The De Young Museum in the News: View articles from local news organizations following the history of the new Museum and broad spectrum of viewpoints on the project's site, design, funding, and impact on the city of San Francisco Case Study Process: View the case study team's minutes from meeting with various parties involved in the project Internet Resources on the De Young: Follow links to web sites which provide additional facts and opinions about the Museum, including the web site of the project's owner, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  Who Was Involved: View a list of parties involved in the design and construction of the Museum as well as the members of the case study team What Were the Team's Milestones: View assignments for the UC Berkeley Building Stories (A229B) and Internship (A128) classes What was Found: View the case study team's initial findings regarding the key issues defining the project

 

 

Fall 2002 Department of Architecture
UC Berkeley

 

De Young General Project Information
Client: Corporation Of the Fine Arts Museums (COFAM)
Architects: Herzog and De Mueron, Fong and Chan Architects
Location: San Francisco- Golden Gate Park
Budget: Approximately $200 million
Demo began: End of 2001/Start of 2002
Projected opening date: June 2005
...to UC Berkeley's "Building Stories" exploration of the new de Young Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. This web site documents the process and findings of a four-person team's efforts to explore, by means of the Case Study approach, the methods, means, and theories of architectural practice as they relate to one of the most-unique, highly-publicized, and controversial projects to be constructed in the City of San Francisco.
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