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Originally Posted by mthd
this is the best tower of the current wave by far imo. it's clear that KPF still knows how to do a mostly-glass curtain wall skin. very very nice, and the massing is clean too. just enough articulation to avoid being a refrigerator but not so much that it becomes fussy and arbitrary.
the transformation of mission street from 3rd to beale is pretty amazing since 1999 -
completed or u/c
101 second street 26 stories
the paramount 40 stories
st regis 41 stories
560 mission 31 stories
555 mission 33 stories
301 mission 60 stories
soon to be u/c
535 mission 27 stories
pipe dreams / future - in order of likelihood
350 mission ±26 stories
transbay tower ±80 stories
1st & mission (piano) ±100 stories
pretty incredible little boom - assuming 535 mission tops out by the end of next year that's 7 25+ story towers on a 5 block stretch in less than 10 years!
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I wouldnt say 555 mission is the best, personally I like 301 mission much more. But i will say that the nice thing about mission street is that all of the towers being built are different. 101 second, paramount, st regis, 555, 560, 301, and soon to be 535 are all unique. It is the one street in SF where it looks like different people designed each building.