Salvaging History: Oakland’s Structural Rebirth
The Key at 12th is an 18-story office development in the heart of the central business district of Oakland, California. In an area where construction is booming and old buildings are being demolished all over the city to make way for modern facilities, Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) was intrigued by the idea of designing a tower that repurposed a building rather than leveling it. …