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The Architect · Nora · San Francisco

Transamerica Pyramid

Financial District · modernist tower · Free

Every architect who visits wants to argue about the Pyramid. I always say the same thing: walk into the Redwood Park at the base and look up.

William Pereira's 1972 obelisk. The most honestly structural skyline object in the city — it tapers because the loads say it should.

— Nora, The Architect
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