Art, architecture and travel in San Francisco

A former car repair shop finds a new lease of life as a Japanese onsen and restaurant

By Chaney Kwak Last updated 20 October 22

Soothing minimalism in San Francisco's newest store

By David Paw Last updated 20 October 22

San Francisco’s Mission District launches a new restaurant, Volta

By Ella Marshall Last updated 20 October 22

San Francisco’s Tartine Bakery expands into new outpost designed by Commune

By Daven Wu Last updated 20 October 22

Chef Kim Alter goes solo with new San Francisco restaurant Nightbird

By Chaney Kwak Last updated 20 October 22

Kelly Wearstler takes inspiration from the grand European café for La Bande in San Francisco

By Melina Keays Last updated 19 October 22

True to the original meaning of brasserie, Bon Marché serves its own beer, brewed on-site

By Chaney Kwak Last updated 19 October 22

Stripped back aesthetics and Nordic influences at San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee

By Daven Wu Last updated 19 October 22

An industrial San Francisco gallery gains a dining space by Daniel Patterson

By Katie Chang Last updated 19 October 22

Minimal lines and natural textures by Studio Tack for San Francisco’s new Tilden hotel

By Chaney Kwak Last updated 19 October 22

The Buchanan is San Francisco’s newest boutique hotel

By Chaney Kwak Last updated 19 October 22

Hitting the bottle: Soma launches an ethical and aesthetic water bottle

By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated 18 October 22

La Frontera exhibition at Velvet da Vinci jewellery gallery, San Francisco

By Caragh McKay Last updated 18 October 22

In the clear: San Francisco's FOG fair presents design in all guises

By Jordan Kushins Last updated 16 October 22

Design, art and San Francisco soul unite at the fifth edition of FOG

With its reputation for bringing together a memorable selection of art and design pieces in an intimate setting, San Francisco’s FOG Design + Art (11-14 January) fair kicked off the new year on the right foot. Now seeing its fifth edition, the fair welcomed eight new galleries and several interactive presentations involving Aldo Cibic and the Eames, which merged art and design with San Francisco’s cultural identity. Here, we round up the highlights from the fair...

By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated 14 October 22

San Francisco bungalow transformed into spacious architectural home

San Francisco-based architecture studio Spiegel Aihara Workshop (SAW) works its magic to turn a tired bungalow into The Fourth Wall, a contemporary urban family home

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 13 October 22

San Francisco townhouse reinvented: tour Art House by Aidlin Darling Design

Art House by Aidlin Darling Design is a San Francisco townhouse that nods to the past but looks to the future, reinterpreting familiar typologies through modern craft

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 13 October 22

French fancy: Galerie Kreo brings its wares to FOG Design+Art

By Michael Slenske Last updated 13 October 22

Brutalist architecture meets midcentury interiors in this modern San Francisco home

Richard Beard Architects and The Wiseman Group refresh the brutalist architecture of a midcentury San Francisco home originally designed by Joseph Esherick and the 1960s

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 12 October 22

Edmonds + Lee’s minimalist vision has maximum impact in this San Francisco home

By Athena Scott Last updated 12 October 22

Here and home: Larry Sultan’s vivid chronicles of California go on show at SFMOMA

By Chaney Kwak Last updated 12 October 22

A former warehouse in San Francisco is home to a new modern design emporium

By Ali Pechman Last updated 10 October 22

Frank Gehry’s latest office building at Facebook’s Menlo Park HQ opens

By Harriet Thorpe Last updated 10 October 22

San Francisco’s de Young Museum puts contemporary Muslim fashion in the spotlight

By Jordan Kushins Last updated 10 October 22