Transamerica Pyramid | Favorite Architecture
The Transamerica Pyramid at 600 Montgomery Street between Clay and Washington Streets in the Financial District of San Francisco, California, United States, is a 48-story futurist building and the second-tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline. Its height is surpassed by Salesforce Tower.The building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, which moved its U.S. headquarters to Baltimore, Maryland, but it is still associated with the company and is depicted in the company’s logo. Designed by architect William Pereira and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, at 853 feet (260 m), on completion in 1972 it was the eighth-tallest building in the world,More info:wiki
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#10 An ode to the Transamerica Pyramid as a new tallest tower rises,More info:sfchronicle
These should be humbling times for the Transamerica Pyramid. This week it ceases to be our city’s tallest building. Top honors instead will go to the still-ascending Salesforce Tower.
But in architecture, size goes only so far. And when the construction dust settles, don’t be surprised if the 853-foot eccentricity that debuted in 1972 is still the tower that comes to mind when people think of San Francisco.
It’s the symbol of the global metropolis that emerged here after World War II, a corporate attention-getter that lives up to branded hype. The visual shorthand for filmmakers and postcard peddlers who want to make their (literal) point. The embodiment of San Francisco’s tension between old and new, cutting-edge and quaint, flamboyant and matter-of-fact.
#9 Time Lapse – Amazing San Francisco Skyline at Evening with Transamerica Pyramid Building,More info:videoblocks
#8 24 Facts You Might Not Know About the Transamerica Pyramid,More info:waynehartzler
As one of San Francisco’s most unique buildings, you can see the Transamerica Pyramid from miles away. But how much do you actually know about it?
So unless you are one of the lucky ones who has gotten the rare invitation inside, you probably don’t know too much about the building except that it looks pretty cool. We dug around and found some interesting things that we think you might want to know too.
#7 VIDEO: The Transamerica Pyramid Spinning Perfectly via Photos Shot Around an Exact Radius — The Bold Italic — San Francisco,More info:thebolditalic
Fans of landmarks, sunsets, and radiuses: watch this video of all your favorite things! Ray Zschau posted a video yesterday in which he compiles photos he took of the Transamerica Pyramid (SF’s sharpest-looking landmark) at the same distance but from different angles so that, when streamed together, the building appears to be spinning as the sun sets.
#6 Transamerica Pyramid – Sunset,More info:modlar
#5 Transamerica Pyramid,More info:roman.stanek
#4 Transamerica Pyramid,More info:rebeccawhitesfrealtor.wordpress
#3 San Francisco’s Beloved Transamerica Pyramid: A Visitor’s Guide,More info:sanfrancisco.cbslocal
Pedestrian-friendly San Francisco is known less for its skyscrapers than for its panoramic vistas of the sparkling bay seen from the crest of one of the crazy hills or a cable car clamoring down one. When the city’s signature fog remains on the Pacific Ocean side of the Golden Gate Bridge, the silhouette of Transamerica Pyramid is unmistakable as the apex of the city skyline. Appreciate its unique architectural impact by looking skyward from anywhere in the Financial District or as a landmark from a vantage point elsewhere in the Bay Area.
#2 Transamerica Pyramid San Francisco,More info:thoughtrot
#1 File:San Francisco and its Transamerica Pyramid as seen from the Bay.jpg,More info:wikimedia
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