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George Calys is an architect whose writing has appeared in Urban Land, IFMA Journal, Land Development Today, and Faith and Form among others. He is a principal with Acumen, a marketing consultancy focused on architecture, engineering, and construction.

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You can't always get what you want: Fisher calls a halt to CAMP

Monday, July 6th, 2009 · 1 comment

In a terse and unexpected announcement, Don Fisher, founder of The Gap, announced last week his decision to...
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Bombs away! the CAMP battle looms large

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It’s not the Allied assault on Omaha beach, but the final comments submitted by groups opposing the...
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SPUR Urban Center: the architecture of honesty

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“What does the building want to be?” That question served as the great architect Louis Kahn’s organizing principle for...
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Bridge over troubled waters: the new SF Oakland Bay Bridge

Ever since the Romans started building them, bridges have been one of the most difficult of public works projects to complete. New...
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Up on the roof: SFMOMA's ultra chic rooftop garden

Ever since Nebuchadnezzar’s big urban redevelopment project (also known as the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon), rooftop gardens have been one...
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New practices: young turks in SF architecture

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Some of the best new architecture is often the work of young firms; if they’re lucky they can take...
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A world in flux: architects gather to ponder it all

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Architects from across the country and world are gathering this week in San Francisco at the American Institute of...
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What a tangled web: CAMP gets even more complicated

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The Presidio Trust received another demerit last week, this time in the form of a Section 213 Report (sounds kind...
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The perfect train wreck: the CAMP process

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I just love those action films where a train wreck occurs and it is shown in excruciating slow...
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And the beat goes on: CAMP reveals more details

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Bit by bit, the Fisher team is letting out details of the revised Contemporary Art Museum of the Presidio (CAMP). As you recall, the previous...
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