When someone mentions psychology, you think of Freud, right? I do, although I admit I may be a bit crazy! The living walls at Jasper, at the corner of 1st Street and Harrison, caught my attention many moons ago. You can see them here, adjacent to a gas station, which has recently been demolished for a
There is a big, new 40-story building going up at the corner of Mission and South Van Ness. It is currently referred to as 1500 Mission (Related California is the developer) and, while it hasn’t been named yet, I’m thinking that it might be called the Coke Building, to the chagrin of everyone except those
Pass any construction site, and I bet you see a big sign that says something about SAFETY. While 181 Fremont might be the safest building in the U.S. (more about that later), what has always fascinated me about the building is not what it is but how it got to be what it is. I’m
Does it make sense to spend $1 billion to build a basketball arena for a measly 41 homes games? Not likely. You’re not going to relocate the Golden State Warriors from Oakland to San Francisco and spend $1 billion, right? The Warriors are not your daddy’s run-of-the-mill basketball team. In 2010 heavyweights Joe Lacob, a
Let’s talk about the Salesforce Transit Center, and allow me to compare it to Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. My ‘deep’ research concludes that the Mona Lisa was commissioned in 1503, and supposedly traveled as a work-in-progress with da Vinci for several years as he was wont to take his time to finish a
Your parents did everything they could to help you get into college. Bet you can’t wait to tell them the news that –wait for it –you’re going into construction. Construction? Seriously? Is that why you spent four (or more) years in college? Yup. It sounds crazy, but today, more and more of the best and the
Sharon Smith is a construction worker, but she seldom wears a hard hat or steps onto a construction site. Instead, Sharon, 24, consults to engineering, construction, and architectural firms in the area of sustainability. It’s one thing to put up buildings. It’s another thing altogether to make sure the buildings are built in the most
New College Grads Find Sustainability Jobs in the Construction Industry If you've spent time with recent college grads, likely you've pick up a priority they typically share as a group: a commitment to a sustainable lifestyle. Also, consider that San Francisco Bay Area is arguably the city/region at the forefront of sustainable technologies and design. I call this a perfect fit.
Subscribe To Receive The LISA Movement Updates, Click Here How Important Is Talent to the AEC Industry? We think--very important. In fact, if the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry eventually wins the talent war, we believe our cities will be the beneficiaries of innovations that solve challenges in sustainability, transportation, and quality of life (to name just 3 areas)... all the
A man hoist is not for the faint of heart but today LISA was in search of photos and information so up the 181 Fremont man hoist, or lift, we went.