The The Harrison Building is a Contemporary skyscraper designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, in association with TSAO Desing Group, and built between 2012 and 2014 in San Francisco, CA.
The Harrison Building is not the only name you might know this building by though. The building is, or has also been known as Tower Two at One Rincon Hill.
Its precise street address is 401 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA. You can also find it on the map here.
Solomon Cordwell Buenz was the architecture firm in charge of the architectural design, in association with TSAO Desing Group.
That being said, architecture is a complex discipline involving many professionals from different fields, without whom this building would have not been possible. We will surely be leaving out a lot of names here, but here is a list of the people we do know also played their part in making the The Harrison Building a reality:
The The Harrison Building can be categorized as a Contemporary building.
Contemporary style architecture builds on top of the principles of Modernism and Postmodernism, but incorporates other variables which might not have been that important in the past, but certainly are today, such as technology, sustainability, inclusivity, and others.
From a historical point of view, it is hard to categorize things from a not-so-distant time, and therefore we choose to categorize most buildings built after the year 2000 as "Contemporary". It is possible that as time goes by and we, as a society, gain perspective on the things happening today, we'll be able to look back and recategorize all these buildings into more concrete subsections, some of which might not even exist today.
The The Harrison Building reaches an architectural height of 495ft (151m). It has a total of 49 floors, which combined offer a total of 335,705 sqf (31,188m2) of usable space.
Ever since opening its doors to the public in 2014, the The Harrison Building has mainly been used as Residential space.
The The Harrison Building has a total of 298 residential units throughout its 49 floors. If you are interested in learning more about the residences and their availability, you can check the The Harrison Building's website.
The The Harrison Building uses a frame structure made of steel columns and concrete slabs.
A frame structure uses a combination of beams and columns to sustain the building's weight. The walls in this case are non-load bearing, which allows for more flexibility when distributing the interior spaces.
The facade uses a non-load bearing curtain wall system. This means the curtain wall modules are anchored to the building's structural frame, typically by being attached to the edge of the floor slabs. The curtain wall system connects to the slabs using brackets, anchors, and mullions, which transfer the loads imposed by wind and temperature changes, to the building's primary structural elements.
This setup allows the curtain wall to accommodate differential movement between the facade and the structural frame, such as thermal expansion, floor deflection, or sway from wind forces. This system's integration with the slab edges also allows for continuous insulation and weatherproofing layers.
From an aesthetic point of view, the facade features a greenish-tinted glass curtain wall with horizontal aluminum strips marking each floor's slab.
Other materials found at the The Harrison Building include, Siberian oak wood, used in for the residences kitchens and living spaces floors, and at the grand two-story lobby library, Carrara marble, used for countertops, and unlacquered brass, used for the residences fixtures.
