Danish National Maritime Museum by BIG Architects

Here's a series of photographs I made last fall in the Danish National Maritime Museum, Elsinore DK. The exhibit spaces are underground, adjacent to one of the dry docks of the former Helsingør Skibsværft (Elsinore ship yard).

This project by Bjarke Ingels Group BIG was recently named of of 5 finalist for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture or Mies van der Rohe Award which is a prize given biennially by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona,^[1] 'to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe. Congratulations!

San Francisco North of Market & Financial District

The red hot commercial real estate rental market in SF is making the formerly staid Financial district a contender for tech and IT clients looking for new digs; hip and happening SOMA is just a short walk across Market St.

My assignments was to photograph this transformation for CBRE.

2015 Wallpaper* San Francisco City Guide

The 2015 edition of the handy little San Francisco Wallpaper* City Guide published by Phaidon is now available. This is the 4th year I have photographed restaurants, hotels, retail stores, cafes, architecture and other attractions in our fair city.

Here are a few from the shoot earlier in the summer.

 

 Abbot's Cellar on Valencia St. - lots of reclaimed wood used very tastefully.

 The communal table near the front of Abbot's Cellar. The open kitchen has bar seating and vintage cookbooks.

 Great collection of "found" paintings at Alta Cafe in the Mid Market strip.

 Boulibar in the Ferry Building. A beauty!

 Comal in downtown Berkeley. Incredible sound system by Meyer Sound

 The lobby of Hotel Zetta across from the Old Mint.

 A barber salon inside a clothing store - JA Razor off Union Sq.

 Local Mission grocery store.

 March Pantry is off-the-charts gorgeous.

 Art and furniture at March Pantry

 The owner of Outerlands is a magician with the reclaimed/recycled woods.

 Saison in its new location near the Giants ballpark. Sumptuous!

 SF institution Tosca has been lovingly brought into the 21th century via the 1940s

The classic 1930s Art Deco landmark high rise at 140 New Montgomery has 2 new restaurants on the ground floor. This is Trou Normand.

Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive closing Dec 21st. 2014

A festive and fond "until we meet again" celebration at the long time home of the  Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive.

The seismically unsafe building is now closed and the new downtown Berkeley BAM/PFA home is about a year from its Grand Opening.

 

The light filled interior with its sloping ramps, prow-like overlooks and cast-in-place concrete walls is iconic and has hosted many amazing exhibitions over the last 50 years. 

I still have the over sized poster for the Richard Avedon show.

A great place for experiencing art and people watching. It will be missed!