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Identification
Name
Shell Building
Emporis Building ID
118743
Location
Main address
100-126 Bush Street
Virtual address
31-63 Battery Street
Address as text
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ZIP
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Zone
Financial District
Neighborhood
Financial District North
District
Northeast
City
San Francisco
State
California
Country
U.S.A.
Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data
Height (architectural)
115.22 m
Floors (above ground)
29
Construction start
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Construction end
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Usable floor area
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Elevators
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Structure in General
Construction type
skyscraper
Current status
existing [completed]
Structural material
steel
Facade material
terra-cotta
Facade system
applied masonry
Architectural style
art deco / art moderne
Usages
Main usages
commercial office
Side usages
shop(s)
Features and Amenities
City landmark
One of the city's famous buildings
Facts
Winner of the 1994 San Francisco Architectural Heritage Award for excellence in architectural preservation for exterior restoration.
The building was built in exactly 300 days.
Office floors were designed with moving partitions.
Ornamental detail is carried inside the lobby and all elevator lobbies.
The top portion of the building's facade is decorated in sepia-glazed terra cotta with blue-green cast concrete spandrels and abstracted shell designs in reference to the building's owner.
Sanborn heights: 301 feet to floor 23, 352 feet to floor 27, 376 feet to top of floor 29.
Shell Oil Company, the building's namesake, ultimately vacated the building during the 1960s.
The two-story mezzanine lobby entrance features bronze doors, marble walls, and a sweeping 25-foot-high ceiling.
Companies involved in this building

architect: Heller Manus Architects, George W. Kelham

Other companies:
Edgett Williams Consulting Group, Inc, Otis Elevator Co., H.J. Brunnier Associates, Charles Dunn Real Estate Services, Plant Construction Company, LP, Tractel Ltd. Western, Toft Wolff Farrow Inc.
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