Design and Architecture
Public safety, YIMBY activist, Academy Museum
Can designers of public space and event planners avert mass shootings, like the one that occurred Sunday night in Las Vegas? Pro-housing YIMBY activist Sonja Trauss runs for political office in San Francisco. And the long-planned Academy Museum comes into focus, with a Renzo Piano-designed sphere.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenPhoto: Sonja Trauss, YIMBY activist and candidate for San Francisco District 6 Supervisor
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Read the story8 minYIMBY activist Sonja Trauss runs for office
Sonja Trauss, YIMBY activist and candidate for San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Last week Governor Jerry Brown signed 15 bills intended to enable the construction of new housing in California. These bills mark a victory for a growing movement called YIMBY or Yes In My Backyard. DnA reached out to one of its leading voices: Sonja Trauss,…
Read the story12 minThe Academy Museum rises
The Academy Museum under construction on September 27, 2017 Photo by Avishay Artsy The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was first dreamed of a century ago by silent film star Mary Pickford. Now the complex designed by architect Renzo Piano is under construction at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax. The museum connects the retrofitted…
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