Shell Building (San Francisco)

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°W / 37.7915; -122.3999
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]

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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Shell 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]

References

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^ "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.

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