San Diego Architectural Foundation

One of our favorite listening experiences is the Los Angeles based NPR radio show DnA: Design and Architecture, during which host Frances Anderton talks to world leaders in design about the latest in products, fashion, graphics, architecture and more.
     

In a November 2009 New York Times update on the reconstruction of New Orleans' Katrina-devastated Lower Ninth Ward, Cultured Traveler writer Fred A. Bernstein describes the complications of good intentions. While Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation has done what appears to be a unanimously commendable job of rebuilding, the writer (and some of his interviewees) take issue with what is going up.

Join SDAF for the debut of year #2 of San Diego's Pecha Kucha Night! V5 will be held at El Camino II , 2400 India Street (between Kalmia and Laurel Streets - formerly the Airport Lounge). Thinking and drinking begin when you arrive, presentations at 8:20.

Welcome to the new and improved SDAF website! With its launch, we’re excited to introduce enhanced features including this blog; new, user-friendly membership software; and an event calendar, which we’ll use to keep you in the know about any and all San Diego design-related goings-on about town, and then some!

And now, in the spirit of new beginnings, we’ll start with a look back...