Bureau of Architecture

The Bureau of Architecture (BOA) is a public service agency that works under the Department of Public Works of the government of the city of San Francisco. It offers public architecture services through management and design and employs a staff of more than 65 professionals and support personnel that includes licensed architects. The bureau provides comprehensive planning, project management and architectural services for the modernization and renovation of existing public facilities and new public facilities. In addition, the Bureau of Architecture works with the Department of Environment to develop ways through which existing and new buildings can be made energy efficient from specifying materials and systems design.