Owner
City and County of San Francisco
Architect
Gensler / Michael Willis / Kwan Henmi
GC
Hunt Construction Group
Completion
2002
Contract Value
15m
Program
3-stories, 110 ft
Building Type
Convention
Technology Type
AESS
Facade
Curtainwall units spanning up to 10 ft wide are hung from architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS)
Glass
Low-e glass; provided by Viracon
Description
This $187 million freestanding expansion adds 300,000 sqft to the original 1981 structure designed by HOK Architects (now known as Moscone South)
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The Moscone Center complex (consisting of Moscone North, South and West) includes more than two million square feet of building area, including over 700,000 square of exhibit space and 106 meeting rooms. This San Francisco exhibit space in the city's South Financial District records an annual attendance of more than 1 million visitors, with over 300,000 of those visiting the Moscone West expansion that opened in 2003. The freestanding structure includes just under 300,000 sqft of exhibit space.
Enclos successfully installed 284 tons of glass facade ahead of construction schedule. Wausau Window and Wall Systems provided engineering, assembly and glazing services for the unitized systems. |
