{"id":41159,"date":"2024-10-08T16:50:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41159"},"modified":"2024-10-08T16:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:50:10","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-transamerica-pyramid-a-san-francisco-icon-remastered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41159","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the global doorstep\u2019: Transamerica Pyramid: a San Francisco icon, remastered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/TransAmerica_Pyramid_TheWB_CC_081024.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/TransAmerica_Pyramid_TheWB_CC_081024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41160\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<h6><em>image for illustration: The <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/75\/TransAmerica_Pyramid.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transamerica Pyramid<\/a> by TheWB <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/h6>\n\n<h3>The Transamerica Pyramid, a landmark in the San Francisco cityscape, has been redesigned to 21st-century standards by Foster + Partners, reports <em>Wallpaper<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Wallpaper<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The distinctively shaped high rise (the clue is in the name) in the heart of San Francisco&#8217;s Financial District has long been one of the city&#8217;s more recognisable landmarks and its second tallest. Now, Lord Norman Foster and his firm, Foster + Partners, have remastered this West Coast classic\u2026 built in 1972 to a design by Californian architecture practice William L Pereira &amp; Associates \u2013 a studio renowned for its take on modernist architecture\u2026<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco mayor London Breed adds: &#8216;The Transamerica Pyramid is more than just a building, it\u2019s a symbol of San Francisco&#8217;s spirit&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallpaper.com\/architecture\/transamerica-pyramid-san-francisco-usa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,23,29],"class_list":["post-41159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-expertise","tag-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41161,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41159\/revisions\/41161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}