image for illustration: The Transamerica Pyramid by TheWB CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Transamerica Pyramid, a landmark in the San Francisco cityscape, has been redesigned to 21st-century standards by Foster + Partners, reports Wallpaper.
Wallpaper writes:
… The distinctively shaped high rise (the clue is in the name) in the heart of San Francisco’s Financial District has long been one of the city’s more recognisable landmarks and its second tallest. Now, Lord Norman Foster and his firm, Foster + Partners, have remastered this West Coast classic… built in 1972 to a design by Californian architecture practice William L Pereira & Associates – a studio renowned for its take on modernist architecture…
San Francisco mayor London Breed adds: ‘The Transamerica Pyramid is more than just a building, it’s a symbol of San Francisco’s spirit…’
