Face-lifts for three buildings showing their age aim to correct performance problems, project a more desirable image, and address the needs of new occupants.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) relied on a similar approach for its makeover of a fortresslike office building in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, at 680 Folsom Street. The just-completed project, designed for developer TMG Partners, had the aim of transforming the property, vacant since 2007, into desirable office space. The comprehensive renovation included replacement of the 1960s structure's seemingly impenetrable precast-concrete facade panels with a high-performance curtain wall, largely glass. “The goal was to make it more open and inviting and have the activity inside energize the street,” says Leo Chow, an SOM director.
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