425 Market Renovation
Client
Metropolitan Life
Location
San Francisco, California
After a series of unsuccessful remodels during the building’s 35 year lifetime and spurred by the need to keep the asset fresh in a competitive leasing marketplace, Studio TMT worked closely with building ownership and management to design the “final lobby remodel” of this classic modernist downtown high-rise. Quality materials, crisp lighting, tight detailing and well integrated state of the art security and visitor processing systems evoke a bright, open environment that is aimed at serving the legal and financial tenants which populate the building, while the design balances a timeless aesthetic with the structure’s original 1970’s roots. The scope of the renovation included all new interior finishes including floors and ceilings, elevator cabs, new guard desks and new mullionless exterior entry glazing system.
Credits: Sherman Takata, Takata Photography