500 Brannan

Ground up rebuild gives a SOMA corner a  fresh new identity.

500 Brannan is a five-story mixed-use new build in San Francisco, California. It combines three lots to create a single, showcase corner building at one of the busiest intersections in SOMA (South of Market). A diverse neighborhood, SOMA’s buildings are typically functional and straightforward with an occasional decorative flourish at the street facade. The result is a layered collage that can be viewed in more and more unpredictable ways as alley use and mid-block connections are strengthened.

The organic collage of the neighborhood will inspire a building that is rigorously composed to complement it, providing layered programs and architecture that intentionally make space for a diverse future within.

  • Client: Confidential
    Location: San Francisco, California
    Size: 40,000 SQFT
    Completion Date: TBD, on the boards

  • Architecture, Interior Design, Environmental Graphic Design

  • Seth Hanley, Melissa Hanley, Justin Beadle, John Hunter, Jake Kutzin

    Renderings: Blitz

Neighborhood Consideratuions

The building is carefully considered for its site, continuing the collage of its context neighborhood by contrasting a historic building on the adjacent corner. As proposed, a solid mass with punched openings is lifted above a more transparent two-story volume. This glass base engages the street with active programs of a restaurant, retail spaces, and office lobby.

Mixed Use

Composed of a hybrid steel and cross laminated timber structure, the building contains four floors of bio-tech ready office space sandwiched between food and beverage spaces on the ground floor and roof.