If the national economy had been stronger a few years back, the six-story brick building at 185 Post Street in San Francisco would be long gone, replaced by a Rem Koolhaas–designed Prada boutique with thick walls of bead-blasted steel.
Instead, the masonry structure from 1908 has been restored to house offices above shops. Architecturally, though, the result is anything but a fastidious bow to the past. Quite the opposite: 185 Post Street is wrapped in a shroud of fritted glass set 9 inches out from the brick shell, which is now painted white.
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