Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Galleries and Forum San Francisco, California The Yerba Buena Gardens Center for the Arts, Galleries and Forum is a multi-use, community exhibit facility in the heart of downtown San Francisco. Its the first permanent building of its kind in San Francisco and the first U.S. commission for the renown Japanese Architect, Fumihiko Maki.Auerbach Pollock Friedlander provided full scope theatre consulting and design for the audio visual systems, projection and network for the forum event space, screening room and galleries. Architectural lighting design by Auerbach Glasow French. Awards: American Institute of Architects, California Council, Honor Award United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Architecture Awards, Honor Award, 1995 Client: Maki and Associates and RMW Architecture & Interiors Photography: Richard Barnes Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Galleries and Forum