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23rd Annual Architecture + the City

Sep 10 to 27, a month-long celebration of the built environment

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The Built Environment

Architecture shapes our city. When we understand it, we influence what it becomes. Each September, our Architecture + the City festival opens the built environment to everyone.

Downtown & HousingDesigning space for recovery. Youth & EducationEmpower the next generation of designers. EquityDesign an inclusive landscape. Health & Well-beingDesign for well-being.
$0M Goal

Invest in a permanent home for San Francisco's design legacy, and the youth programs, exhibitions, and public spaces it powers for generations.

Individual and foundation gifts are tax-deductible through the Center (501c3). Corporate giving is handled through AIASF (501c6).

Our impact

Inspiring and educating the public through architecture and design.

400+events every year
1,300–2,600Festival attendees annually
226students at the 2026 Youth Design Festival
100+Community Alliance honorees since 2015

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On view

OVERTIME 26

Design and art outside the institutional frame. Through August 31, 2026.

 Archive

Do Not Try to Remember

The American School of Architecture in the Bay Area.

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Collective Comfort

Climate resilience in desert cities, with UC Berkeley.

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Explore each design discipline, and submit your own work to be featured.

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Be part of the city's design conversation.

01Become a memberJoin AIASF and the Center community. 02VolunteerTours, youth programs, and the festival. 03GiveSupport youth design education.
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