CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICE BUILDING
OAKLAND, CA
The Elihu Harris Office Building occupies two former blocks in downtown Oakland, directly adjacent to the City Hall and the Federal Building. The urban scheme keeps the remnant of the block pattern by allocating one block for the tower and the other for the low-rise part of the program and maintaining the former street as a pedestrian pathway and plaza both inside and outside. The street grid of Oakland began near Jack London Square and did not contemplate that a future high rise would look beyond the local streets and become a skyline oriented to neighboring San Francisco and the Golden Gate.
This design accommodates that by facing one side on an angle directly to the City and the Bridge in the distance. This is quickly understood from within the building when looking out of the upper floors of the tower. As a design build project and an ultimately efficient floor plate and design, this tower is a symbol of the Design Build Institute’s excellence program and a model for California and the City of Oakland.
LOCATION
Oakland, CA
CLIENT
State of California
SCOPE
High-Rise
SQ.FT
400,000
STORIES
24
SERVICE
Full Service
COST
$150,000,000
COMPLETION DATE
1998
