultural hub for lectures, events, and film screenings inside the historic Hallidie Building. Aidlin Darling Design, a San Francisco-based architecture firm, is responsible for the interior design, working alongside a team of collaborators.
Plans for developing a mixed-use project have made progression at 3214 24th Street in Mission District, San Francisco. The project proposal includes the development of a three-story mixed-use structure offering spaces for residential and retail uses. The project requires the demolition of an existing one-story building on the site. CMD Architecture is responsible for the designs.