Stevenson Place, San Francisco CA
Designed as KMD Architects, 1984
John Ellis Project Designer with Jeff Heller, David Hobstetter, Rich Lowry, Tom Monahan, Raymond Cekauskas
Stevenson Place was one of the first buildings to follow the urban design guidelines of San Francisco’s 1984 Downtown Plan. This called for buildings to respond to context, hold the street wall, and have a distinctive top, shaft, and base. The twenty-three-story building is located on a midblock alley and has a presence on Market Street between the two Chevron office towers. Clad in French granite and precast concrete the building has an arcade that leads to a plaza on Jessie Street. The ground floor lobby is enclosed with a curving Pilkington Glass screen.
Stevenson Place has a Market Street presence by capturing the courtyard space between the two Chevron towers.
Stevenson Place's massing responds to San Francisco's form-based Downtown Plan from 1984 that mandated highrise towers to have distinctive tops.
East facade.
The entrance from Stevenson Street is within an arcade that leads across the site. The lower floors are clad in a French granite on precast panels.
A Pilkington Glass screen encloses the entry lobby within the two-story arcade.
The shape of the main elevator lobby with two banks of elevators mimics the profile of the building against the skyline.
View down Jessie Street showing the plaza and arcade.
Arcade and entry lobby.
