Join Docomomo US/NOCA on an exploration of the landscape design of Levi's Plaza by Lawrence Halprin. The property includes several office buildings, as well as plaza spaces, water features, and a rolling landscape, and created a lush setting for the urban San Francisco headquarters of Levi Strauss & Co.

Docomomo US/Northern California is hosting a walking (and riding!) tour of San Francisco’s BART stations, from Glen Park to the Embarcadero, on August 17! Tour guides will discuss the history, Midcentury Modern design, and art of BART. Tickets are expected to sell quickly.

Discover the fascinating history behind the unique design of Beverley Thorne’s 1970 Music House, in Kensington! This site was once deemed an unbuildable lot, but was transformed by Thorne into an architectural marvel. This event will include live musical performances of several short compositions created about the Music House by previous owners, along with short talks and light refreshments.

This event starts off our celebration of the Thorne Centennial year. Secure your tickets today before they sell out!

Join Docomomo US/NOCA on a walking tour to explore the legacy of Roger Y. Lee, a prolific and acclaimed – yet currently underrecognized – architect whose name and work should be synonymous with the development of Second Bay Region Tradition design and Mid-Century Modernism in California.

Join art and skate-historian Ted Barrow on a walk down California to the Embarcadero, exploring the way that Modernist design and skateable surfaces and spaces have made San Francisco the mecca that it is.

Walking tour of Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights exploring the regional architectural idioms of the First and Second Bay Traditions.

Docomomo US/NOCA Members Holiday Party to ring in 2024! Hosted by Monique & Peter Anton at their beautiful MCM home in Portola Valley.

Join art and skate-historian Ted Barrow on a walk down California to the Embarcadero, exploring the way that Modernist design and skateable surfaces and spaces have made San Francisco the mecca that it is.

Walking tour of Western Addition with an emphasis on revisiting the good, bad & ugly legacy of urban renewal as part of Docomomo US Tour Day.

Join Docomomo US/Northern California for a tour of Paffard-Keatinge Clay’s San Francisco State University Student Center (1968-1975).

Two-hour walking tour of Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights exploring the regional architectural idioms of the First and Second Bay Traditions.

Join architectural historian Hannah Simonson, for a two-hour walking tour on Red Rock Hill to learn about redevelopment and the unique Bay Area Regional Modernism in Diamond Heights.

Tour of the Weston Havens House—an icon of Northern California design—by Harwell Hamilton Harris.

Join us for a tour of John Portman’s fantastic and dizzying five-block concrete megastructure filled with retail, plazas, public art and views of the evolution of San Francisco’s downtown in the late 20th century.

Join architectural historian Hannah Simonson, for a two-hour walking tour from Gold Mine Hill to Fairmount Hill to learn about the unique Bay Area Regional Modernism in Diamond Heights.

Docomomo US/Northern California invites you to join us for a Holiday Party at Case Study House #26!

We’re celebrating Tour Day 2022 with a walking tour of the Embarcadero Center — a urban retail mall experience.

Travel & Leisure on San Francisco's North Waterfront

We'll explore the theme of Travel & Leisure by visiting the Streamline Moderne Aquatic Park Bathhouse and Ghirardelli Square—an early adaptive reuse project involving modernists Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons, Lawrence Halprin, and Bobbie Stauffacher Solomon—among other sites. A neighborhood that many local residents may pass over assuming it is just for tourists, the North Waterfront has an important history of Modern architecture and urbanism that shaped the future of the city.

MOTEL NOCA is a celebration of the motel in Northern California, with a special focus on the city of San Francisco. From a 1930s motor court, with attached garages, to a 1960s motor hotel, with underground parking, the “city by the bay” is home to a variety of motel building types. San Francisco also features a surprisingly intact “Motel Row” and one of the country’s first successful boutique hotels. Explore architect-designed motels, themed motels, neon signs, and more! Let’s take a virtual road trip back in time and experience the golden age of the motel in California.

Join Docomomo US/Northern California for a night of virtual lightning talks.

A line up of professionals, students, and enthusiasts will share their obsession with Northern California (NOCA) Modernism. Each short presentation will highlight a different Modernist building, landscape, object, or practitioner in NOCA. Line up of presenters and their topics will be announced in July.

That’s right, folks: this year, the ‘70s Turn 50! To celebrate the annual Docomomo US Tour Day, we will be hosting a virtual tour focusing on 1970s architecture.

Join us for a walking tour of Levi’s Plaza, just off San Francisco’s Embarcadero, to learn about landscape architect Lawrence Halprin and architect Gyo Obata and their inspirations in designing this urban corporate campus.

Virtual tour of Modernist architecture and urbanism in San Francisco's Chinatown as part of San Francisco Design Week.

Please join us for a film screening of Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience. This 55-minute documentary by director Akira Boch follows the lives of Ruth Asawa, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, S. Neil Fujita, and Gyo Obata, starting with their experiences in the internment camps through their later careers as artists, architects, and designers.

Join us for a Holiday Happy Hour drink! Let's swap stories from 2019 and toast to the new year over drinks in the spectacular Embarcadero Hyatt Regency Hotel lobby (designed by John Portman in 1973). All lovers of Modernism welcome! Thursday, December 5 from 6-8pm.

Walking tour of Modernist architecture and urbanism in San Francisco's Chinatown as part of Docomomo US Tour Day.

Back by popular demand! This version of our BART tour takes place entirely in the East Bay, between Oakland and Richmond.

Join us at our monthly board meeting to learn how you can become more involved in the Northern California Chapter of DOCOMOMO US. We'll be discussing our work over the past year and looking to the future as we plan for 2019.

Private Group Tour of SFMOMA Exhibit — The Sea Ranch: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism