Architecture and the City Festival

AIA San Francisco and the Center for Architecture + Design are pleased to announce the sixth annual Architecture and the City festival, the nation’s largest architectural festival showcasing tours, films, exhibitions, lectures and more. Whether you are looking to become involved with the local architecture and design community or simply want to learn more about the city in which you live, Architecture and the City offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience San Francisco. This year's festival promises several new and exciting ways to engage in conversation about our city. The 2009 theme “Everyday, Design” celebrates the many ways design impacts our daily lives, unveiling the unseen hand of the designer in everything from civic and institutional works to landscaping and residential design. For the second year in a row, we also offer architectural programming for the whole family, tours of evolving San Francisco neighborhoods and dining by design, a unique opportunity to enjoy our local culinary arts with the architects and chefs who make it possible. Throughout the festival you will also have the opportunity to discover the best in residential architecture during the San Francisco Living: Home Tours weekend, take in films that examine the enduring relationship between architecture and celluloid, partake in architectural runs along the waterfront, and enjoy lectures by the groundbreaking firm Marmol Radziner, among many others. It is our privilege to announce that Mayor Gavin Newsom has once again officially proclaimed September "Architecture and the City month". We hope you will enjoy the 2009 festival! -Erin Cullerton Festival Curator http://www.aiasf.org/Programs/Public_Programs/Architecture_and_the_City.htm