Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco)

The Temple Emanu -El (Hebrew עִמָנו אֵל; German " God is with us ") is a synagogue on Lake Street, corner of Arguello Boulevard in San Francisco's Presidio Heights district. It was built in 1926 to designs by the architect Arthur Brown Jr. Company Bakewell and Brown in the style of neo-Byzantine architecture. The client was the Jewish community Congregation Emanu -El. The predecessor in the Sutter Street was damaged at the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, but rebuilt in reduced form.

The dome with terracotta bricks is 45 meters high and shaped for long time to the city. The synagogue holds up to 1700 visitors. The construction is inspired by the Hagia Sofia. In the courtyard there is a cloister with open colonnades.

1927, the building by the American Institute of Architects has been awarded as the most beautiful buildings in Northern California.