One Bush Plaza

One Bush Plaza
The Crown-Zellerbach Building (left) standing alongside the Shell Building from Market Street
Alternative names	Crown-Zellerbach Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	1 Bush Street San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°47′27″N 122°24′00″W / 37.790833°N 122.4°W / 37.790833; -122.4Coordinates: 37°47′27″N 122°24′00″W / 37.790833°N 122.4°W / 37.790833; -122.4
Completed	1959
Height
Roof	94 m (308 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	20
Floor area	439,000 sq ft (40,800 m2)
Design and construction
Owner	Prime Plus Investments Inc
Architect	Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill Hertzka & Knowles
Structural engineer	H.J. Brunnier Associates
References
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One Bush Plaza also known as the Crown-Zellerbach Building is an office building on from Bush Street and Battery Street at Market Street in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The 20 storey 94 metres (308 ft) building was completed in 1959.

The building was once the headquarters of the Crown-Zellerbach, a Fortune 500 forestry and paper products conglomerate acquired in 1986 by the James River Company, which in turn became a part of Georgia-Pacific in 2000. Later it was the headquarters of Hambrecht & Quist. The building was the first significant downtown San Francisco structure erected in the 30 years following the start of the Great Depression, and as such was the first International Style glass curtain wall building in San Francisco and second curtain wall International Style building in the United States, being built shortly after the Lever House.

It is controversial due to the decision for the building to face Bush St. instead of Market St., Market St. being in decline during the time it was built. It is notable for taking up an entire city block and being freestanding. It is directly facing the Shell Building, an iconic Art Deco skyscraper in San Francisco.

The architectural firm of this building was Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill.

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Awards

• 1959 Administrative Management Magazine – Office of the Year Award: Award of Merit
• 1960 American Institute of Steel Construction – Award of Excellence
• 1961 American Institute of Architects – Award of Merit
• 1997 American Institute of Architects - California Council 25 Year Award

See also

• San Francisco's tallest buildings

References

1. ^ One Bush Plaza at Emporis
2. ^ One Bush Plaza at SkyscraperPage
3. ^ One Bush Plaza at Structurae

External links

• Crown-Zellerbach Building at Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill