Heller Manus Architects

Heller Manus is a San Francisco-based architecture, master planning, and urban design firm with offices in San Francisco and Shanghai. The firm has spent more than 35 years developing a diversified, client-oriented firm that is a nationally and internationally recognized design and sustainability leader in the profession. In alignment with the firm’s dedication to sustainability, HM is located in the LEED-Platinum certified Transamerica Pyramid. Heller Manus avoids a singular, signature approach and focuses instead on finding the ideal design solution for each commission. The firm’s portfolio of projects has been expanding since 1984. Their depth of experience encompasses a wide range of major new and reconstruction projects including residential, commercial, civic, academic/research, rehabilitation/adaptive reuse, hospitality, and retail, as well as urban design plans in the San Francisco Bay Area, several U.S. cities, and in China’s largest cities. From a landmark City Hall Beaux-Arts renovation to high-rise commercial buildings, from mixed-use buildings to residential buildings of all sizes, and from transportation projects to large and small-scale retail designs, all Heller Manus projects share a common characteristic: high-quality, cost-effective design that is sensitive to the end-users’ function. Heller Manus designs cities and buildings that are appropriate contextually to the environment and the place where they are built. Since 2004, Heller Manus International has experienced dynamic growth throughout China fostered by strong professional relationships with clients, decision-makers, community organizations, and local design firms. Our practice area includes several major sustainable architecture and urban design projects throughout China including Shanghai, Guangzhou, Inner Mongolia, and the greater Beijing area. Our desire to be fully engaged with Asian culture and people has broadened our portfolio as well as our appreciation and expertise.