Shell Building (San Francisco)

Shell Building

General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	100 Bush Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′29″N 122°24′00″W / 37.7915°N 122.3999°W / 37.7915; -122.3999Coordinates: 37°47′29″N 122°24′00″W / 37.7915°N 122.3999°W / 37.7915; -122.3999
Completed	1929
Owner	Brothers International Holdings Corp.
Management	100 Bush Corporation Ltd.
Height
Roof	115.22 m (378.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	29
Floor area	246,000 sq ft (22,900 m²)
Design and construction
Architect	George W. Kelham Heller Manus Architects
Structural engineer	H.J. Brunnier Associates
References
^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Shell Building is an office tower in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The 28-story, 115.22 m (378.0 ft), building is located at 100 Bush Street, at Battery Street. It was designed by George W. Kelham and built in 1929, in the architectural style of Gothic Moderne, Moderne and Art Deco.^[4]

Shell Oil Company occupied the building until the 1960s. There are castings of shells that decorate the cornice on the upper levels as well as shell designs in the lobby floor and decorative grill at the front of the building.^[5]^[6]

References

↑ Shell Building (San Francisco) at Emporis
↑ Shell Building (San Francisco) at SkyscraperPage
↑ Shell Building (San Francisco) at Structurae
↑ Starr, Kevin; 344 (1996). Endangered Dreams, the Great Depression in San Francisco. Oxford: University Press. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
↑ John King (1 February 2009). "Cityscape: the Shell Building". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
↑ Woodbridge, Sally B. (1992). San Francisco Architecture (Second ed.). San Francisco: Chronicle Books. p. 32. ISBN 0-87701-897-9.

External links

Shell Building website

Royal Dutch Shell

Divisions and
subsidiaries

Current	Asiatic Petroleum Company Shell Australia Shell Canada Shell Chemicals Shell Gas & Power Ireland Shell Nigeria Shell Oil Company Shell Pakistan

Former	Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company

Joint ventures

Current	Aera Energy Albian Sands Brunei LNG Motiva Enterprises Oman LNG Pearl GTL Sakhalin Energy

Former	Cellana Shell-Mex and BP

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People

Facilities and
places

Controversies

Other

Category
Commons

Tallest buildings in San Francisco

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Highrises over 400 feet (120 m)	333 Bush Street Hilton San Francisco Union Square Tower I Pacific Gas & Electric Building 50 California Street St. Regis Museum Tower 100 Pine Center 45 Fremont Street 333 Market Street 650 California Street 555 Mission Street The Infinity II 100 First Plaza One California San Francisco Marriott Marquis Russ Building 140 New Montgomery JPMorgan Chase Building The Paramount Providian Financial Building Three Embarcadero Center Two Embarcadero Center 595 Market Street 123 Mission Street 101 Montgomery Embarcadero West 100 Van Ness Avenue

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Under construction	Salesforce Tower 181 Fremont Street 350 Mission Street 340 Fremont Street 399 Fremont Street Jasper LUMINA I & II 41 Tehama Street 222 Second Street

Planned and proposed	Oceanwide Center I & II Palace Hotel Residential Tower Park Tower at Transbay 706 Mission Street Treasure Island development 524 Howard Street

See also: San Francisco Designated Landmarks, Buildings and structures in San Francisco

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Shell Building (San Francisco)

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