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Blind Ambition: Insights from a blind architect on universal design

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They’re all lovely gestures for sure, but San Francisco architect Chris Downey would like us to “see” those things without our eyes. Architect Chris Downey navigates a sidewalk in San Francisco. It’s not a visual process. Are they columns at the top of wide, limestone steps? The creative process—that’s the essence.

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A space for all: Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

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Spanning three floors of a high rise in San Francisco, this 40,000-sf headquarters for one of the oldest social-services organizations in California represents the latest in design, technology, and training for blind and low-vision individuals.

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5 criteria to optimize medical office design

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High-back lounges that provide a level of visual screening can also help. This could be an indoor space, an outdoor balcony, or a garden area; however, it must be a restricted badge-access area separate from patients, ideally with a visual disconnect from clinical spaces.

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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

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Located in the wooded hillside south of San Francisco, our Cordilleras Health System Replacement project incorporates biophilic design with the goal of enhancing patient healing outcomes, while preserving the existing natural environment. Washington Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth, Vancouver, Wash.

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Seven Finalist Cities Chosen For Smart City Challenge

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The finalists are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. Autodesk will provide InfraWorks 360 and finalists will get access to (and training on) Infraworks 360, a modeling platform that uses 3-D visualizations and real-world data to plan major engineering projects.

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Are Green Building Rating Systems Really Sustainable?

Natural Building

Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability. Therefore, in 2010, I proposed a tool for measuring and visualizing cumulative and tributary socio-ecological impacts. However, I was generationally incapable of making the app myself.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Gabriela Celi, Head of Innovation, Research, and Development, SEMAICA

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I’ve always been really curious, and thankfully I attended San Francisco University in Quito, which has a deep liberal arts philosophy. Some topics that are being developed are visualization and augmented reality, parameterization and standardization, off-site construction and connected construction.