# The dazzling Mira tower

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2020-07-13

architecture, bay-window, jeanne-gang, mira-tower, one-delisle, san-francisco, studio-gang, tishman-speyer

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I have said this before on the blog, but one of my favorite tall buildings is the [Mira tower](https://studiogang.com/project/mira) in San Francisco by Tishman Speyer (developer) and Studio Gang (architect). Now that it's pretty much complete and residents have started to move in, [John King](https://twitter.com/JohnKingSFChron), urban design critic for the SF Chronicle, has published [this review of the building](https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Twisty-white-Mira-tower-is-dazzling-on-the-15401184.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20\(Premium\)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral#photo-19663133). It's behind a paywall, but you should be able to at least see all of the photos, and below is an introductory excerpt.

> _Even with today’s grim need for social isolation, San Francisco’s most eye-catching residential tower wants to pull you close._

> _From the Bay Bridge or the Embarcadero, the 39-story Mira at the corner of Folsom and Spear streets is a flowing stack of tightly wound white metal bays, frozen in motion. Fragmentary glimpses from nearby blocks defy expectations, whipsawed slivers amid the stodgy norm._

> _Finally, there’s the view straight up from the sidewalk — a crisp commotion of stacked angles, precisely arranged but seemingly ready to fly out in a dozen directions at once._

> _Though Mira has been in the works since 2014, the architectural show still feels fresh as the first residents begin to unpack. But this 392-unit residential complex was also conceived as a celebration of triumphant urbanism — a far cry from the mood of this troubled summer._

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/the-dazzling-mira-tower)*