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Roger Lee: Modernism for the Masses Multi-Unit Housing Walking Tour
Nov 8
Roger Lee: Modernism for the Masses Multi-Unit Housing Walking Tour

Discover the overlooked brilliance of Bay Area modernist architect Roger Lee on a guided walking tour through Berkeley’s Shattuck Avenue corridor. On Saturday, November 8, join Docomomo US/NOCA for a 1.5-mile exploration of Lee’s mid-century multi-unit housing, where architecture, community, and social history intersect.

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Modern Vernacular: Asian American Architects and the Built Environment of Postwar Northern California
Oct 1
Modern Vernacular: Asian American Architects and the Built Environment of Postwar Northern California

The exhibition features the work of six designers, all but one alums of UC Berkeley: architects Kinji Imada (1927–2005), Roger Yuen Lee, BA Architecture 1941 (1920–1981), Terry Tong, BA Architecture 1949 (1921–2016), and Worley Wong, BA Architecture 1936 (1912–1985) and landscape architects Mai Kitazawa Arbegast, MS Landscape Architecture, 1953 (1922–2012) and Casey Kawamoto, BA Landscape Architecture 1949 (1919–2010). 

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22nd Annual Architecture + the City Festival
Sep
4
to Sep 25
Community Event, Education, Event, Advocacy

22nd Annual Architecture + the City Festival

At the heart of San Francisco’s design community is the Architecture + the City Festival, an annual, citywide celebration now in its 22nd year. Showcasing the city’s vibrant built environment, the festival features an inspiring lineup of tours, talks, film screenings, youth festival, and special programs including the DIALOGUES Conversation Series. Audiences are invited to explore architecture and design from multiple perspectives, fostering connection, curiosity, and creative exchange across the city.

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EMBARCADERO PLAZA PICNIC & Meet Armand Vaillancourt
May
23
Advocacy

EMBARCADERO PLAZA PICNIC & Meet Armand Vaillancourt

Docomomo US/NOCA board members will be picnicking at Embarcadero Plaza on Friday, May 23 to celebrate the plaza and fountain, and to welcome the Vaillancourt family who are visiting from Québec!

Armand Vaillancourt, the fountain’s sculptor, will be joining us to share his unique perspective about his work and its contribution to Bay Area history. We’re excited for a relaxed and inspiring Friday evening of listening, sharing, and straight-up leisure in this beloved, endangered plaza. Please stop by to say hello and welcome Mr. Vaillancourt!

Whether you join us, or picnic another time, bring something to sit on, a snack, a sketchbook, a camera, your skateboard, brick-rubbing materials. Don’t miss out on sending a letter to advocate for the preservation of this significant public space!

We’ll have limited edition vintage fountain postcards for all who stop by to say hello!

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