Shell Building (San Francisco)
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| Shell Building | |
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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°WCoordinates: 37°47′29″N 122°24′00″W / 37.7915°N 122.3999°W |
| Completed | 1929 |
| 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 | |
| Owner | Brothers International Holdings Corp. |
| Management | 100 Bush Corporation Ltd. |
| Architect | George W. Kelham Heller Manus Architects |
| Structural engineer | H.J. Brunnier Associates |
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The Shell Building is an office tower in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. Shell Oil Company occupied the building until the 1960s. The 28-story, 115.22 m (378.0 ft), building is located at 100 Bush Street, at Battery Street. Its architectural style is Gothic Moderne, Moderne and Art Deco.[4] The architect was George W. Kelham and the building was built in 1929. 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]
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[edit] References
- ^ Shell Building (San Francisco) at Emporis
- ^ Shell Building (San Francisco) at SkyscraperPage
- ^ Shell Building (San Francisco) at Structurae
- ^ Starr, Kevin; 344 (1996). Endangered Dreams, the Great Depression in San Francisco. Oxford: University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=7GvgN0y7yI4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=endangered+dreams&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- ^ John King (1 February 2009). "Cityscape: the Shell Building". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/01/BACB15G7Q1.DTL. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
- ^ Woodbridge, Sally B. (1992). San Francisco Architecture (Second ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 32. ISBN 0-87701-897-9.
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