San Francisco building lifted 10 feet in preparation of rising sea levels

From Dezeen:

A historic waterfront building in San Francisco that weighs 2,075 tons, the equivalent of 20 space shuttles, will be hoisted up over three metres above ground to protect it from flooding caused by climate change.

Building 12, which was completed in 1941 for America’s shipbuilding effort during the second world war, is being lifted up in advance of a renovation by architecture firm Perkins and Will…

OK, so they are going to pop it on stilts and have a suspended walkway to the nearest piece of high ground for access?

Once raised Perkins and Will will extend the building from 118,890 square feet (11,045 square metres) to 230,000 square feet (21,367 square metres), adding a new basement, second level and mezzanine.

In other words, the site owner couldn’t get planning permission to demolish a historic building, but the council allowed him to lift it up and build another two storeys beneath it, thus preserving the iconic roof-line.