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A thoughtfully conceived crossing by Bohlin Cynwinski Jackson bridges
art and architecture in the Cit y by the Bay.
W R I T T E N B Y J E N N T H O R N T O N
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LEHOUX,
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CYNWINSKI
JACKSON
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n San Francisco, Twitter employees are enjoying
a smooth commute. e company's skybridge, a
floating glass span 100 feet above a pedestrian alley
in the city's Mid-Market district, has eased the flow of
traffic considerably.
at there is flow at all is a credit to architecture firm
Bohlin Cynwinski Jackson, which conceptualized
the skybridge to connect an Art Deco building and its
adjacent annex. At just 35 feet in length, the solution
is somewhat misleading—this is no small project.
In fact, the skybridge creates "100,000-square-feet
of contiguous office space on a single floor" that
provides "opportunities for employee interaction
and fosters a greater sense of community within the
company," according to BCJ. ere's the wider civic
engagement as well; the transparent skybridge is a
point of observation for multiple parties and draws
its sense of lightness from tiled glass that reflects
daytime shifts of sky and the soft illumination of
evening. To reconcile the 5-foot difference in ninth-
floor elevations of both buildings, BCJ sloped the
skybridge downward, while extending its roofline
upward, to link to the 10th-floor overlook.
Beyond boasting an astute architectural strategy on
the part of BCJ, the skybridge is simply an arresting
edifice to behold—a passageway that plays right into
San Francisco's progressive mood.
bcj.com
THE TWITTER
SKYBRIDGE BY
BOHLIN CYNWINS-
KI JACKSON IS A
FORWARD-THINKING
ARCHITECTURAL
SOLUTION CON-
CEIVED TO CREATE
CONTIGUOUS SPACE
BETWEEN BUILDINGS.
V ISUA L CON N ECTION
