SAN FRANCISCO | Lumina (201 Folsom) | 400 ft - 43 floors | 350 ft - 38 floors

[fflint]

This complex is now visible on the skyline from the south, along central waterfront, and from the Embarcadero in South Beach.

[minesweeper]

View from the Temporary Transbay Terminal:

[peanut gallery]

It's way too early to say for sure and I can only see a small part of it, but I'm a little worried that the glass is going to look too similar to Infinity. In this light, it looks like a very similar shade of green but a little darker:


The renderings gave me the sense it would be more bluish-green or silvery-green (if that's actually a color).

Anyway, here's the rest of it in full crane party mode with its neighbors:





"Backside":




With 399 Fremont in the foreground:

[mt_climber13]

These glass towers never turn out the same color as the renderings. The Infinity, Millennium, 535 Mission, Intercontinental.. it's as if the developers select the glass at the very last minute depending on what's most affordable.

[fimiak]

Its still way too early to tell. Even when half the glass is up, the full effect of the glass facade is hard to visualize. What I see in that picture is dirty glass at an extreme angle. It will look totally different when its clean and has sun shining through. Its too early to see what the glass will really look like for 222 Second and 350 Mission as well.

The few windows I can see already look a lot better than this render to me.

[peanut gallery]

^That's absolutely true -- just one of those nagging thoughts that pops in my head sometimes. I just hope it ends up with enough contrast to stand apart from its sister next door.

[fflint]

The thing I love so much about this project is the tower shapes. I'm not terribly concerned about the glass color so much as with the way the light plays with the skin.

[timbad]

another look with more of the skin up:

[edwards]

9/17/14

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[brantw]

Originally Posted by edwards

9/17/14

I think they look really cool from this view!

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San Francisco Early October 2014 026 by simms3sf, on Flickr

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[peanut gallery]

It's so much cooler that these are going up together, side-by-side, compared to when Infitnity rose separately. It's really fun to watch.

[simms3_redux]

Some updates:





Hopefully the other sides that don't have the green Infinity reflection won't look as green. The glass is more similar to Infinity than I think I hoped for.

[northbay]

from skyscrapercity:

Originally Posted by JuanPaulo

SOMA Highrises under Construction - San Francisco by BlueVoter - thanks for 800k views, on Flickr

[SLO]

Wow, great picture

[colemonkee]

Once we see more glass, I'm sure it will be apparent that the color is much more blue than Infinity.

Off topic, but those Foundry Square buildings are screaming out for solar panels on those rooftops.

[shakman]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

Once we see more glass, I'm sure it will be apparent that the color is much more blue than Infinity.

Off topic, but those Foundry Square buildings are screaming out for solar panels on those rooftops.

Off Topic: Then the owners of those Foundry Square structures need to contact me.

[holeinground]

LUMINA development unveils its new video, offering view of amenities and residence http://luminasf.com/film/

[minesweeper]

Transbay Temporary Terminal by sirgious, on Flickr


Transbay Block 6 & Lumina by sirgious, on Flickr