Exterior view of the KQED headquarters at Mariposa and Bryant Streets in San Francisco. Community, transparency, collaboration and innovation are at the heart of EHDD’s design. Rendering courtesy of EHDD Architects

KQED’s HQ Nears Block Party Opening in San Francisco’s Mission District

5:00 am on July 30, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

KQED is about to open up a new community, inviting the public inside the iconic Bay Area media station’s headquarters at 2601 Mariposa Street in San Francisco’s Mission District. Rebecca Sharkey, the principal of EHDD Architecture responsible for designing the new HQ, spoke of the direction the nonprofit gave redesign, saying, “KQED told us from the start they want to make themselves more visible to the community and open up about what public media does.”

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2176 and 2150 Kittredge Street, rendering design by Kava Massih Architects

Design Review Held For 2176 Kittredge Street In Downtown Berkeley

4:30 am on July 30, 2021 By Team YIMBY

Permits have been submitted seeking the review of a mixed-use project at 2176 Kittredge Street in downtown Berkeley. The project proposal includes the construction of a residential structure with retail space. Plans call for the demolition of an existing 8,575 square-foot building and a single-story gas station and car wash. East Beach Capital is the project developer. Kava Massih Architects is responsible for the design concepts and construction.

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The Harrison viewed from beside Jasper, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 23: The Harrison on Rincon Hill, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on July 29, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The Harrison at 401 Harrison Street is the 23rd tallest skyscraper in the Bay Area planned or built with a rooftop height of 541 feet above street level. The project is the shorter of the two-towered Rincon Hill complex that has redefined the city’s skyline in SoMa, San Francisco. The project has come to define the ascension of Rincon Hill and the East Cut as an extension of high-rise residential development to accommodate the tech boom of the 21st century.

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2040 Webster Street, image courtesy Colliers and the San Francisco Association of Realtors

Preliminary Meeting Requested for Housing Conversion at 2395 Sacramento Street, Pacific Heights, San Francisco

5:00 am on July 29, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

March Capital Management has requested a project review meeting with city staff to consider adaptive reuse of the historic classical revival building at 2395 Sacramento Street into a residential building. Located in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood, the project, still in its infancy, would add new apartments in a desirable area rich with transit and small businesses.

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