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Kaiser Center, also called the Kaiser Building, is a 28-story office building located at 300 Lakeside Drive, adjacent to Lake Merritt, in downtown Oakland, California, designed by the architectural firm of Welton Becket & Associates of Los Angeles. The property is bounded by Lakeside Drive, which terminates and joins Harrison Street at the site, 20th-, 21st-, and Webster-streets. When completed in 1960, it was Oakland's tallest building, as well as the largest office tower west of the Rocky Mountains. A three-story office/retail building adjacent to the main tower was completed in 1963. Kaiser Center was the headquarters of Kaiser Industries, a Fortune 500 conglomerate that was headed by industrialist Edgar F. Kaiser at the time the building was constructed.

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  • Kaiser Center, also called the Kaiser Building, is a 28-story office building located at 300 Lakeside Drive, adjacent to Lake Merritt, in downtown Oakland, California, designed by the architectural firm of Welton Becket & Associates of Los Angeles. The property is bounded by Lakeside Drive, which terminates and joins Harrison Street at the site, 20th-, 21st-, and Webster-streets. When completed in 1960, it was Oakland's tallest building, as well as the largest office tower west of the Rocky Mountains. A three-story office/retail building adjacent to the main tower was completed in 1963. Kaiser Center was the headquarters of Kaiser Industries, a Fortune 500 conglomerate that was headed by industrialist Edgar F. Kaiser at the time the building was constructed. The building's roof garden was designed by San Francisco-based landscape architecture firm, Theodore Osmundson & Associates, and was the first built in the United States after World War II. While legend has it that Henry J. Kaiser resided in a penthouse apartment on the 28th floor, by 1960 the elder Kaiser had turned over the Oakland-based company to his son, and pursued projects based in Honolulu. It is much more likely that his son Edgar, who was in charge of Kaiser industries and a major power broker in the Bay Area by the time the building was commissioned, was the person who occupied any residential apartments. According to a National Park Service study, Edgar commissioned the architecturally significant rooftop garden after the building had been designed, inspired by the gardens of Rockefeller Center in N.Y. The main exterior of the building consists of glass and metal, primarily aluminum. There is also stone cladding around much of the building made up of concrete and a stone aggregate. This material is very likely an "exceptionally pure" coarse-grained dolomite. It probably originated in the quarries in California owned by Kaiser. The building is currently home to the headquarters of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), which in 2003 relocated from its former administration building atop the Lake Merritt station, due to earthquake concerns. In 2019 BART announced that it would leave the building in the Spring of 2021. Other tenants include the University of California Office of the President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, The Port Company, and California Bank & Trust. Global technical services company AECOM moved into the building in 2016. (en)
  • Kaiser Center, también llamado Kaiser Building, es un edificio de oficinas de 28 pisos ubicado en 300 Lakeside Drive, adyacente al , en el centro de la ciudad de Oakland en el estado de California (Estados Unidos). Fue diseñado por el estudio de arquitectura Welton Becket & Associates de Los Ángeles. La propiedad está delimitada por Lakeside Drive, que termina y se une a Harrison Street en el sitio, las calles 20, 21 y Webster. Cuando se completó en 1960, fue el edificio más alto de Oakland, así como la torre de oficinas más grande al oeste de las Montañas Rocosas.​ En 1963 se completó un edificio comercial / de oficinas de tres pisos adyacente a la torre principal. Kaiser Center era la sede de Kaiser Industries, un conglomerado de Fortune 500 que estaba encabezado por el industrial en el momento en que se construyó el edificio. El jardín de la azotea del edificio fue diseñado por la firma de arquitectura paisajista con sede en San Francisco, Theodore Osmundson & Associates, y fue el primero que se construyó en los Estados Unidos después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Si bien la leyenda dice que Henry J. Kaiser residía en un ático en el piso 28, en 1960 el Kaiser mayor había entregado la empresa con sede en Oakland a su hijo y había perseguido proyectos con sede en Honolulu.​ Es mucho más probable que su hijo Edgar, quien estaba a cargo de Kaiser Industries y un importante corredor de poder en el Área de la Bahía cuando se encargó el edificio, fuera la persona que ocupó los apartamentos residenciales.​ Según un estudio del Servicio de Parques Nacionales, Edgar encargó el jardín de la azotea de gran importancia arquitectónica después de que se había diseñado el edificio, inspirado en los jardines del Rockefeller Center en Nueva York.​ El edificio alberga actualmente la sede del Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), que en 2003 se trasladó de su antiguo edificio administrativo en lo alto de la estación de Lake Merritt, debido a preocupaciones por el terremoto. En 2019, BART anunció que dejaría el edificio en la primavera de 2021.​ Otros inquilinos incluyen la Oficina del Presidente de la Universidad de California, el Plan de Salud de la Fundación Kaiser, The Port Company y .​ La empresa global de servicios técnicos AECOM se mudó al edificio en 2016. (es)
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  • Kaiser Center, también llamado Kaiser Building, es un edificio de oficinas de 28 pisos ubicado en 300 Lakeside Drive, adyacente al , en el centro de la ciudad de Oakland en el estado de California (Estados Unidos). Fue diseñado por el estudio de arquitectura Welton Becket & Associates de Los Ángeles. La propiedad está delimitada por Lakeside Drive, que termina y se une a Harrison Street en el sitio, las calles 20, 21 y Webster. Cuando se completó en 1960, fue el edificio más alto de Oakland, así como la torre de oficinas más grande al oeste de las Montañas Rocosas.​ En 1963 se completó un edificio comercial / de oficinas de tres pisos adyacente a la torre principal. Kaiser Center era la sede de Kaiser Industries, un conglomerado de Fortune 500 que estaba encabezado por el industrial en el (es)
  • Kaiser Center, also called the Kaiser Building, is a 28-story office building located at 300 Lakeside Drive, adjacent to Lake Merritt, in downtown Oakland, California, designed by the architectural firm of Welton Becket & Associates of Los Angeles. The property is bounded by Lakeside Drive, which terminates and joins Harrison Street at the site, 20th-, 21st-, and Webster-streets. When completed in 1960, it was Oakland's tallest building, as well as the largest office tower west of the Rocky Mountains. A three-story office/retail building adjacent to the main tower was completed in 1963. Kaiser Center was the headquarters of Kaiser Industries, a Fortune 500 conglomerate that was headed by industrialist Edgar F. Kaiser at the time the building was constructed. (en)
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