The Shell Building is an office tower in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The 28-story, 115.22 m (378.0 ft), building is located at 100 Bush Street, at Battery Street. It was designed by George W. Kelham and built in 1929, in the architectural style of Gothic Moderne, Moderne and Art Deco.[4]
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| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 100 Bush Street San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates | 37°47′29″N 122°24′00″W / 37.7915°N 122.3999°W |
| Completed | 1929 |
| Owner | Brothers International Holdings Corp. |
| Management | 100 Bush Corporation Ltd. |
| Height | |
| Roof | 115.22 m (378.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 29 |
| Floor area | 246,000 sq ft (22,900 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | George W. Kelham Heller Manus Architects |
| Structural engineer | H.J. Brunnier Associates |
| Website | |
| brothersintl.com/shell | |
| References | |
| [1][2][3] | |
Overview
editShell USA occupied the building until the 1960s. There are castings of shells that decorate the cornice on the upper levels as well as shell designs in the lobby floor and decorative grill at the front of the building.[5][6]
A renovation by Heller Manus Architects won the San Francisco Architectural Heritage Award in 1994.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Emporis building ID 118743". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Shell Building". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Shell Building at Structurae
- ^ Starr, Kevin (1996). Endangered Dreams, the Great Depression in San Francisco. Oxford: University Press. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
endangered dreams.
- ^ John King (1 February 2009). "Cityscape: the Shell Building". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
- ^ Woodbridge, Sally B. (1992). San Francisco Architecture (Second ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 32. ISBN 0-87701-897-9.
- ^ "Shell Building Renovation". Heller Manus Architects. Accessed 25 March 2021.
External links
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