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(while waiting for something to happen). Diptych: June 2013 © Lise Utne

(I post most of my photos at ipernity these days, or on my blog: looking for clues)

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Uber’s global headquarters, located at 1725 3rd Street in San Francisco’s thriving Mission Bay district, reflects the company’s innovative spirit through its striking modern architecture. This cutting-edge building is a glass marvel, with its sleek reflective facade mirroring the city’s evolving skyline and emphasizing Uber's forward-thinking ethos. Designed with sustainability and productivity in mind, the building stands as a beacon of Silicon Valley's influence on San Francisco's urban landscape.

Architecturally, Uber HQ features a distinctive curvature along the top floors, adding a dynamic visual appeal to the glass-dominated design. The generous use of glass symbolizes transparency and connectivity, integral values in the tech industry. Inside, the structure offers open, collaborative workspaces designed to foster creativity and teamwork among Uber’s global workforce. The use of sustainable materials and energy-efficient systems underscores Uber’s commitment to environmental responsibility, as reflected in its corporate operations.

Positioned near Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors, Uber’s headquarters is part of the ongoing transformation of the Mission Bay neighborhood, now a hub for technology and innovation. The area’s close proximity to the waterfront and its access to public transportation make it an ideal location for Uber’s corporate base, allowing employees easy connectivity across the Bay Area.

Uber HQ’s architectural design, sustainability initiatives, and key location at the crossroads of San Francisco’s business and tech sectors make it a pivotal point in the city’s modern development, marking the ongoing evolution of this iconic city.

Boxer Lab by Dale Cruse - 11M SF views

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The Boxer Lab at the UCSF Mission Bay campus is a state-of-the-art research facility dedicated to advancing medical science. As part of the larger UCSF research complex, this lab supports groundbreaking work in areas like oncology, neuroscience, and immunology. Designed with a sleek, modern aesthetic, the building showcases a fusion of architectural minimalism and high functionality, featuring large windows that flood the interior with natural light, encouraging collaboration and innovation.

The exterior of Boxer Lab is a blend of contemporary materials, with clean lines and a neutral palette. The building’s design incorporates sustainable practices, including energy-efficient windows and thoughtful landscaping, creating an environmentally friendly atmosphere that supports UCSF’s mission of sustainability.

Located in the thriving Mission Bay neighborhood, the lab is strategically positioned at the heart of San Francisco’s biotechnology and research hub. Since its establishment, the Boxer Lab has become a pivotal player in medical research, making strides that influence global healthcare advancements. The surrounding UCSF complex offers additional research facilities, green spaces, and outdoor courtyards for employees to unwind, creating a balanced and inspiring work environment.

For those visiting the UCSF campus, the Boxer Lab stands as a symbol of San Francisco’s commitment to innovation in medical science. The building’s seamless blend of form and function makes it a standout structure in one of the city’s most rapidly developing areas.

Uber HQ by Dale Cruse - 11M SF views

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Uber’s global headquarters, located at 1725 3rd Street in San Francisco’s thriving Mission Bay district, reflects the company’s innovative spirit through its striking modern architecture. This cutting-edge building is a glass marvel, with its sleek reflective facade mirroring the city’s evolving skyline and emphasizing Uber's forward-thinking ethos. Designed with sustainability and productivity in mind, the building stands as a beacon of Silicon Valley's influence on San Francisco's urban landscape.

Architecturally, Uber HQ features a distinctive curvature along the top floors, adding a dynamic visual appeal to the glass-dominated design. The generous use of glass symbolizes transparency and connectivity, integral values in the tech industry. Inside, the structure offers open, collaborative workspaces designed to foster creativity and teamwork among Uber’s global workforce. The use of sustainable materials and energy-efficient systems underscores Uber’s commitment to environmental responsibility, as reflected in its corporate operations.

Positioned near Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors, Uber’s headquarters is part of the ongoing transformation of the Mission Bay neighborhood, now a hub for technology and innovation. The area’s close proximity to the waterfront and its access to public transportation make it an ideal location for Uber’s corporate base, allowing employees easy connectivity across the Bay Area.

Uber HQ’s architectural design, sustainability initiatives, and key location at the crossroads of San Francisco’s business and tech sectors make it a pivotal point in the city’s modern development, marking the ongoing evolution of this iconic city.

1701 Owens Street by Dale Cruse - 11M SF views

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1701 Owens Street is a striking modern office building located in the heart of Mission Bay, San Francisco. Designed with clean lines and a functional layout, the building exemplifies the modern architectural style that characterizes this thriving district. Its façade is a blend of glass and stone, reflecting the industrial roots of Mission Bay while integrating the sleek, high-tech vibe of the area’s contemporary growth.

This building stands at the intersection of innovation and urban development, surrounded by major biotech companies, research institutions, and the UCSF Mission Bay campus. Originally developed to support the expansion of San Francisco’s biotechnology sector, 1701 Owens Street serves as a prime example of the city's commitment to blending cutting-edge research spaces with eco-conscious architecture. The generous use of large windows allows ample natural light to flood the interior, promoting energy efficiency and providing occupants with views of the surrounding urban landscape and green spaces.

The building’s strategic location near public transit hubs, including the Muni T-Third Street line and the nearby 280 Freeway, makes it easily accessible for professionals commuting from across the Bay Area. It also boasts proximity to the Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors, and the vibrant waterfront. With state-of-the-art facilities and a dynamic surrounding neighborhood, 1701 Owens Street is a beacon of San Francisco’s forward-thinking architectural approach, designed to foster collaboration and innovation within the biotech and tech industries.

|workspace| by selvin kurian

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Political-management space by Simon Baddeley

'The relationship between politics and bureaucracy creates the most profound source of tesnion in the modern social order" Max Weber

This is the only diagram I need for this chapter yet it writing it writhes in my head - a daily reminder of inadequacy for all the pleasant displacement activities prompted by this familiar paralysis (blogging, posting to Flickr, feeding the fish). It’s like making love in old age – the delightful ridiculous unreliable coincidence of presence, desire and potency.

There are various ways of looking at leadership ‘at the apex’. The intermingling of politics and management is granted - their separation a convenient myth practised by politicians and managers seeking to evade difficulties of government. Among the ways of commenting on the interconnection (or its avoidance) are Max Weber’s, Agneta Blom’s, John Stewart’s, Peter Self’s, Poul Mouritzen’s and James Svara’s and mine (drawing on these). I should describe each in brief and then expand on my three categories of relationship using examples, in the case of the last and most positive, from my film interviews of members and officer’s in conversation.

Where I can contribute is by discussing the fluidity and tension in the relationship between a politician and an officer. How it can shift from reciprocity to dependency. Though Self used the image of a bridge between politics and administration, he omitted Weber’s argument about a ‘profound source of tension’ between democracy and bureaucracy or, to stay with Self’s metaphor, the opposing pressures on the keystone – which are on the one hand the source of the bridge’s stability, but on the other a reminded of the violence of its collapse if the equilibrium of forces bearing on the keystone is disturbed, either by the crumbling of the keystone itself or the grounding of the bridge. An interdependent overlapping relationship - a tango - can become separate and co-dependent with a change of power and personality and external circumstances. The Jeeves-Wooster, and the Sir Humphrey-Jim Hacker relationships present themselves as attractive evasions of the tango. The challenge for a political leader and a senior manager recognising the possibilities that a relationship is ceasing or has ceased to be reciprocal, interdependent and overlapping, is how to recover the dance, how, jointly, to relearn its complex steps and rhythm. I have conversations that show the delicacy of this process of re-establishing, renegotiating and strengthening trust at the political-management interface.

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Bright and modern medical office by Nenad Stojkovic