555 Larkin Affordable

View from Larkin looking north, dark tile. Image: David Baker Architects

View from Larkin looking north, light tile. Image: David Baker Architects

2019.05 variant in almond colored tile with LED scrolling sign to continue the tradition of the #WorldsLargestFortuneCookie. Image: David Baker Architects

The most recent design including the LED scrolling sign on the corner which would continue the messages of the #WorldsLargestFortuneCookie. Image: David Baker Architects

View form north on Larkin. Image: David Baker Architects

Vignette of 555 Larkin entry. Image: David Baker Architects

View from the sidewalk through the entry to the courtyard with the #WorldsLargestFortuneCookie. Image: David Baker Architects

View from the front door through the lobby to the courtyard with the #WorldsLargestFortuneCookie. Image: David Baker Architects

Low-fire tile mock-up showing the mottled color variation and thickness variation. Image: David Baker Architects

How do you align windows with mortar joints? And blend the three colors of tile into one mottled field with greater visual interest? Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 1: 2018.03.09 Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 2: 1018.04.28Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 3: 2018.05.06Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 4: 2018.06.25Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 05: 2018.08.16Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 6: 2018.08.27Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 7: 2018.12.08 Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 8: 2019.02.28 Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 9: 2019.08.02Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 10: 2019.09.14Image: David Baker Architects

Sign 11: 2020.01.17 The last message from the World's Largest Fortune Cookie. Image: David Baker Architects

On the right Bill Brinnon, the keeper of the world's largest Fortune Cookie" sign for many decades, on the left our TNDC Project Manager Jacob Goldstein, and in the middle David Baker, FAIA taking a final bow at Kahn & Keville on 2020.01.17 Image: David Baker Architects