San Francisco - Bank of America

This skyscraper belonging to the world's largest private bank (with capital of about $30 billion) is 52 storeys high and rises 760ft/232m. Together with the Transamerica Pyramid it has radically altered San Francisco's townscape. Two eminent firms of architects, Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, with Pietro Belluschi as consultant, designed the building in 1969. The material used is reddish South Dakota granite.

The complex comprises a lofty tower with offices, a low banking hall, and an open piazza with a sculpture by Masayuki Nagare, beneath which is an auditorium. In all 7,500 persons work in the building. Visitors and employees are carried to the top of the tower by 32 lifts.

Located on the uppermost story, commanding a magnificent view, is the Carnelian Room.