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This Lego Apple Park replica took two years to build

Calling all AFOLs!

Here’s the view from Salesforce Tower’s Ohana Floor

Outside of the Upper Haight, you can’t much higher in San Francisco than the 61st floor of the Salesforce Tower—aka the Ohana Floor—the very top of the city’s tallest tower.

UC Berkeley set to demolish brutalist gem

Another gentle concrete giant will be put to rest at year’s end.

Here’s what people are Instagramming from Salesforce Park

The 1,000-foot fountain and palm trees are a hit.

Studio Gang releases new twisting tower images, fishes for buyers

South Beach high-rise slated for fall 2019.

Famed Hines House in Sea Ranch drops price

Winner of the Sunset/AIA Home of the Year Award in 1970.

What to expect at the Salesforce Park rooftop party [Update]

Food trucks, pop-up shops, live music, and views galore.

Richard Neutra house hits market for first time in 81 years

Parnassus Heights "Darling House," built for Dr. Darling and his family in 1937, asks $2.2 million.

Walnut Creek ‘super Eichler’ asks $1.4 million

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s pretty rad.

City approves space-age toilet design

Public Works likes the look, but it’ll take more input from other departments to flush out potential problems.

See the latest trends at two SF design events this weekend

West Coast Craft and SF Design Week showcase an array of events, ideas, looks, art, and more.

Famous Belvedere brick beauty asks $4.7 million

Designed in the 1930s by Carr Jones, this brick abode is a local landmark and point of pride for residents who cherish the work of the storybook architect.

Vote for the new Civic Center design

It’s your—ahem—civic duty.

First look: San Francisco’s newest luxury condos open at 181 Fremont

Sneak peek inside the new luxe units above the Instagram offices.

Oakland midcentury hits market for first time in 55 years

Eichler who?

Sneak peek: Light installation atop Salesforce Tower

Jim Campbell’s light show will make its official debut next week.

Dogpatch startup lets employees paint walls, walk around barefoot at new office

"We want our office to feel like a home, to be comfortable and authentic."

Stunning NoPa Victorian asks $3.2 million

Located one block from Divisadero, this circa-1900 Victorian provides perfect daydream fodder. And perfection has a price—$3,295,000, to be exact.

John Hans Ostwald-designed midcentury-modern asks $985,000

Packed with pedigree and beautiful bones, it’s a wonder that this midcentury-modern, perched high in the Oakland Hills, isn’t asking well over $1 million.

Postmodern Ettore Sottsass-designed Woodside home finds buyer

Featuring six pavilions, a glass atrium, and a barrel-vaulted home office, the postmodern gem in Woodside, designed by Memphis group founder Ettore Sottsass, zinged our heart strings when it landed on the market.

Belvedere storybook home asks $3.9 million

Locally known as the "Hansel and Gretel House," due to its gingerbread house likeness, this is the house that Jack built—literally.

More on the gondola at Salesforce Park

One of the lesser-known but more delightful design elements of Salesforce Park/Salesforce Transit Center—the $2.4 billion project sprouting up in SoMa—is the gondola.

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Millennium Tower sinking: Everything you need to know

News has broke that one of the country's most luxe residential towers is sinking and tilting. The story is ongoing, so here's where you can find the most recent updates about one of the biggest stories in San Francisco real estate history.

Sea Ranch utopia seeks $2.2 million

The ultimate private getaway.

The midcentury-modern spiral garage you may not have noticed

Union Square structure has been copied many times over.

Spectacular Pac Heights Queen Anne sells for $7 million

Edward Coleman house flies off the market after six weeks.

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Neon dreams: 16 old movie theater marquees around the Bay Area

Retro signage breathes new life into repurposed movie houses and still-operating cinemas.

Chase Center starting to look like an arena

Future home of the Warriors comes to life.

Doc’s Clock wants $20,000 to move signature neon sign

Staple dive bar had to leave its illuminated trademark behind when it relocated in 2017.

What’s going on with the lights atop Salesforce Tower?

This is only a test.

Instagram gives rare insider peek of Apple Park

Employees provide a quick glimpse of tech giant’s secretive new abode.

San Francisco City Hall turns gold to remember Emperor Norton

Sunday was 200th anniversary of American monarch’s birth.

An oasis, for her: New women’s-only clubhouse opens in the Mission

San Francisco’s leading lady artists, makers, and designers assemble to transform a historic church into a modern space.

Super blue blood moon pairs beautifully with Salesforce Tower

See the celestial phenomenon in the sky.

New design for SF’s fourth-tallest building would cut housing

Transbay Parcel F developers try another design.

Renovated Mission farmhouse seeks $2.1 million

Circa 1868 abode comes with a 2018 look.

Landmark Mission Beaux-Arts building asks $5.5 million

James Dunn’s French dish seeks a lot of bread.

Hillsborough ‘Flintstone House’ welcomes dinosaur sculptures

Bulbous home doubles down on Stone Age theme.

Leola Hall-designed Berkeley Craftsman asks $1.59 million

Step inside 1910 home brought back to life.