Render;

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6154/6167664968_6a82b65265_o.jpg

you can't say its not different

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haha yes this is true, it has polarised opinion in the Aus forums.

Here's a render of the winning design by Fitpatrick & Partners from the ground up :)

I love the podium, it has some serious potential for LED lighting to creep up the 'cracks' and could be an interesting addition to Sydney's annual light exhibit, Vivid Sydney

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5356/bligh20street.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/bligh20street.jpg/)

http://www.ausgrid.com.au/Common/About-us/Newsroom/News-gallery/Blight-St-substation.aspx

Due to Sydney's extremely complicated planning system, this has just gone in as a 'Stage 2 Proposal' with the State Government's Department of Planning.

Was there a design change or something? I think there was a previous design/proposal for this side. That proposal had an open lobby almost as high as the white building on the left, am I right? What happend to it?

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Unfortunately, yes there has been a design and height change.

This was the previous concept:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2138/1527351962_53f58d9349_b.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/1526485247_65fe1c7ce1_b.jpg

205M/30L

However the site was acquired for the construction of a new CBD substation and as such the soaring atrium was scrapped and the building has been redesigned at a reduced height.