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A closer look at the construction of CCA's expanded campus

March 9, 2023

Construction is underway for CCA's expansion in San Francisco. The facilities aim to be carbon neutral with net-zero energy once running, including a microgrid for the campus to harvest and store clean energy.

CCA Campus cast-in-place concrete sign visible while construction of building takes place in the background.

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CCA’s expanded, 82,300-square-foot building in San Francisco’s Design District brings 22 undergraduate and 10 graduate programs together under one roof.

Nob Hill Gazette spotlights CCA's newly expanded campus

Learn more about Studio Gang's design process to realize CCA's vision of creating a unified campus in San Francisco.

A bundle of patches that spell out the word "Materiality."

A look back at our Materiality of Resistance Symposium

A two-day event uncovering how materials are creatively wielded to imagine, promote, and enact resistance to the status quo in American art and visual culture.

interior of CCA main building on San Francisco campus

CCA announces finalists for design of expanded San Francisco campus

Allied Works, Michael Maltzan Architecture, and Studio Gang are selected as finalists to design a new unified institution for CCA.