Home to the AOH San Francisco Division 17 for more than 50 years, the densely
packed facility will create new community space, including a two-level Saint Patrick’s
Room banquet hall, offices, and a public gallery. San Francisco-based Studio
BANAA is responsible for the design. The firm writes that the massing has “a solid
massing of blue Kilkenny limestone from Ireland houses the more intimate, member-
focused programs. The rooftop is the crowning glory, with four quadrants representing
the four provinces of Ireland.” A design narrative shared by the studio shows how the
architects carved out the six-story limestone box to create garden pathways and an
observation deck facing the ocean. To engage pedestrians along the sidewalk, the
lower two floors will be wrapped in curtain-wall glass, a contrast to the upper four
floors wrapped with stone.