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Article: San Francisco civitas. (San Francisco Civic Center and Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, California)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 1995
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Now reaching fruition after a long gestation period, the Yerba Buena Gardens development in San Francisco shows how a collection of individual parts does not necessarily engage to create a responsive urban whole.
There could not be a greater contrast between the urban design and architecture of the San Francisco Civic Centre and the recently-opened Yerba Buena Gardens. They aptly represent two distinct eras. Both contain civic and cultural buildings; both are organised about a central public space; and both have buildings by many different architects. But, whereas the Civic Centre represents the classical tradition of urban design and public place making, Yerba Buena ...