San Francisco’s New Faces
In the overall range of high-rise buildings of San Francisco, the United States ranks second in the West Coast and the seventh in the USA. All skyscrapers in San Francisco are located pretty close to each other in the city downtown. There is nothing similar to modern Asian and the Middle East’s giants, and the height of the tallest skyscraper - Transamerica Pyramid - is only 260 meters. New glamorous Oceanwide Center building, which is not reaching to the list leader just one meter will definitely shape a new iconic image of the city skyline.
The new Oceanwide Center in San Francisco, designed by Foster + Partners in collaboration with Heller Manus, has received permission from the Planning Commission. Located in South of Market (SOMA), the project is a part of the Transbay development plan to provide increased density in the area. The 2.3 million square foot development comprises two mixed-use towers – the 605-foot Mission Street Tower accommodating a hotel and residences, and an 850-foot office and residential tower along First Street, both reflecting the existing scale of the area and providing a significant amount of new hotel, office and residential spaces in this downtown neighborhood. The project also features impressive new public spaces and important new pedestrian connections designed to support the increased density, while also restoring and revitalizing two historic buildings on site.
Responsive in urban and environmental terms, the development brings together places to live and work with the city’s most important new transport hub, further evolving a sustainable model of high density, mixed-use development that the practice has always promoted.
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