Qantas Building

Address: 350 Post Street, San Francisco, CA
Built By: 

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Year Built: 
1972

About the Building

Originally built as an office building for Qantas airlines, the building now houses a retail outlet for Tiffany jewelry.

When erected in the early 1970s, it was intended to complement the more ornate buildings that surrounded it - especially the Fitzhugh Building that previously stood where Saks Fifth Avenue is today. When the Classical Fitzhugh Building was torn down, the Qantas Building became less of a restrained contrast and more of a bland continuation of the more modern Saks.

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