San Francisco has always been synonymous with creativity. From the Beat movement of the 1950s to the boho period that birthed hippie culture in the 1960s, this hilly city situated at the tip of a peninsula along the Northern California coast is nothing if not progressive – and that creative spirit extends to its rich architectural heritage.
Beyond the iconic beams of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco offers a treasure trove of eclectic architectural styles that reveal the city’s many transformations from a far-flung frontier town to a cosmopolitan hub. In leafy neighbourhoods, Victorian rowhouses made from local redwood timber give way to Art Deco buildings epitomising 1920s opulence in San Francisco’s downtown core. In recent decades, the city has also provided a canvas for the kind of cutting-edge design ushered in by the Silicon Valley boom.
“San Francisco is a different kind of city,” said Mark Cavagenero, a renowned San Francisco architect who has designed a variety of cultural, commercial and civic projects around the city. “It’s always been something of a dreamer’s city – a visionary’s city – and the buildings that I like are the ones that have these aspirations latent in them.”
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