Allan J. Montpellier, Associate, Flack +Kurtz Inc., a WSP Group Company, San Francisco

Rising from the Depths

Arguably one of the most visually dramatic and prestigious locations for an office building—literally several hundred feet out into San Francisco's east bay—Pier 1, a turn-of-the-century warehouse, formerly relegated to duty as a parking garage, is now one of the city's newest and most unusual office developments.