View Full Version : AMP Place l BRISBANE l 135m l ???fl


CHapmaN
April 23rd, 2004, 12:29 PM
AMP Place
Brisbane, Australia

HEIGHT: 135m
FLOORS: ?
COMPLETION: 1977
ARCHITECT: Peddle Thorp and Harvey


Many consider this Brisbane's first landmark scraper and was the city's tallest upon completion. Know locally as the "Gold tower" the glass on this building is a golden colour not usually seen on scrapers. It was also the first modernist "glass box" to be built in Brisbane and remains one the finest skyscrapers in the city's "Golden triangle".

looking up
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/8328/ampplace.jpg
taken back in 1981 when it was still the city's tallest
http://www.geocities.com/emeciton/oldskool1981.jpg
an aerial shot, showing how reflective the glass can be, blending in
http://www.geocities.com/emeciton/amp_cutout.jpg
another shot showing the reflective glass
http://www.geocities.com/emeciton/amp_cutout2.jpg
a shot of AMP place from the brisbane river alongside comalco place
http://www.geocities.com/emeciton/amp_cutout3.jpg

none of the photos are by me, if anyone's pissed i used ur photos just say so and i'll take 'em down

AtlanticaC5
April 23rd, 2004, 02:54 PM
7.5/10 The shape and facade is nice, even though I think it would look better "glass-coloured", not gold

TYW
April 23rd, 2004, 04:29 PM
nice building. the glass helped a lot;)
7.5/10

Kaneda
April 23rd, 2004, 10:07 PM
Nice shape and a good bronze/gold color. :) 7/10

Wu-Gambino
April 24th, 2004, 03:05 AM
7/10

Nice shape, except I don't liek the gold.

The Messiah
April 25th, 2004, 09:37 PM
Nice shape,and i do like the gold colour ;)
7.5/10

james2390
May 4th, 2004, 03:04 AM
Not bad! 8/10

Avatar
May 8th, 2004, 04:41 PM
10/10

most of my votes go to the reflective gold glass, even more points if its twin - Comalco place were still gold. At one stage they were both golden! It reminds me of Mandalay Bay one of my favourite buildings in the world.

I thought they were designed by Peddle, Thorp and Walker same as Gateway Plaza another of my favourites. It is also sometimes known as AMP Centre from what I can make out.

http://images.google.com.au/images?q=tbn:LRA1XLqE6zkJ:www.peddlethorp.com.au/PROJECTS/commerce/images/amp1.gif

New Jack City
May 8th, 2004, 06:31 PM
8/10...Gold, tall, reflective, and shiny you don't see that much often.

RafflesCity
August 15th, 2004, 03:32 PM
7.5/10

grand diva from the disco era

DamienK
August 15th, 2004, 06:06 PM
7/10. It's ok. I don't really like gold glass on buildings.

Shafick
August 21st, 2004, 05:18 AM
Beautiful....!!!..10...!!!!

:)

SeeMacau
August 25th, 2004, 06:03 AM
The gold color facade is very nice .. 9.5/10

Victhor
August 26th, 2004, 11:38 PM
Too ordinary, but not too bad, it's just glass!: 6,5

Muse
September 27th, 2004, 09:03 AM
...and what beautiful "just glass" it is!!

9.5

Fabio
January 22nd, 2005, 03:35 AM
8/10

interesting and looks nice on the context

Þróndeimr
March 12th, 2005, 01:56 PM
7/10

Monkey
March 13th, 2005, 06:46 PM
7.5

Nice colour but the overall design is pretty ordinary.

JDRS
March 25th, 2005, 03:08 PM
I like the glass, and it looks very modern, but I don't like the base, and the shape isn't great either.
7/10

Sonic from Padova
March 26th, 2005, 12:57 PM
7!

superskyline
March 29th, 2005, 01:37 AM
Very cool! Extra shinny, i like that!
7.5/10

Maroon Grown
March 30th, 2005, 06:47 AM
8.0 Thankyou ppl from a brisbane resident

Medo
April 1st, 2005, 05:30 AM
Nice one, 8.5/10

Orfeo
April 11th, 2005, 08:45 AM
The design is pretty simple but the colour of the glass makes it great.

9/10

SUPRARZPOWER
April 23rd, 2005, 03:16 AM
7/10 nice glass ordinary design

Perth4life14
April 23rd, 2005, 08:35 AM
woah 9/10! such sexy glass!

nikko
April 23rd, 2005, 02:18 PM
I love the reflective glass...but not a big fan of the design. Only because it has a twin I gave it a 9 :D

otherwise it would have been an 8.

DRAKKO
June 29th, 2005, 05:46 AM
8/10

Oriolus
August 3rd, 2005, 04:11 AM
Despite what the photos in this thread might suggest, AMP only appears gold under certain conditions. Most of the time its just regular blue glass but still no less impressive:

Taken by me last month
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/171/1003624s2tu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

El_Greco
August 8th, 2005, 02:20 AM
8.5/10

nerazzurri
October 24th, 2005, 01:56 AM
9.5/10 Gotta see it at dusk, its brilliant!

Intoxication
November 6th, 2005, 05:25 PM
8.5/10

Islandre
November 23rd, 2005, 07:05 PM
6.0/10 for a very dated color.

forvine
December 12th, 2005, 03:47 PM
7/10

Sinjin P.
December 17th, 2005, 01:41 PM
8/10

KJBrissy
February 4th, 2006, 04:13 AM
The building adds fantastic variety to the Brisbane Skyline. I love it because of that. 9/10

System_Halted
February 4th, 2006, 11:35 AM
Not bad. 7.5/10

Though I didn't like the color much.

anakin
February 4th, 2006, 01:04 PM
7,5/10

gutooo
July 22nd, 2006, 04:11 AM
8/10

clarky
July 22nd, 2006, 07:42 PM
8/10

ZZ-II
July 31st, 2006, 03:10 PM
wonderful tower 8/10

SactoSpam
December 6th, 2006, 10:25 PM
8/10

Skyman
March 21st, 2007, 06:24 AM
7/10

W!CKED
March 24th, 2007, 06:54 AM
7.5/10

Shumway
September 10th, 2007, 10:12 AM
...

MasonicStage™
September 11th, 2007, 12:25 PM
7,5/10

MelboyPete
September 23rd, 2007, 02:40 PM
7/10 one of BNE's nicer buildings.

Sound.
September 24th, 2007, 04:34 AM
7/10

Astralis
September 29th, 2007, 01:04 PM
7/10

rockin'.baltimorean
August 24th, 2008, 05:48 AM
7/10. love the bronze-colored glass......

henry hill
September 24th, 2008, 02:16 PM
8,5/10

Malbo
January 23rd, 2009, 01:54 PM
5.5

tonyssa
May 10th, 2009, 04:12 PM
7/10

Dockside
May 25th, 2009, 07:00 AM
9.5/10

This is pure sex, Brisbanes 1st all gold glass tower and still the best imo...:banana:

LMCA1990
May 25th, 2009, 10:50 AM
7/10

Jan Del Castillo
July 19th, 2009, 06:31 PM
8. Good building. Regards.

xavarreiro
September 2nd, 2009, 01:34 AM
8/10

national guard
May 14th, 2010, 03:58 PM
i did not see any pics.

Dimethyltryptamine
May 17th, 2010, 03:37 AM
This is it.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/60/196479707_89df266b0e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyron/196479707/sizes/l/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4244552191_3fcee02f4b_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colwal/4244552191/sizes/l/

sieradzanin1
May 21st, 2010, 05:03 PM
9/10

giangpro
May 28th, 2010, 12:05 PM
8/10

romanito
August 26th, 2010, 06:33 PM
9/10

Dimethyltryptamine
August 28th, 2010, 06:40 AM
9/10

mecanico242
February 6th, 2011, 08:35 AM
8.5/10

v-sun
February 15th, 2011, 08:58 AM
7/10

mr.hanoi
February 15th, 2011, 03:14 PM
8/10

yudibali2008
July 15th, 2011, 08:18 AM
8/10

mossimoh
December 11th, 2011, 09:19 PM
8/10

aarhusforever
December 12th, 2011, 06:56 PM
8/10

Geocarlos
December 24th, 2011, 03:18 AM
9/10

This is it.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/60/196479707_89df266b0e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyron/196479707/sizes/l/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4244552191_3fcee02f4b_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colwal/4244552191/sizes/l/

konik93
December 26th, 2011, 10:53 PM
7/10

SydneyCity
December 27th, 2011, 03:58 AM
7.5/10 :)

Nikkodemo
December 28th, 2011, 09:28 PM
7.5/10