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Situated next to and slightly under an elevated freeway on the border between San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood and burgeoning Yerba Buena arts district, the RayKo Photo Center is a study in darkness and light. A recognized Bay Area institution, established in 1991, the Center combines gallery space for local artist exhibitions with rentable darkrooms, studios, and digital photography facilities. The Center's new home (its third), a 12,000-square-foot warehouse, has been granted new life as a sleek contemporary arts space.
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It's not difficult to pinpoint which building along 15th Street Northwest in downtown Washington, D.C., is the Columbia Center. Completed in 2007, its glass curtain wall façade and glowing “lightbox” lobby stand out amid the surrounding drab 1970s precast concrete office buildings—which is exactly what the architect and client wanted.
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