Shell Building (San Francisco)

Shell Building
Shell Building
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General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	100 Bush Street; San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37.7915°N 122.3999°W
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	George W. Kelham; Heller Manus Architects
Structural engineer	H.J. Brunnier Associates
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]

Shell Oil Company 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]

References

Shell Building at Emporis
"Shell Building". SkyscraperPage.
Shell Building at Structurae
Starr, Kevin; 344 (1996). Endangered Dreams, the Great Depression in San Francisco. Oxford: University Press. Retrieved 2010-01-20. endangered dreams.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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.

External links

Shell Building website

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[1] Shell Building at Emporis

[2] "Shell Building". SkyscraperPage.

[3] Shell Building at Structurae

[4] Starr, Kevin; 344 (1996). Endangered Dreams, the Great Depression in San Francisco. Oxford: University Press. Retrieved 2010-01-20. endangered dreams.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] John King (1 February 2009). "Cityscape: the Shell Building". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-14.

[6] Woodbridge, Sally B. (1992). San Francisco Architecture (Second ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 32. ISBN 0-87701-897-9.

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Shell Building (San Francisco)

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