Foundry Square sits between the new Transbay Terminal and Salesforce Park to the north and a major on-ramp to the Bay Bridge to the south. The concept for the development was inspired by Silicon Valley’s tech campuses, and sought to create a new type of urban office building that would attract more technology firms to San Francisco by providing large floor plates and easily adaptable spaces within a vertical campus.

The success of the buildings’ flexibility has since been proven by attracting a variety of tenants, including tech companies Slack and Neustar, children’s apparel company Gymboree, law firms Orrick and Perkins Coie, and financial services firms BlackRock and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, among others.

Eighth-floor setbacks create landscaped roof terraces with dramatic city views. A central light court feeds additional daylight to all floors in the largest of the four structures. The building’s high-performance design elements—such as the double-wall/air cavity curtainwall system facing the plazas and self-shading elements in the building skin—have earned Foundry Square commendations for innovative architecture and sustainability.