![]() Salesforce Tower, San Francisco: When it opened in 2018, this 1,070-foot tall colossus replaced the Transamerica Pyramid as the Bay Area’s tallest building. Apple and other Bay Area companies are still navigating their way through the debate over whether workers need to be in an office to do their jobs. The building was equipped with the world’s largest curved-glass panes and largest rooftop solar farm and surrounded by 9,000 drought-resistant trees.īut in a turn of global events that even Jobs couldn’t predict, the building has been mostly vacant in recent years, due to the pandemic. No expense was spared to meet Jobs’ exacting standards. This list was compiled with recommendations from the San Francisco, East Bay and Silicon Valley chapters of the American Institute of Architects.Īpple Park, Cupertino: One of Steve Jobs’ last major projects before his 2011 death was to win permission to build what he called “the best office building in the world.” The centerpiece of his corporate headquarters, designed by architect Norman Foster and opened in 2017, became a 2.8 million-square-foot ring of glass-encased office space in the middle of 175 acres of parkland. While the Bay Area is home to many famous examples of 19th and 20th century architecture, here’s a list of future design icons, all built since the start of the 21st century. In Silicon Valley, Apple opened a new $5 billion headquarters that locals promptly dubbed the “spaceship,” and sleek, ultramodern and environmentally sustainable designs have become de rigueur for any new government, corporate or cultural building that aspires to world-class status. ![]() In the past 20 years, more than 15 skyscrapers, including Salesforce’s 61-story tower, have reshaped the city’s once picturesquely low-slung skyline. It turns out that this sci-fi vision of Bay Area design has already arrived. The “Star Trek” universe of movies and TV shows set its 23rd century Starfleet Academy in San Francisco, letting fans feast on images of a futuristic skyline that still included such 20th century icons as the Transamerica Pyramid, Coit Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |