Garavaglia Architecture

12/05/2023

Each October, painter Larry Walton puts down his brush and embraces a new temporary role: gingerbread house animator.

He’s part of the engineering team that spends 520 hours each year building, lighting, and outfitting a life-sized Victorian gingerbread house in the lobby of Fairmont San Francisco. More than 8,000 baked bricks cover the two-story structure, which stands at 25 feet high, 35 feet wide, and nearly 11 feet deep. Pastry then dedicates 450 hours to decorating those bricks with icing and sweets. By the numbers, it’s an astounding feat — and just as impressive to marvel at in real life.

Builders introduce new details each year, and families build holiday traditions around tours of the awe-inspiring display. Visits from Santa and a champagne bar round out Fairmont’ San Francisco’s engaging schedule of seasonal events, and through it all, the gingerbread house remains central to every celebration.

Here’s an inside look at how it all comes together: https://www.fairmont-san-francisco.com/blog/larger-than-life-gingerbread-house/

Photo by Fairmont San Francisco

12/05/2023

We are HIRING

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11/29/2023

We are HIRING a lot ...doing interviews

Posted 1:23:38 AM. Innovative perspectives are needed in today's architectural profession. The arena of work we are…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

11/27/2023

11/27/2023

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California Preservation Foundation

11/27/2023

We are hiring

Posted 1:23:38 AM. Innovative perspectives are needed in today's architectural profession. The arena of work we are…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

11/13/2023

Trying to avoid the conference but still go out ..check out this AIA San Mateo County event

November 15, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Time: Nov 15, 2023 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84109548360?pwd=Y3RFMXc3dUxIWXA3enNObnJQanFDZz09 Meeting ID: 841 0954 8360 Passcode: 543967 — One tap mobile +16694449171,,84109548360 #,,,,*543967 # US +16699...

11/13/2023

Check out this event with AIA East Bay https://aiaeb.org/calendar/potluck-dialogues-fostering-belonging-in-our-architectural-work-spaces/

11/13/2023

we do other things like these events with AIA San Francisco - AIASF https://aiasf.org/calendar/

11/06/2023

Join AIISF and author Carol Roh Spaulding on November 15th for a virtual discussion about her new book, "Waiting for Mr. Kim and Other Stories."

This collection of linked stories follows four generations of the Songs, a Korean American family, beginning in 1924 just prior to the Immigration Act and extending to near the end of the century. Linked stories, or stories that form a story cycle, are a common book-length form seen in Asian American literature that accommodates multiple perspectives across generations and locations. Through this story cycle, patterns emerge as cultural identity and individuality, often in tension with one another, shape choices and outcomes.

Register now https://www.aiisf.org/events/author-spotlight-carol-roh-spaulding!

11/06/2023

Get outside this fall and explore a new corner of Santa Cruz with "Secret Walks & Staircases of Santa Cruz," written by local authors Debbie Bulger and Richard Stover. This guidebook is packed with local tips, stories and history.

Available at all ParkStores and the ParkStore Online. Buy your copy here: https://thatsmypark.org/products/secret-walks-and-staircases-in-santa-cruz/

11/06/2023

Spirit of San Juan Bautista Merchant Holiday Open House