Located within San Francisco’s Market and New Montgomery Historic Conservation district, this once vacant site provided a remarkable opportunity to create a major infill residential development. Nestled amongst downtown San Francisco’s most renowned architectural landmarks, preeminent consideration in the design was given to the continuity of the neighborhood’s urban architectural experience, and to the building’s stately and graceful composure.

Clark Pacific meshed masonry-inspired materials (brick above, limestone at the street) with architectural precast panels to impart much of the building’s character, heralding a vitality and charm that blends both new and old San Francisco. Reminiscent of traditional urban residential mid-rise building massing, the composition reflects a tri-partite expression of base, middle and top. The response to the site context is reflected in a vertical tower expression at the street intersection and a punched window expression on the remaining portions of the façades. Large windows are incorporated throughout to provide units with light filled interiors.

The streetscape is animated with retail to service the neighborhood and is punctuated with a residents' entry defined by an art deco inspired glass canopy and a major art piece by metal work sculptor Albert Paley. Parking for the residents is concealed in a four level subterranean garage.