Facade installation has started for the historic Resources Building at 1416 9th Street in Downtown Sacramento. The 17-story building constructed for the California Department of General Services sixty years ago, once the tallest building in Sacramento, is being remodeled with upgraded facilities and a new glassy facade.
DGS Resources Building facade installation rising over O Street, image by author
The State Department of General Services owns the property. AC Martin, DLR Group, Turner Construction, and HGA are listed as collaborators in the design and construction process. Gilbane and Cypress are the construction managers.
DGS Resources Building overlooking FDR Park, image by author
DGS Resources Building, masthead rendering by AC Martin courtesy Gilbane
Permits and project plans have not been published for the development because the project is state-owned. As a result, only one single rendering has been published online that shows the visual impact of the recladding. The one rendering, cropped and published by Gilbane, reveals that the design features already visible from one floor of green-glass cladding will be repeated to the top of the structure. The design is likely a nod to the International Style cladding popularized by the SOM-designed Lever House skyscraper built in 1952 in New York City. SOM’s design for the Park Avenue tower has certainly
DGS Resources Building facade installation rising over 9th Street, image by author
DGS Resources Building seen from the State Capitol Park, image by author
The once International-style tower opened in 1964 as the tallest structure in the State Capitol and the fourth largest office building west of Chicago. The need for renovations became clear in 2015 when it was listed as the state-owned property in greatest need of repair, as reported by the Sac Bee. One of the complaints about the structure was that windows had not been cleaned in roughly a decade because of “broken window-cleaning apparatus” and that the “roof surface is ‘spongy’ and may leak soon.”
Internal demolition started in 2022, and facade removal started in 2023. According to Gilbane, completion is expected as early as October of next year.
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Another bland, featureless glass tower. For the recorded, it was fourth largest office building west of Chicago, not the fourth tallest.
Does this building have asbestos or lead paint?
The facade may lead occupants to believe the building was constructed more recently than 60 years ago and doesn’t have the health related problems associated with older state buildings!