The
Dakin Building is an architectural award-winning
class A office building on the
San Francisco Bay in
Brisbane, California. Serving as a corporate headquarters building for several companies of national prominence, it was built from the profits of the
Garfield character whose licensed products of the R. Dakin Company soared in sales in the late 1980s. Located on
Sierra Point, it became a landmark in the
San Francisco Bay Area for its distinctive design and was nicknamed the
Luke Skywalker building for its dramatic posture overlooking the bay, in contrast to its ominous looking neighbor office building that was nicknamed the
Darth Vader building.