New exhibition explores how San Francisco has changed over 25 years

The Center for Architecture + Design in San Francisco has opened a new exhibition exploring how the city’s built environment has changed over 25 years. Titled The ReImagined City: San Francisco 2000–2025, the show will run through January 19, 2026.

Curated by John King and Robin Abad, the investigation contrasts the state of San Francisco at the end of the 1990s with its present-day condition. Rather than a comprehensive survey, the exhibition presents a series of case studies and visual snapshots that illustrate key moments in the city’s transformation. The examples highlight how new and renewed buildings, public spaces, and infrastructure reflect broader changes in culture, work, transportation, and urban life in the 21st century.

“If nothing else, think of The Reimagined City as an invitation to take a closer look at what’s around you, the new as well as the old. Even in the most altered stretches of our built terrain, the ones that make long-timers wonder where they are, there are architectural or experiential pleasures to be had,” the curators note. “Nooks to be explored at scales large and small — and evidence everywhere that more change is on the way.”