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Great cities are built in layers — it is the juxtaposition of old and new that gives cities their interesting corners, their urban surprises and their texture. SPUR’s latest exhibition celebrates this diversity and shows how the adaptation, transformation and reuse of historic structures are key to the life of our city. Co-presented by San Francisco Heritage and CMG Landscape Architecture.

In the ���ϴ�����Urban Center back gallery: How do architecture and water interact with each other? ���ϴ�����presents selected 2013 Master of Architecture thesis work by students in the College of Environmental Design at University of California at Berkeley. Developed in studios on Architecture and Water directed by Professors Marc Anderson, Paz Gutierrez and Rene Davids, and supported by architecture chair Tom Buresh, the projects…

More than two-thirds of the Bay Area’s water is imported from outside the region — supplies that are threatened by a multitude of hurdles, from climate change to new regulations. With the Bay Area set to add another 2 million people by 2040, a safe and reliable source of water to support that growth will be crucial for the region’s continued prosperity. SPUR’s latest exhibition…

Many of the ideas that most influenced the design of cities were first expressed through diagrams. These simple visual statements have become iconic distillations of values, policy agendas and ideologies — touchstones in the visual lexicon of urban planning and design. Grand Reductions investigates the visual culture and iconography of city planning and the impact, for better or worse, of these ideas on the shape…

The design, quality and use of our public spaces may be the best measure of the success of our democracy, since it is in these spaces that most of us interact. ���ϴ�����and PUBLIC Bikes present an exhibition that examines the meaning and value of public spaces within our cities. Twenty-nine renowned designers explore the concept of “public” and the bicycle as a symbol of…