#Completed:Dept of Industry,Tourism/Resources -14st/55m/off (Canberra)

[abc]

This building is currently going up in town.

Old snap from cranes thread.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_0138.jpg

Article here. click on August edition.

http://www.canberraairport.com.au/ne_hu.htm

[abc]

From today... up to level 1

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_0555.jpg

[Malt]

how big will it be?
any renders?

[abc]

If you click on link in second post and dig around, you'll find it.

But it's 14 stories.

[Gertzy]

It looks pretty wierd the design, but it'll do I guess.

[Oriolus]

Render and article excerpt from abc's link:

http://img104.echo.cx/img104/3237/depttourism1vt.jpg

Consolidated Builders and Capital Property Group have announced that they will jointly build and own a major new commercial office building in Civic. Located on Section 52 Binara Street, Civic’s newest building will include 14 floors of the most modern and environmentally sensitive office space in Canberra.
The Commonwealth Department of Industry Tourism and Resources has signed a pre-committment agreement to lease back the accommodation for 15 years.
Designed to accommodate around 1500 people and three levels of parking for 260 cars, it will also feature an 80-place childcare facility and high quality
landscaping.

[abc]

Thanks for posting that Oriolus... on the render to give you an idea, the crane is on this side of the building so to speak..

[Gertzy]

I've got a Few Pictures of the Crane from my last Trip to Canberra, so I'll put this in later down the track.

[Auxodium]

wow i am again impressed :)

[ex0dus1985]

A photo i took today from the Corner of Akuna and Bunda Streets, Out the front of SAP House. Sorry about the angle of the photo, construction progress is up to the 5th floor.

http://img97.echo.cx/img97/9208/akunaandbunda8md.th.jpg (http://img97.echo.cx/my.php?image=akunaandbunda8md.jpg)

[CULWULLA]

thanks guys. ill update Emporis!

[abc]

From outside the Casino
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/a825781b.jpg

[Favco750]

abc, can you get a close up of the crane like the awesome one you got at Section 84??, and post on the crane thread, the little numbers on the side is what I am chasing?? Thanks :)

[abc]

Starting to show itself... 6 floors up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_0843.jpg

[ex0dus1985]

Update from today:
http://img283.imageshack.us/img283/8076/deptofindustrytourism20bo.th.jpg (http://img283.imageshack.us/my.php?image=deptofindustrytourism20bo.jpg)

Another angle:
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3292/deptofindustrytourism18pu.th.jpg (http://img56.imageshack.us/my.php?image=deptofindustrytourism18pu.jpg)

Floors are up to level 10, another 4 to go. From the side, it looks bloody huge! It's almost 100 metres long on one side but only 30 or so metres on the other.

[Gertzy]

It looks like that they're Demolishing the Building and stripping it, than Putting it Under Construction.

[abc]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_0988.jpg

[Gertzy]

How many metres is this building, looks like it has a huge amount of floor space and floor height seems tall for floor height.

[abc]

This building now has quite a bit of glass on the lower floors..

It's now also taller than the crane!.. will take some snaps shortly.

[ex0dus1985]

The cladding looks pretty good, a milky green glass, i've driven through there a few times and thought, i should bring my camera down too. I dunno what they were thinking when they did the original render, but it looked rather pink to me...

[abc]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/c385edd9.jpg

[nsn]

Those claddings look so cheap and nasty up close. This one gets the big thumbs down...

[ex0dus1985]

Photo from Mt. Ainslie:

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/5896/departmentofindustrytourismres.th.jpg (http://img66.imageshack.us/my.php?image=departmentofindustrytourismres.jpg)

[abc]

Sunday morning
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1268.jpg

[abc]

almost done
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1468.jpg

poking out behing SAP House
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1476.jpg

[shaggers_jr]

Those claddings look so cheap and nasty up close. This one gets the big thumbs down...

I agree, who keeps designing this Leogland crap? Canberra deserves better.

[GMAC]

I actually like the dark green cladding on the top part but the rest does look like typical canberra cladding which is all a bit boring. Actually, that dark green cladding is what they should have used on Q1.

[steve_nova]

The better stuff will come in time I'm pretty sure, all cities seem to have this bland generic building type. Its about as interesting to look at as a pile of mortar but still important helping to fill the gaps between the better stuff to come (hopefully).

[cristobal_underscore]

Canberra Is way too conservative with those buildings, But soem of those building in the west like 18 marcus clarck street looks pretty good, moving towards the future with design. The building is Okay but they could have had a better design than that legoland crap.

[abc]

crane went up two days before XMAS 2004.... came down yesterday.

[cristobal_underscore]

So is it done yet?

[abc]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_0097.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_0098.jpg

[Avatar]

Foulness. It does look like legoland.

What an ugly addition to the city. I hate this new stylistic need to add little random areas to each building ... those small squared out area are trying too hard. Those two little wings have got to go as well. Overall vulgar. Hmm and no reflectivity to hide some of its ugliness.

Sorry not trying to be mean but it is ugly.

[shaggers_jr]

For once I agree - another cookie cutter piece of crap done on the cheap. Canberra deserves better.

[Avatar]

I prefer SAP house.

[Gertzy]

This is one cool glassy building, reminds me of scarbourough house as well actually, did the same people who did this one, also oversee the reconstruction of Scarbourough house.

[abc]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_0726.jpg

[shaggers_jr]

Egh, this building hurts my eyes.

[cristobal_underscore]

^^Agreed, Ugly as Hell.

I don't care if it is all' Eco this eco that' it is still an eyesore.