MVRDV completes ‘The Canyon’ tower in San Francisco inspired by California’s geology

2023-06-27T11:17:00-04:00

MVRDV has completed a mixed-use tower in San Francisco inspired by geology. Named ‘The Canyon,’ the 23-story scheme is part of a wider master plan along the city’s waterfront to create a sustainable community named Mission Rock.

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The Canyon is one of four buildings to be delivered as part of the first phase of the Mission Rock neighborhood, which also includes designs by Studio Gang, Henning Larsen, and WorkAC. Occupying the northwest corner of the neighborhood, The Canyon is grounded by a five-story plinth topped by a 240-foot-tall tower.

A ground floor of small-scale shops and restaurants is topped by two floors of offices, while the tower contains 283 apartments. Over a third of the apartments are rented at below market rate, with residents selected via a lottery process, providing 102 homes for middle-income families in response to the city’s housing crisis.

Image credit: Jason O'Rear

The development features a ruggedly textured red-brown facade, while a...

MVRDV's mixed-use The Canyon is ready to play ball in San Francisco

2022-04-20T16:28:00-04:00

The pivotal first residential development that will eventually form the cornerstone of San Francisco’s new Mission Rock neighborhood topped out last week, representing a milestone for the city and designers MVRDV.

Previously: Construction begins for MVRDV's latest 'rocky' mixed-use tower in San Francisco. Street view. Visualization © Pixelflakes/Courtesy of MVRDV

Featuring a suite of ground-floor retail spaces and 50,000 square feet of offices in addition to its 283 residential units (of which 102 are considered below market rate), The Canyon is the first of four buildings comprising the initial phase of a comprehensive masterplan developed by the San Francisco Giants baseball team and Tishman Speyer that will deliver a new 28-acre mixed-use neighborhood to the area south of Oracle Park.

The culmination of a 14-month construction period that began in late February of last year, the new development is defined by a topographically-inspired design d...

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MVRDV completes ‘The Canyon’ tower in San Francisco inspired by California’s geology

MVRDV's mixed-use The Canyon is ready to play ball in San Francisco