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Cladding made from glass-fibre-reinforced concrete wraps the outside of a sculptural, mixed-used constructing that was designed by US agency Handel Architects for a crowded, triangular website.

The 12-storey constructing homes The Line Lodge and a residential portion known as Serif, together with business area on the bottom degree.

The Line Lodge and Serif options faceted panels on its facade. Picture is by Jason O’Rear

It sits on a triangular block in San Francisco the place three city neighbourhoods meet – Union Sq., Tenderloin and South of Market (SoMa).

The brand new constructing shares a block with a Nineteen Twenties theatre known as The Warfield, together with an grownup leisure membership.

Sculptural building on oddly shaped site in San Francisco, California
It’s positioned on an oddly formed website. Picture is by Jason O’Rear

The challenge was designed by New York-based Handel Architects, which has a number of American places of work and one in Hong Kong.

The inside design was overseen by San Francisco’s IwamotoScott Structure and Knibb Design, which is predicated in Los Angeles. Native studio Surfacedesign served because the panorama architect.

Apartment set within the Serif building in San Francisco by Handel Architects
Condominiums are included within the residential portion of the constructing. Picture is by Jason O’Rear

For the oddly formed website, the architects conceived a sculptural constructing that encompasses 34,000 sq. ft (3,159 sq. metres).

One half holds the Serif, which is roughly V-shaped in plan and has 242 condominiums, starting from studios to one- and two-bedroom items.

Interiors within residential block by Handel Architects
IwamotoScott Structure and Knibb Design oversaw the inside design

The opposite half holds The Line Lodge, which has an oblong footprint and incorporates round 230 visitor rooms.

The constructing’s scale and aesthetics are designed to narrate to the encompassing context.

The Line Hotel entrance
The opposite half holds The Line Lodge. Picture is by Jean Bai

The outside is wrapped in faceted white panels made from glass-fibre-reinforced concrete. The facade remedy – when it comes to its materiality and patterning – was influenced by the world’s masonry buildings and conventional punched home windows, the crew stated.

“Designed to learn as a steady wrapper across the constructing, the facade additionally employs variation and modulation in window openings and panel sizes to correspond to inside items for the lodge and residential areas inside,” stated Handel Architects.

Black and silver mailroom within mixed-use building by Handel Architects with rectilinear LED lighting overhead
A mixture of areas function on the constructing’s floor ground. Picture is by Jason O’Rear

On the floor degree, the constructing incorporates a mixture of retail area, eateries, service areas and separate lobbies for the lodge and residential space. A triangular, public plaza is discovered on the north, alongside Turk Avenue.

“Reconstructed and widened sidewalks alongside Turk Avenue supply versatile out of doors areas for gatherings, displays and small performances,” stated Handel Architects.

“Graffiti-tagged” headboards function within the lodge bedrooms. Picture is by Chase Daniel

Interiors for The Line Lodge – which additionally has areas in Los Angeles, Austin and Washington DC – had been overseen by Knibb Design, which drew upon San Francisco’s character for inspiration.

“Using the world’s city scape in stability with hazy pastel hues, the design ethos is a frolicsome but refined reflection of the locale,” the crew stated in a press assertion.

Found object wall installation by Sasinun Kladpetch
A wall set up by Sasinun Kladpetch options within the foyer. Picture is by Jean Bai

Highlights embrace “graffiti-tagged” headboards, white oak furnishings and amber-hued lighting. Uncovered concrete and bespoke ceramic items are discovered all through.

The lodge additionally options an intensive vary of art work. Notable items embrace a wall set up within the foyer by multimedia artist Sasinun Kladpetch, which consists of discovered objects equivalent to concrete, steel fragments and twigs.

Artwork on timber-panelled walls within The Line Hotel by Handel Architects
The lodge options an intensive vary of art work. Picture is by Patrick Chin

The inside design of Serif was created by IwamotoScott Structure, which took cues from the constructing’s angular type and faceted facade.

The residing items are fitted with laminated cabinetry, quartz counter tops and a back-painted glass backsplash. Uncovered concrete ceilings are paired with picket flooring.

Finishes in public areas are a mixture of earth and industrial supplies.

The foyer options polished concrete flooring, ash millwork and blackened metal parts.

Industrial details within rooftop greenhouse-style pavilion at The Line Hotel
Finishes in public areas are a mixture of earth and industrial supplies. Picture is by Jean Bai

A rooftop clubhouse has polished concrete flooring, ash millwork and blackened metal, together with lights by Finelite and RBW.

Within the health centre, the crew used supplies equivalent to ash, walnut, rubber and medium-density fibreboard. Stretching overhead is conduit lighting in a honeycomb sample.

Fitness centre with honeycomb lighting overhead
Lighting in a honeycomb sample stretches overhead within the health centre

Different buildings that mix a lodge with residential items embrace the SOM-designed Baccarat Tower in New York, which encompasses a “easy massing” and opulent interiors, and the Platina 220 tower in São Paulo by Königsberger Vannucchi Arquitetos Associados, which has a central block flanked by three shorter volumes.

The pictures is by Jason O’Rear, Chase Daniel, Patrick Chin and Jean Bai.

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