Articles by Andrew Nelson

50 California Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 34: 50 California Street, Financial District, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 13, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

50 California Street is tied as the 34th-tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The 1972-built tower in San Francisco’s Financial District shares the same height as 555 Mission Street, 487 feet above street level. Originally known as the Union Bank Building, its distinctively ubiquitous modernist design from the Welton Becket architecture firm was part of a larger moment in the city’s development history of rapid economic growth and local anxieties about the ‘Manhattanization’ of the West Coast metropolis.

4199 Mission Street south-side elevation, illustration by Gary Gee Architects

Plans Revealed for Apartments at 4199 Mission Street, Excelsior, San Francisco

5:00 am on May 13, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New plans have been revealed for a forty-unit residential building with affordable housing at 4199 Mission Street, on the border between Excelsior and the Outer Mission in San Francisco. The 65-foot tall structure will yield 54,120 square feet, with 43,700 square feet for residential use and 4,390 square feet for vehicular parking. Gary Gee Architects is responsible for the design.

8156 Skyline Boulevard full-build view, rendering by John Clark Architect

Renderings Revealed for 8156 Skyline Boulevard Single-Family House in the Oakland Hills

4:30 am on May 13, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed to build a new single-family dwelling at 8156 Skyline Boulevard, a vacant parcel on the Oakland Hills by Montclair. The hills have been a historically valuable destination for suburban development with remarkable views across the Bay despite the risks posed by wildfires. John Clark Architects is responsible for the design.

Art Gensler portrait, image courtesy of Gensler

Celebrating the Legacy of Art Gensler, A Global Architect with A Large Local Footprint

5:30 am on May 12, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Art Gensler, the founder and namesake for the global architecture firm, passed away in Marin County on May 10th, 2021, at age 85. The San Francisco-based architect founded Gensler with his wife Drue Gensler and their associate, James Follett, in 1965. Over the decades, Gensler has grown to be consistently ranked among the largest studios in the world since the 0s and has worked on many projects that have shaped the Bay Area’s built environment.

2354 Calle Del Mundo redesign, design by BDE Architecture

2354 Calle Del Mundo Expects Approval, Tasman East, Santa Clara

5:00 am on May 12, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The Santa Clara Planning Commission has been recommended to approve plans for 2354 Calle Del Mundo in the Tasman East Specific Plan area at the northern edge of Santa Clara. The eight-story building is expected to add 89 new units near Lafayette Street as part of the rising neighborhood of potentially over four thousand apartments. If approved, it will become the latest of eleven proposals for the area. Long Beach-based Ensemble Real Estate Investments is responsible for the development.

200 Kansas Street aerial view, design by DES Architects and Engineers

Renderings Revealed for 200 Kansas Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:00 am on May 11, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New renderings have been revealed as the preliminary project application has been submitted for the expansion of 200 Kansas Street in SoMa, San Francisco. Situated right on the neighborhood border with Potrero Hill, the proposal will the existing structure’s function as a child daycare center for Bright Horizons at Kansas Street while nearly tripling the laboratory footprint. DES Architects & Engineers is responsible for the design.

300 Lambert Avenue, rendering by Hayes Group Architects

Renderings Revealed for 300 Lambert Avenue, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley

4:30 am on May 11, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Renderings have been revealed along with a planning application for a residential project at 300 Lambert Avenue in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. The proposal is to create 49 new condominiums with underground parking nearby the retail-rich California Avenue destination. The Hayes Group Architects are responsible for the design.

Freedom West Elevation, image courtesy DLR Group

Developers Filed Preliminary Project Assessment for Freedom West, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 10, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Developers have completed and submitted the preliminary project assessment letter, or PPA, for the $2 billion Freedom West project around 710 McAllister Street in San Francisco’s Filmore District. In the letter, San Francisco’s Planning Department staff expressed support for Freedom West to build 2,305 new apartments with affordable housing across four city blocks. PPA is the initial process that evaluates moderate to large proposals before development applications are filed.

4256 El Camino Real main view, rendering courtesy of the Project Team

Project Permits Filed for 4256 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley

5:00 am on May 10, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Project building permits have been filed for constructing an ArtX hotel at 4256 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, by the city’s border with Mountain View. The application comes after the Palo Alto Architectural Review Board approved the design in early 2020. The five-story proposal will add 96 new guest rooms to the Silicon Valley market. HXH Property LLC is responsible for the development.

474 Bryant Street, design by Woods Bagot

474 Bryant and 77 Stillman Street Approved, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on May 9, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The San Francisco planning commission has approved two seven-story office buildings at 474 Bryant and 77 Stillman Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The development will feature design from the internationally acclaimed Woods Bagot architecture firm. San Francisco-based Aralon Properties is responsible for the development, operating through 474 Bryant LLC.

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