Heller Manus Architects

CTBUH Silver Member

About

Member Since: 2000

Member Offices: San Francisco

Heller Manus Architects is an internationally recognized, San Francisco‐based architecture and urban design firm,with offices in San Francisco and Shanghai. The firm has spent 30 years developing a diversified, client‐oriented firm that is a design and sustainability leader in the profession.

In alignment with the firm’s dedication to sustainability, Heller Manus Architects is located in the LEED‐Platinum certified Transamerica Pyramid. Heller Manus avoids a singular design approach and focuses instead on finding the ideal design solution for each project.

The firm’s depth of experience encompasses a wide range of major new and restoration/renovation projects including residential, commercial, civic, academic/research, rehabilitation/adaptive reuse, hospitality and retail, as well as urban design assignments in the San Francisco Bay Area, other U.S. cities, and in China.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure; Urban Design

Membership details

Membership Level

Silver

Member Since

2000

Member Offices

San Francisco

Buildings

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	181 Fremont	San Francisco	2018	246.9 m / 810 ft
2	555 Mission Street	San Francisco	2008	148.4 m / 487 ft
3	150 West Jefferson	Detroit	1989	138.7 m / 455 ft
4	100 First Plaza	San Francisco	1988	136.2 m / 447 ft
5	Eastern Harbor International Tower	Shanghai	2011	131 m / 430 ft
6	The Infinity II	San Francisco	2009	128 m / 420 ft
7	The Infinity I	San Francisco	2008	106.7 m / 350 ft
8	55 Second Street	San Francisco	2002	100.6 m / 330 ft

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

18 September 2014

A LEED Platinum Global Model for Vertical Urbanism

Every key aspect of sustainable urbanism is incorporated and integrated into the tallest mixed use, LEED Platinum tower on the west coast of North America,...

Research

16 September 2014

A LEED Platinum Global Model for Vertical Urbanism

Every key aspect of sustainable urbanism is incorporated and integrated into the tallest mixed use, LEED Platinum tower on the west coast of North America,...

Global News

18 October 2019

Construction Suspended on San Francisco High-Rise Due to Rising Costs

Chinese developer Oceanwide Holdings suspended construction on a 605-foot (184-meter) tower in San Francisco’s Transbay district, one of the city’s largest projects, as it grapples...

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Oceanwide Center Tower 1	San Francisco	-	277 m / 910 ft
2	181 Fremont	San Francisco	2018	247 m / 810 ft
3	Oceanwide Center Tower 2	San Francisco	-	191 m / 627 ft
4	The Century	San Francisco	-	191 m / 627 ft
5	555 Mission Street	San Francisco	2008	148 m / 487 ft
6	150 West Jefferson	Detroit	1989	139 m / 455 ft
7	100 First Plaza	San Francisco	1988	136 m / 447 ft
8	555 Washington	San Francisco	-	131 m / 430 ft
9	Eastern Harbor International Tower	Shanghai	2011	131 m / 430 ft
10	The Infinity II	San Francisco	2009	128 m / 420 ft
11	The Infinity I	San Francisco	2008	107 m / 350 ft
12	55 Second Street	San Francisco	2002	101 m / 330 ft
13	Guangzhou International Fashion Center	Guangzhou	-	100 m / 328 ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

1 Completed

Average Building Age*

17 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (75%), 6 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Steel (50%), 3 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 8 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 6 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 8 Completed & Under Construction Buildings