Heller Manus Architects
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Heller Manus Architects is a San Francisco, California
-based architecture firm providing architectural and urban design for public and private sector clients. It was formed in 1984 by Jeffrey Heller, FAIA, president of the firm and member of the Green growth leaders Council, and Clark Manus, FAIA, CEO of the firm and the 2011 President of the American Institute of Architects
(AIA). The firm's portfolio includes high-rise commercial and residential, hotels, retail, civic, renovations, sustainability, academic/research, entertainment, transportation, and master planning projects throughout the United States and China.
In recent years, the firm has developed an international presence, particularly in China, with a major urban design development in Guangzhou and the design of the first LEED Gold (pre-certified) high rise office tower in Shanghai.
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-based architecture firm providing architectural and urban design for public and private sector clients. It was formed in 1984 by Jeffrey Heller, FAIA, president of the firm and member of the Green growth leaders Council, and Clark Manus, FAIA, CEO of the firm and the 2011 President of the American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Architects
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(AIA). The firm's portfolio includes high-rise commercial and residential, hotels, retail, civic, renovations, sustainability, academic/research, entertainment, transportation, and master planning projects throughout the United States and China.
In recent years, the firm has developed an international presence, particularly in China, with a major urban design development in Guangzhou and the design of the first LEED Gold (pre-certified) high rise office tower in Shanghai.
Notable Heller Manus Architects Buildings
- 555 Mission Street555 Mission Street555 Mission Street is a 33 story, office tower in the South of Market area of San Francisco, California. Construction of the tower began in 2007 and the tower was finished on September 18, 2008. The building is the first in a new generation of office towers in San Francisco's downtown...
, San Francisco, CA, 2009. First LEED Gold high rise office tower in San Francisco. Project done in collaboration with Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. - The InfinityThe InfinityThe Infinity or 300 Spear Street is a mixed-use residential condominium development in San Francisco, California consisting of 2 high-rise towers and 2 low-rise buildings. The complex is the first phase of a massive residential development encompassing two city blocks...
, San Francisco, CA, 2009. First performance-based, seismically designed residential high-rise in San Francisco. Project done in collaboration with Arquitectonica. - San Francisco City HallSan Francisco City HallSan Francisco City Hall, re-opened in 1915, in its open space area in the city's Civic Center, is a Beaux-Arts monument to the City Beautiful movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the 1880s to 1917. The structure's dome is the fifth largest in the world...
Seismic Upgrade and Renovation, San Francisco, CA, 1995–1998. World's largest base-isolated structure at the time of completion. - 150 West Jefferson150 West Jefferson150 West Jefferson is a skyscraper and class-A office center in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. The building was constructed in 1987, and finished in 1989. It stands at 26 stories tall, with two basement floors, for a total of 28...
, Detroit, MI. Skyscraper built 1987-1989.