Waterfront Living

Light, air and transparency drove Woods Bagot’s design of this residential and retail building in the emerging Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. Sited between a formerly industrial waterfront and busy Third Street, 2177 Third Street offers floor to ceiling windows, views through the building to the water, and a spectacular green wall that’s fast becoming a local landmark.

The building is designed to a human scale, balancing privacy and views — in spite of its 114 apartments and 4,000 square feet of retail.  At midblock, a deep setback, framed by the five-storey living wall, introduces breathing space into the building’s bulk. From the sidewalk, passers-by can see through the buildings to the Bay beyond. The dark bronze of the façade takes its cues from the area’s industrial history: once the home of European immigrants, the Dogpatch was originally called “Dutchman’s Flat”.