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1 san francisco Projects 5 Created 19-Sep-17 By Irena Nowacka, szczecin, Poland M H de Young Museum San Francisco, Herzog and De Meuron museum Contemporary Jewish Museum California Academy of Sciences Berkeley Art Museum 5 Berkeley, Mario Campi museum 3 San Francisco, Daniel Libeskind museum 2 VC Morris Gift Shop 6 San Francisco, Frank Lloyd Wright gallery, museum 4 San Francisco, Renzo Piano aquarium, culture, museum 1

2 photo: Ken McCown M H de Young Museum Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive 50 San Francisco California The M H de Young Museum sites atop the site of the old museum which was severely damaged in San Francisco earthquake of 1989 The building depicts this fracture not only in it's form, but also in the structure of the building itself, which can move almost a meter during an earthquake The copper skin, which covers the building entirely, is covered in dimples and perforations which change in colour throughout the day depending on the quality of sunlight Herzog and De Meuron rtaube Tuesday through Sunday, 9:30 am to 5:15 pm, Fridays until 8:45 pm The tower closes at 4:30 pm Tuesday through Sunday and 8 pm Fridays 2

3 Contemporary Jewish Museum Mission Street 736 San Francisco California The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is somewhat contained within the existing structure of an old power substation With it's nearby proximity to SFMOMA, the CJM is gradually turning this area of town into the cultural nexus of the city Libeskind's design is intriguing, although it follows a pattern established by Berlin's Jewish museum and the Denver Art Museum It's sharp angular forms look like a modern structure dropped out of the sky onto the existing power station The interiors are equally striking and Libeskind's skillful manipulation of light make this building well worth visiting Floor area/size m² Landscape designer Associate architect Daniel Libeskind Cliff Lowe Associates WRNS rtaube Open daily (except Wednesday): / Thursday: Take route 101 North to San Francisco Keep right to take I 80 E via Exit 433B toward Oakland (signs for Oakland, I80, Bay Bridge, 7th Street, US101N) Take the Fourth Street exit - Exit 2 Take a slight left on Bryant Turn left at Third Street Turn left on Mission Street 3

4 photo: Jenn Ludwig California Academy of Sciences Music Concourse Drive 55 San Francisco California The new California Academy of Sciences has risen on the same site of the former Academy in Golden Gate Park The design required the demolition of most of the 11 existing buildings, built between 1916 and 1991 Its primary goal is to provide a modern facility for exhibition, education, conservation and research under one roof according to sustainable design strategies Natural ventilation instead of air conditioning for large parts of the building, carefully chosen building materials, an efficient use and re-use of water, as well as the generation of energy, are integral parts of the design Three historic parts of the former Academy (the African and North American Halls, and the entrance to the Steinhart Aquarium) were maintained in different ways as a memory of the past (text from website architect) photo: Jenn Ludwig Renzo Piano fjennludwig Monday - Saturday: / Sunday: 11:

5 Berkeley Art Museum Bancroft Way 2626 Berkeley California The University of Berkeley Art Museum opened in 1970 The Brutalist exterior belies the fantastic processional aspect of the dynamic interior Its future is uncertain with the planning of a new museum in downtown berkeley by Toyo Ito 1970 Client Mario Campi UC Berkeley gespenst photo: Brian Pearson Wednesday - Sunday: ACTransit Bus 52, 51, 1 or 1R stop within blocks Also regional train BART stops in Downtown From there either walk up Bancroft Way or take Bus 51, 1, or 1R 5

6 photo: Manuel Majerus photo: Manuel Majerus VC Morris Gift Shop Maiden Lane 140 San Francisco California Originally designed as the VC Morris Gift Shop, Frank Lloyd Wright's only San Francisco building now houses the Xanadu Gallery Officially the building was designed in 1948, and incorporates the now legendary spiral ramp theme which Wright had already designed for the Guggenheim Museum, though that project wasn't finished until 1959, shortly after his death The controversy around the Guggenheim stemmed partly from the spiral ramp, though in the smaller, more intimate scale of the VC Morris Gift Store it seems to have won over the public at once The street entrance is an updated Romanesque arch, which according to Wright beckons the passerby in rather than vulgarly displaying its merchandise on the sidewalk The arch gives way to a glass tunnel atrium, then on to the spiraling interior The entire space seems to rotate beneath the luminous bubbles of the cast white plastic ceiling (text from project's website) 1950 Frank Lloyd Wright haveacupoftea photo: Manuel Majerus Tuesday - Saturday: In a small street on the Eastern side of Union Square, central San Francisco 6