South of Market (SOMA)
Sharon Building
Sharon Building
39-63 New Montgomery Street
Architect: George Kelham
A handsome steel frame, brick clad office building with what must be the city’s broadest projecting cornice and a narrow ell that fills the New Montgomery Street frontage. It was one of the many buildings constructed for the estate of William Sharon in these years. Sharon was a colorful pioneer who was once William Ralston’s partner in the Palace Hotel and who later was United States Senator. In composition, the building is a three part vertical block with Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation and terra cotta details at the base and capital. Both Webster Cigars and the House of Shields retain their original interiors. The building was being constructed under a general contract at a time when old methods of bidding and contracting with individual trades were being challenged. It is a steel frame structure with reinforced concrete curtain walls, and is “thoroughly fireproof.” In both its structure and the process of construction, this building was considered to be a model in its day. Appropriately, the original occupation was largely by architects and the building trades.
This building is a major element of New Montgomery Street.
39-63 New Montgomery Street
Architect: George Kelham
A handsome steel frame, brick clad office building with what must be the city’s broadest projecting cornice and a narrow ell that fills the New Montgomery Street frontage. It was one of the many buildings constructed for the estate of William Sharon in these years. Sharon was a colorful pioneer who was once William Ralston’s partner in the Palace Hotel and who later was United States Senator. In composition, the building is a three part vertical block with Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation and terra cotta details at the base and capital. Both Webster Cigars and the House of Shields retain their original interiors. The building was being constructed under a general contract at a time when old methods of bidding and contracting with individual trades were being challenged. It is a steel frame structure with reinforced concrete curtain walls, and is “thoroughly fireproof.” In both its structure and the process of construction, this building was considered to be a model in its day. Appropriately, the original occupation was largely by architects and the building trades.
This building is a major element of New Montgomery Street.
One Hawthorne
One Hawthorne
645 Howard Street
165 luxury one-, two- and three-bedroom homes and penthouses in a variety of sizes (550-2200 square feet), as well as 124 below-grade parking spaces and 3,000 sq. ft. of ground floor retail on the corner. Sales are anticipated to begin in early/mid 2009, and pricing is expected to start in the $500,000s.
Mellennium Tower
Millennium Tower (2008)
301 Mission Street
Millennium Tower was recently topped off, signifying the completion of vertical construction. The largest residential tower west of Chicago, Millennium Tower offers 60 stories of unprecedented luxury, three distinct residentail living experiences, a 20,000-sq-ft Club Level and a private, residents-only dining room for Michael Mina's m74 restaurant. All created by the people who bought you Four Seasons San Francisco.
Click Here> for their website for current updates
KPMG Building
KPMG Building (2002)
55 2nd Street
Architect: Heller Manus Associates
25-story, 379,000-square-foot office building in the south financial district area of downtown San Francisco. Built in 2002, the KPMG Building was designed by Heller Manus Architects, and is a distinctive element of the city's landscape, with a modern design including strong verticals, sconces near the building crown, and an eight-story pedestal set off with paired cornices.
ENERGY STAR certification for the KPMG Building is the result of an original building design that emphasized energy efficiency. For example, the building employs high-efficiency, double-pane windows, which help to reduce thermal gain in warm and sunny weather while reducing heat loss in the winter
AWARDS:
ENERGY STAR
JPMorgan Chase Building
JPMorgan Chase Building (2002)
560 Mission Street
Architect: Cesar Pelli & Associates
The JPMorgan Chase Building is a 31-story, Class A office building. The 667,782-square-foot building also features two levels of underground parking and a large ground level plaza. The building is 100% leased to JPMorgan Chase & Co. and is their West Coast headquarters.
Awards
American Society of Landscape Architects (2003) and ENERGY STAR label (2004)
