SAN FRANCISCO | 100 Folsom St. | 400+ FT / 121+ M | 40 floors - Page 10

timbad · #**181** Posted **Oct 21, 2018, 8:34 PM**

bit more on the cladding

Sky's the Limit · #**182** Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 6:37 PM**

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bit more on the cladding

The complexity of Studio Gang's computer-aided design is coming in to full view, thanks timbad.

fimiak · #**183** Posted **Oct 29, 2018, 8:53 PM**

Mira starting to look great!

gillynova · #**184** Posted **Nov 6, 2018, 5:45 AM**

SFBuildings888 · #**185** Posted **Nov 7, 2018, 7:57 AM**

Just wish this building is a lot taller.

observatory · #**186** Posted **Nov 10, 2018, 10:50 PM**

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Just wish this building is a lot taller.

Yes, I know. Don't get me started! At least it went from 300 to 400'.

timbad · #**187** Posted **Nov 30, 2018, 7:52 AM**

before these get too old... from last weekend:

BobbyMucho · #**188** Posted **Nov 30, 2018, 4:23 PM**

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before these get too old... from last weekend:

My only gripe with this design is the proportion of the glass. The horizontality of the windows feels cheap to me. It makes the floor height seem squat and comes off a bit too much like a 1970s office building. Obv the torsional effect is super nice, but really feel like this one could feel dated before it's ever lived in.

mt_climber13 · #**189** Posted **Nov 30, 2018, 4:28 PM**

I'm disappointed that the facade turned out to be what looks like aluminum or sheet metal instead of the promised masonry. Hopefully it will end up looking nice after it's finished.

Pedestrian · #**190** Posted **Nov 30, 2018, 8:07 PM**

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I'm disappointed that the facade turned out to be what looks like aluminum or sheet metal instead of the promised masonry. Hopefully it will end up looking nice after it's finished.

I've only seen the photos, not live, but it looks like precast concrete to me.

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Originally Posted by BobbyMucho

My only gripe with this design is the proportion of the glass. The horizontality of the windows feels cheap to me. It makes the floor height seem squat and comes off a bit too much like a 1970s office building. Obv the torsional effect is super nice, but really feel like this one could feel dated before it's ever lived in.

Recall that this building is going to be priced at the low end of the new construction high rise condo range and to contain many "affordable" units. Compromises have to be made in order to do that. One problem with San Francisco development in the last decade or two is that there's been a competition for having the most "high end" building with the fanciest finishes etc. This building is not in that competition--it's a refreshing combination of innovative DESIGN (Jean Gang) and appropriately value-oriented finishes keeping the price per square foot down and in that sense it's what San Francisco needs a lot more of. See Folsom tower developer agrees to 40% affordable housing

BobbyMucho · #**191** Posted **Dec 1, 2018, 5:24 AM**

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I've only seen the photos, not live, but it looks like precast concrete to me.

Recall that this building is going to be priced at the low end of the new construction high rise condo range and to contain many "affordable" units. Compromises have to be made in order to do that. One problem with San Francisco development in the last decade or two is that there's been a competition for having the most "high end" building with the fanciest finishes etc. This building is not in that competition--it's a refreshing combination of innovative DESIGN (Jean Gang) and appropriately value-oriented finishes keeping the price per square foot down and in that sense it's what San Francisco needs a lot more of. See Folsom tower developer agrees to 40% affordable housing

Regardless of whatever "innovative DESIGN" decisions you refer to, it still doesn't resolve the proportional issues or its anecdotal choices of finish.

Pedestrian · #**192** Posted **Dec 1, 2018, 7:07 AM**

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Regardless of whatever "innovative DESIGN" decisions you refer to, it still doesn't resolve the proportional issues or its anecdotal choices of finish.

By innovative design, I referred (I thought obviously) to its "twistiness".

As to the finishes, I know absolutely nothing about them other than the apparent use of a precast cladding (which I'm not certain about). The comments here suggest some aren't happy with the glass to solid ratio and that's a matter of personal taste. A totally glass curtain wall isn't for everyone and shouldn't be for every new building in town as it has recently seemed. I'm perfectly OK with it and I'm not even that bothered by it being a similar height to the building across the street.

SFBuildings888 · #**193** Posted **Dec 1, 2018, 9:57 AM**

I’m not a fan of how the building looks. It looks cheap. I also wish it was a lot taller.

viewguysf · #**194** Posted **Dec 1, 2018, 4:29 PM**

If you think it looks cheap, why do you want it to be taller? Let’s see how it looks when it’s up. It’s not Chicago’s fascinating Aqua, by the same architect, but I think it’s going to look distinctively good.

boyinthecity · #**195** Posted **Dec 2, 2018, 5:36 PM**

i think it needs some time before judgement. personally, i am happy to see a building without blue, green, or blue-green reflective glass. it gives the skyline some contrast.

According to the studio gang website and latest images, the flat, precast concrete facade is what we are going to get.

In addition, because of the similar height, i wish this building was located in the lot now occupied by 45 Lansing which is a much more prominent location.

images http://studiogang.com/project/mira

iamfishhead · #**196** Posted **Dec 2, 2018, 6:06 PM**

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i think it needs some time before judgement. personally, i am happy to see a building without blue, green, or blue-green reflective glass. it gives the skyline some contrast.

According to the studio gang website and latest images, the flat, precast concrete facade is what we are going to get.

In addition, because of the similar height, i wish this building was located in the lot now occupied by 45 Lansing which is a much more pronounced location.

At least it is in the first "row" of tall buildings off that point of Embarcadero.

fimiak · #**197** Posted **Dec 2, 2018, 7:06 PM**

This is a wonderful building from a distance and up close. I have found angles that are one of a kind, particularly between the tower and the mid-rise portion. The people criticizing do not realize that the message board is for fans and for positive and/or content heavy comments. I will try to get more pictures soon.

One sentence damning of partially complete projects that people have been watching for 5 years is unproductive and a drag on the forum as a whole. Please stop asking for the building to be taller when its been raised 100 feet already...but of course some posters don't even know or care about how the city works.

viewguysf · #**198** Posted **Dec 2, 2018, 7:15 PM**

AndrewK · #**199** Posted **Dec 2, 2018, 8:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by fimiak

One sentence damning of partially complete projects that people have been watching for 5 years is unproductive and a drag on the forum as a whole. Please stop asking for the building to be taller when its been raised 100 feet already...but of course some posters don't even know or care about how the city works.

Why can’t they just, like, keep going when they get to the top? Then it would be taller. Seems easy.

JWS · #**200** Posted **Dec 2, 2018, 8:40 PM**

I'm really excited about this one. It will be most prominent from the "postcard shot" angle from the bay, and the fact that it is white and sculptural will really nicely offset it from the smoother, blue/green towers in RH. I think it will stand out far more than expected (in a good way!).