time for new thread.
old thread here>
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=5133192#post5133192
current height as of today is lev60 or 61 or 176m/180m.

a render reminder (cottee parker)
http://www.cotteeparker.com.au/images/projects/multi_res/popups/aurora_popup01.jpg

rear view
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7940/aurorarear2up.jpg

some recent pix.


defec8r
http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_5995_1024.jpg

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_1118_683.jpg


jayt
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9130/picture1047ut.jpg

Pictures this morning.

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/4306/picture1086jc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/9844/picture1117uz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

yeah looks like lev59 in box.
thanks

Creeping up over CP1 - taken last tuesday.
http://www.ephix.net/filedump/aurora1.jpg
http://www.ephix.net/filedump/aurora2.jpg

Nice shot ephix.

Its looking more intersting from the back now, the glass section kind of juts out and is framed with a concrete box. Looks good - well that bit does, the rest of the tower is pretty average IMHO. It looks like its getting better as it gets higher though.

Oh - the podium level wall facing Wharf Street is an extreemly bad outcome, concrete panels hiding a car park? I don't know how you guys could like this. At least they have tried to make Riparians car park section look interesting - this is just plain ugly.

Sorry but you know me - I have an opinion and am not afraid to use it!

Maybe it's just me, but to me, as I drive into work most days, it doesn't look to have increased in height for at least a month.

Sorry but you know me - I have an opinion and am not afraid to use it!

Don't apologise JayT - nobody needs to apologise for their opinion as long as they have justified it, as you have done. :)

Today:
http://www.shadodotnet.net/photos/brisbane/20050823/images/IMG_06241.jpg
http://www.shadodotnet.net/photos/brisbane/20050823/images/IMG_06571.jpg

looks every inch 60storeys!top shot
http://www.shadodotnet.net/photos/brisbane/20050823/images/IMG_06241.jpg

Lookin' good. Nice pics :)

FUCK.

shadow, that pic cul quoted is ... amazing.

Not only does the building looks awesome but it looks freakin 250m.
lol!

Cant wait for it to be taller and be painted, AND have the glass iris.

Here's the original if you want:

1.2 MB (http://www.shadodotnet.net/linked/SSC/large_IMG_06241.jpg)

Crazy Fact: Aurora is the 115th tallest building under construction in the world right now and the 4th tallest under construction in Australia. (Source:Emporis)

Crazy Fact: Aurora is the 115th tallest building under construction in the world right now and the 4th tallest under construction in Australia. (Source:Emporis)

What are the other three tallest buildings under construction, Q1, Eureka, Circle?

Yep.
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/9720/aurora74jr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thanks for the big pic Shado. I took a piece of it, you can see the beginning of the glass section. Anyone know what colour is the glass going to be?? Green then blue futher up or entirely blue(ish) like this render?

http://www.auroracbd.com.au/images/photos/hi-rise%20model.jpg

I havn't seen this one before. From RealEstate.com.au

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3889/aurorared2bn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

What are the other three tallest buildings under construction, Q1, Eureka, Circle?

currently the tallest bldgs uc in oz are>
OVER 150m
16 towers!

Q1/GC-322m (will be taken of list in 1 month)
Eureka/Mel-297m
Circle on cav north/GC-219.5m
Aurora/brs-207m
FWP1/mel-205m (removed soon)
meriton/syd-170m
Verve/mel-170m
westpac/syd-166m
E&Y/mel-165m (removed soon)
SX/mel-163m (removed soon)
RDT/mel-162m (removed soon)
Circle on cav south/GC-158m
Lumiere/syd-151m
Bris sq/bris-151m
aspect/syd-150m
UWS/mel-150m (removed soon)

thats a lovely render, but the perspective looks all wrong. like it seems to be to scale, but CP1 looks alot shorter than in photos from that same angle.

Photos today

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/2383/picture0194tn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/556/picture0212xh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/8724/picture0673je.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6808/picture0680mb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

When do u think the glass section will be visible (sorry if this has been answered before).

When do u think the glass section will be visible (sorry if this has been answered before).
It already is visible.

no it isnt. Not enough to class it as such

U cannot clearly see it yet.

Wait for them to remove the caging a bit and u will be able to.

You can see the bottom of the glass section at the rear of the building, but only just.

no it isnt. Not enough to class it as such

U cannot clearly see it yet.

Wait for them to remove the caging a bit and u will be able to.

You can now - another rise has occured today:D

Just a question, are people expecting reflective glass as in the renderings? You know buildings don't often look exactly like the renderings and Aurora is just one example - sorry to dissapoint. The glass in the renderings is depicted as blue reflective (yuck) and in reality its looking more like black glass with a little reflection - much better in my opinion. Look at Felix as they are very similar towers.

Any resemblance to Felix would be fantastic IMO. It's my favourite Brisbane resi. So far I'm kind of wishing that Aurora & Felix would swap heights.

Any resemblance to Felix would be fantastic IMO. It's my favourite Brisbane resi. So far I'm kind of wishing that Aurora & Felix would swap heights.
I'm with you there - I love Felix too. It's the same architect, Cottee Parker, but the colour scheme will be different. I hope they use red somewhere though - love red on buildings.

the blades atop Aurora look reddish ,more brown though.

Just a question, are people expecting reflective glass as in the renderings? You know buildings don't often look exactly like the renderings and Aurora is just one example - sorry to dissapoint. The glass in the renderings is depicted as blue reflective (yuck) and in reality its looking more like black glass with a little reflection - much better in my opinion. Look at Felix as they are very similar towers.

While the larger render on the previous page does show very reflective blueish glass in the upper section of the tower, it isn't clear that the glass on the body of the tower is the same. However this render does show dark glass and a bas that seems quite consistant with the real thing....

http://www.cotteeparker.com.au/images/projects/multi_res/popups/aurora_popup02.jpg

I don't particularly expect it to follow the render perfectly, especially with the reflectiness of the glass but it seems to have done a decent job so far. As Malt said, at least previous to the rise today, it was quite difficult to determine much about the glass would look like. I wouldn't be surprised if they used a different kind of glass for the central column section - especially after your pictures of the rear....they seem to have changed glass at the back, why not the front?

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/6808/picture0680mb.jpg

But I havn't seen it yet, so perhaps your right.

This is old, but I can't remember seeing this shot here -

http://www.pd.com.au/auroracbd/P1000151.jpg

The glass is definately blue and the relfectivity is hard to tell with it being so overcast but it doesn't seem to be particularly strong at this point. Quite similar to that of Felix really.

You can now - another rise has occured today:D

Just a question, are people expecting reflective glass as in the renderings? You know buildings don't often look exactly like the renderings and Aurora is just one example - sorry to dissapoint. The glass in the renderings is depicted as blue reflective (yuck) and in reality its looking more like black glass with a little reflection - much better in my opinion. Look at Felix as they are very similar towers.
so finally reaches lev60. another milestone at 176m, its just surpassed CP1 to become 2nd tallest in brisb.c

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/7964/picture1174uc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
^^ ^^
This morning

Its actually 61 in box now isnt it?

Another rise is occuring as I type this. She's moving pretty fast!

lev61 = 180m! or 190mRL.
must be looking impressive.

Looking fantastic, even the back of the building is already taking on a new life with only 3 of the new plate floors fully visible.

Another rise occured about an hour ago.

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_1529_768.jpg
taken this afternoon... Aurora grabbing centre stage off the big R :cheers:

Nice, rising quickly this one.

wont b long now

Nice pic defec! Imagine that with, Aurora, Brissie Square & Vision complete! :)

Another rise today, now 63 in the box. I've got a photo but it's a bit too silly to post.

cool. level 63= 186m high. or 196mRL. thats only 8m lower then Riparians 204m roofRL.

dont tease us. please post the pic.lol

What amazes me most about that photo is how graceful Riparian looks on the skyline now. How did we live without it?!

same old view (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_6181_1024.jpg)

didnt u have another photo a couple of weeks ago also with a bird in that view :|

what are the chances eh

I am not kidding when I say this, but I was having lunch at the lookout today and I swear that exact magpie came next to me and we had a staring contest!

didnt u have another photo a couple of weeks ago also with a bird in that view :|

what are the chances eh
last photo was a Butcherbird, latest pic is a Magpie.
good stuff.

Nice defec. You must feed them do you? You reckon you can get any other species with Aurora in the background?

That one looks like a nominate race female Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen tibicen). The previous photo looked like a immature Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) :)

^ I sometimes tear off and throw little bits of raw meat to the birds, which they seem to enjoy. Hope that's not doing them an ill turn?

Regular visitors are a couple of magpies (pretty sure one is the other's parent) and a pair of grey butcherbirds. Actually four - one pair moved in and replaced the old two, though sometimes I see the occasional dogfight and hear separate duets going on at the same time - shouting matches.

some pics...

maggie having a drink (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bird/IMG_6148.jpg)
butch having a drink (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bird/IMG_1087.jpg)
in outta the rain (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bird/IMG_5536.jpg)
mmm lamb chops (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bird/IMG_5161.jpg)
greedy (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bird/IMG_5228.jpg)
they can have that computer it's buggered (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bird/IMG_1102.jpg)
different bird (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bird/IMG_5955.jpg)

lol nice pics :D

I posted ur win photo in world forums in a thread Oriolus made. btw.

Submit it in ext photo contest, no joke. do it :|

You mean the Story Bridge night panorama? Ok I'll throw it in next week's UPC. I can imagine it better though - higher, extra row of images with sky/sunset detail and Aurora fully grown.

night time shots win, and when someone does a really good one u cant ignore it :O

Will Aurora have a spire-if so how tall?

Originally it was going to, but not anymore.

A sleepy little town on last friday nite feat aurora:

http://static.flickr.com/31/44150175_1be2975523_b.jpg

:eek2:

sweet photo dude!

top pic defec! Aurora doesnt look much shorter then riparian.
brissy is looking good.

looks fkn awesome.

Beautiful Photo.

I thought it was defec8rs before i read the posters name.
nice job

oops, on ya locke!

ahaha didnt notice you did it too.

Locke, this is quite a compliment that we both mistook u for Defec.

(he is arguably the forums best photographer )

Hell yeah, top marks to locke for that pic!! :) Awesome.

A sleepy little town on last friday nite feat aurora:

http://static.flickr.com/31/44150175_1be2975523_b.jpg


same view 2008
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4435/auroraskyime8su.jpg

That's one amazing picture.

now we are officially backslapping again - wow way to go - great pics Locke -- lol

sorry if this has been answered before.
when will it reach 207m?

Soon........ If you look in the picture above they are currently working on the horizontal glass section so probably close to the end of the year.

so it'd be taller than riparian already...or at least in a few weeks

Yeah to roof it will be higher, and because of its RL it will look even higher.

BRISBANE- I think Aurora is currently lev64 or 189m? we need a clos up pic. it has been going up a floor a week. still another 5 or so, thus 5 weeks to top out? it once had a spire in design which was 238m high.
pic from nagalixon
view from 220mapprox (uip rips antenna).

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/1077/ripaian30470xy.jpg

^
it is at least 64 in core at the moment, perhaphs higher since I havn't been close up for about a week now.

thanks orfeo- so le64 is 189m or RL199m. still 5m below Riparians 204mRL. wow, so next week it should equal its height?

Still 64

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/d5b9393f.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/IMG_0036.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/IMG_0043.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/IMG_0044.jpg

Once it is painted I think the blue glass will become much more obvious.

nest rise equals Riparians RL height of 204m.
this really does look like a smart /safe design.not run of the mill.
So i think Riaprian topped out in march , so its only been numero uno for approx 8 months? looks like Aurora will surpass it next month. bit of history!
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/IMG_0036.jpg

excellent pi\x orfeo!

Horrible picture, but I took it out of a moving car:

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/6456/aur1hl.jpg

bah, i think your underestimating yourself there ;)

I think you have a good eye, aswell as a good camera :D

not bad at all for a moving car lol.

Is it just me, or are they already painting the exterior of the lower levels?

theyre painting them yes

I don't know if this has been posted, but algamated property group now has completion dated for April 2006. Not too long ago, they said it was December this year (or January next. I forgot)

^It will look completed externally at xmas but i suppose internally it wont be done until april.

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_6214_1024.jpg

Aurora looms impressively while driving in along Ann Street... picture doesn't really show it, you gotta be there.

Also making its presence felt from Waterworks Road in Ashgrove.

I haven't been down Eagle Street in a while, gotta say driving up it Aurora was BIG already, the fact it's on a hill helps no doubt.

looking at Auroras rear elevation from defecs pic., it looks like the corebox has the floor above the 12 curved blue balcs levels in it
model showing same rear.
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7940/aurorarear2up.jpg

recent pic by aussie buoy
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y246/AussieBhoy/BrisSep2005/GallowaysHillview4.jpg

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/9253/102689253ml1127375245.jpg

Have all apartments been sold?

I'm imagining quite a few will go on the market as this nears completion.

Some shots of Aurora this morning - check out the vehicle being lifted up by the crane.

Early Aurora
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3845/picture0377sx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5448/picture0504jq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6353/picture0511bi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8497/picture0554yr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5359/picture0841fb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9956/picture0873vu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6480/picture0881xw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2281/picture0852fr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

great shots. the truck looks so small up there!

hey ive noticed from riverside you can see Aurora all the way down nearly to street! why? isnt there anything across the road? is Customs House some where there?
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3845/picture0377sx.jpg

^^
Customs house is in front - if you look carefully you can just see the top of the green dome and a white flag pole.

Here is another one I took this morning.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/4152/picture0543dq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I'll be up in Brissy in early December - will Aurora top out by then?

Aurora has 5 more floors to go or 5 weeks, so should top out in mid nov.

Was up in brisbane on Sunday and i must say Aurora is looking damn fine. It's a bit skinnyer than i first thought, as its got higher, but its not really that bad.

LOOK WHAT I FOUND WHILE SEARCHING GOOGLE!

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=834689
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=832143
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=421773
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=497023

I like.

^ Some nice angles there!!

from early this year aurora has gone up so fast. but since mid-september is hasn't seemed to have grown at all. what do they have 1 peson working up there or something? also is auroras RL higher or lower than riparians?

The roof is about 7 metres taller than Riparians

from early this year aurora has gone up so fast. but since mid-september is hasn't seemed to have grown at all. what do they have 1 peson working up there or something? also is auroras RL higher or lower than riparians?

afaik it has been very consistent with a floor rise a week since the start of the year. I would say it looks like it has slowed down because of how much taller it looks.

From the start of the year it was just below the mbf building, and since it has overtaken it tremendously then theres nothing else around it to make it look like its rising.

what the ####? all the times were buggered and when i pressed a link it said a hacker has screwed the site?

see this link

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showt...95&page=1&pp=20

I don't know if anyone has noticed this but on the right of the building, they've always had a one or two storey metal tower. (It can be seen from spring Hill) It's a good indication of how fast it's growing. In fact, the metal tower hasn't been put up since the building itself caught up with it mid-september.

I tend to agree with Grantus, I think you'll find the building has been moving at roughly the same pace, it just *appears* to be moving slower due to the fact it is now so large and towers over the rest of the city. A good way to gauge has been since the reveal of the 'blue glass' at the top of the tower. That has been slowly getting revealed over the last few weeks - at a reasonably steady pace.

But I think it *may* have slowed in the last week, I have noticed a number of other sites seem to have had a couple of RDO's recently, and Aurora may be no exception.

It has definately slowed down in the last week, I walk past daily on the way to work and there have been 6 glass panels at the back of the building for quite a while now. Yesterday morning they didnt even have the footpath blocked off (which is odd for a normal workday). Someone mentioned earlier that they might have been reconfiguring the box for the upper levels which would explain it.

It has definately slowed down in the last week, I walk past daily on the way to work and there have been 6 glass panels at the back of the building for quite a while now. Yesterday morning they didnt even have the footpath blocked off (which is odd for a normal workday). Someone mentioned earlier that they might have been reconfiguring the box for the upper levels which would explain it.

I don't think there was any work on any major developments on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Brisbane Square was shut down for both days. Strike or RDO's?

it was RDO's!

Still at 64, hasn't moved for over a fornight now.

As well as RDO's, I tend to agree with Dorigen that part of it is the fact that the floorplate is changing again. The metal tower that 1 gtar mentioned, is that the top of the builders lift?

There busy 'doing things' this morning. I noticed that big pieces of the core walls - or whatever they are called are being lowered down. Looks like the building is changing shape.

Its a significant change anyway - biggest since the glass started a few months ago.

I took pictures but I have to get ready for work so I'll put them on tonight;)

Hi Guys - when I said Busy things I thought it was going to be a massive day for Aurora. This morning early there was a great deal of activity on the tower, removing the core panels ect. It looks like they haven't done much since as the tower looks similar to this morning - though different from Yesterday. It looks like the core is changing shape.

BRISBANE, aurora's roof level is 198m's i think, while riparian's is 200m. Aurora's fins/blades or 'architectural features' take the buildings height to 207m. (correct me if iam wrong.)

I'm pretty sure that's right, although officially the building is 207m. A while ago there was discussion on the forums as to whether or not it should be given the title of tallest tower in Brisbane.

^ nah things have changed a while back when i found out the height of Aurora was extended from 67storeys to 69 storeys or from 201m to 207m. The top floor is 199m but you wont see this level as it has a 7m wall around it. thus reaching 206m. The rear LMR goes to full 207m the blades rise up to same height as main roof which is 206m.

see here what i mean>
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7940/aurorarear2up.jpg

Is that actually a genuine render of what aurora will look like?

I walked past auroras podium this morning and was surpirsed at how excellent it was looking.

Is that actually a genuine render of what aurora will look like? Yep, thats what it will look like from the back.

jeesus, wait one more week and nothing will have happened 4 a month. the construction of this looks way different than riparian. i wish they'd remove the bloody caging.

Atleast its overall being built quicker than riparian was.

they've started to paint the cement on the back. a lightish creamy colour it would seem. - as observed when walking home past the UQ medical building in herston this morning.

shit this is slow. the crane seems to be moving alot more in the last few days but nothing has happened

shit this is slow. the crane seems to be moving alot more in the last few days but nothing has happened

Patience BRISBANE, patience.

i think your used to Aurora racing up a floor evry 5days. this is the teasing part of construction.The builders know the ssc members are watching its every move .they know its a new tallest .lol

Four to go... we've finally hit 65 today.

rotten afternoon (http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_6277_1024.jpg)

great. lev65= 192m or RL202m. next rise surpasses Riparian.

The crane rose today. It's noe the same height as the tower will be. I think.

I just realized something - 207m divided by 69 storeys = exactly 3m. That means the Aurora has a lower height per floor ratio then any existing building in the world over 200m. Current lowest is Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta with 220m/73storeys = 3.01369863. See thisd thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=250359) for more details.

They like to squeeze em in for the resi buildings. However, those architectual things they have on the roof make them a bit taller. Shouldn't you be measuring it from the highest appartment? That would make the floors even shorter.

I just realized something - 207m divided by 69 storeys = exactly 3m. That means the Aurora has a lower height per floor ratio then any existing building in the world over 200m. Current lowest is Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta with 220m/73storeys = 3.01369863. See thisd thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=250359) for more details.
from plans , the typical floor to floor is 2.85m.there are some lower floors that are over 3m also plant.

Bit of a milestone for Aurora today - She's had another core rise.

I think this makes Aurora the tallest now in Brisbane.
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/9040/picture0017ju.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Sorry about the quality of these photos - the light isn't very good today.
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/1681/picture0040be.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

You can clearly see the top is changing now quite a bit.
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/997/picture0079ch.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

so level 66?
the crane must be in top 5 tallest points in southern hemisphere.
How many metres now?

no, that makes it 198m i think. next rise and it will be 1m taller.

Couple more - some bigger ones;)

Skyline Pic
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/395/picture0017nw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/2238/picture0043gq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Looking good, almost there. Does anyone know the actual scheduled completion date?

great lev66= 195m or RL205m which makes it 1m higher then Riparians RL. woohoo
the crane rises appro 50m above corebox,thus 245m or height of Vision.
The construction should top out in late nov, and tower should open march2006ish.
great photos jayt

So brisbane has a new tallest! :)

Well Aurora isn't Brisbane's tallest building...yet. It's just Brisbane's highest building.

things have changed a while back when i found out the height of Aurora was extended from 67storeys to 69 storeys or from 201m to 207m. The top floor is 199m but you wont see this level as it has a 7m wall around it. thus reaching 206m. The rear LMR goes to full 207m the blades rise up to same height as main roof which is 206m.Now I was looking at the renders trying to work at exactly were Aurora's at, and I realised (unless I'm missing something) that all the ones we have are 67 floors - there aren't any renders of Aurora at 69 floors. And it doesn't look like the upper sections of the tower are all that faithful to the renders we have now - is it possible the top of the tower could look quite different to the renders we have?

Well Aurora isn't Brisbane's tallest building...yet. It's just Brisbane's highest building.

Now I was looking at the renders trying to work at exactly were Aurora's at, and I realised (unless I'm missing something) that all the ones we have are 67 floors - there aren't any renders of Aurora at 69 floors. And it doesn't look like the upper sections of the tower are all that faithful to the renders we have now - is it possible the top of the tower could look quite different to the renders we have?

There was a render at 69 floors about 2 or 3 threads back - it was a big picture. The floors were added on to middle section.

I read somewhere recently that the first people will be moving in around April 2006.

Looking good:)

Dwarfs everything in its immediate area. :eek:

So what colour is the concrete going to be rendered?

Amalgamated property group says april next year for completion.

Picture taken last night:
http://www.shadodotnet.net/photos/Brisbane/20051022/Shado_2005-10-22-BNE-IMG_7327.jpg

Pity how ugly aurora is from the rear - same with riparian.

i dont know. i think Auroras has a nice rear.
looking at photo,theres 1 more large l\floor plate to go then the smaller upper levels .
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7940/aurorarear2up.jpg

Is that top bit all glass?

someone requested a new render of Aurora at 69 levels high
http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/2416/auorabrisbane0fa.jpg

What will be at the base of this tower? Retail / cafes? Or will it just be an entrance to the residential tower?

^^ Thanks Cul. So the two extra floors are inserted just below the glass.

compare>
http://www.cotteeparker.com.au/images/projects/multi_res/popups/aurora_popup01.jpg

Cant wait to see this one when its painted. I have to say I am impressed with the back, there is a lot more glass than I had expected, I just cant wait till they top out in a couple of weeks. They must be working on the top residential level by now arent they, anyone got an update pic? There is so little to go that its hard to tell when something happens.

I think it's still only level 67 in the core.

67 in the box after a rise this morning I think...

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_6354_1024.jpg

How high now?

What level is the highest residential floor, because looking at the above pic three of the top four levels are there, or at least you can see the windows?

How high now?
Look at the picture.

LOL!!

great pic defec
67 in dabox = 198m. or RL208m
gmac- i think the highest resi floor =67. theres 2 levels in the top plantroom section.

What level is the highest residential floor, because looking at the above pic three of the top four levels are there, or at least you can see the windows?The top levels you can see are 64-67 -- 66 is half covered by the white wall and 67 is behind the blue wall.

zoomed pic from the old camera: http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_4856_800.jpg

next rise, it will join the 200m club.

Yey, so next rise it will be equal to riparian (soz but i get all the RL stuff mixed up).

67 in the box after a rise this morning I think...

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_6354_1024.jpg^^ Nice pic. Poor (but fabulous) CP1 looks squat now. Next will be Vision to make Riparian and Aurora look squat lol.

This reminds one of what Perth went thru in the late 80s/early 90s, suddenly changing the skyline forever with the construction
of its very talls; BankWest Tower (formerly R&I) and Central Park.

Yey, so next rise it will be equal to riparian (soz but i get all the RL stuff mixed up).
next rise Aurora will be 201m (1m higher then Riparian) or 211mRL which is7m clear of Riparians roof RL of 204m.
cheers

This afternoon:
http://www.shadodotnet.net/photos/brisbane/20051028/Shado_2005-10-28_Brisbane_AuroraUC.jpg

Closer:
http://www.shadodotnet.net/photos/brisbane/20051028/IMG_7438-4.jpg

The top looks weird, but I really like it.

Yowser!! Beautiful pics there Shado :)

Front glass is visible looks good

Closer:
http://www.shadodotnet.net/photos/brisbane/20051028/IMG_7438-4.jpg

Its amazing how small it makes the other buildings look. I mean Emirates is quite big in its own right but next to Aurora it looks puny. Given Aurora's floor height it looks much further back and hence larger too.

great pix shado
hey the core box is going. maybe being reduced to cater for the much smaller upper floors.
that photo is great showing a former "tallest in Brisbane" with a new tallest!
The 16storey in front of Emirates. It was first highrise in Brisbane to break 40m hieght. In 1965 reaching 200ft/61m. There was a bldg taller (Torbreck) but this was 2km from CBD out at Highgate.
cheers

Its interesting how the whole way up the tower the floors have really closely followed the walls and corebox if you can call it that with this sort of construction, but they havent poored any of the top 3 residential floors yet.

Today:

http://www.shadodotnet.net/photos/brisbane/20051031/IMG_7568.jpg

http://www.shadodotnet.net/photos/brisbane/20051031/IMG_7581.jpg

Farking tall. Hard to believe the WTC was twice that height.

and the new tallest towers in dubai and india are 4 x that height. OH GOD.

I must say Aurora is starting to scrub up quite nicely, and in its position has much more of an impact than Riparian on the skyline.

from now to the end this will be the really slow bit, have to put in all the glass and curved glass roof.

All we can do is hope that we don't have Riparian job at the end.

and the new tallest towers in dubai and india are 4 x that height. OH GOD.
the current tallest is approx 350m (roof-300m).Most of new towers range from 250m-400m high, so not quite double. Only the Burj Dubai (705m) will be just over 3 times as high.
I think 207m is a very impressive height!

I thought they weren't releasing the official height of the Dubai tower and that there were rumpurs it would reach 900m.
Even so, the solar tower in New South Wales will be 1000m- 5 times the height of aurora.

^ the 705m is the approved height for the tower. Thye have to submit amendments for additions. It just seems so weird thay could keep it secret from public. The plans should be lodged with council which is allowed to be public knowledge.
The Solar Tower was going to be a 200MW project but latest news (Sept) was there now working on a 50MW structure. The height and bulk havent been decided yet but it does sound to have shrunk to under 500m.

If ur wondering what tower in india, it is 'nodia' tower. Apparently it has been approved and should be around the 700m mark. Spokesman from Burj Dubai said they will keep adding floors until Burj Dubai gets the title.

what the??? india with a 700m tower. it barely has towers over 100m and they wanna go straight for the title. who the hell in india has that sought of money?

If ur wondering what tower in india, it is 'nodia' tower. Apparently it has been approved and should be around the 700m mark. Spokesman from Burj Dubai said they will keep adding floors until Burj Dubai gets the title.
more like adding a longer spire..

Gee Aurora is looking a hell of a lot better now. I wish it was in Melbourne instead of fwp1 cos it is a much classier tower. It has also taken the focus off Ripiarian which is ugly compared to it. How good will Brisbane look once you have vision??

what the??? india with a 700m tower. it barely has towers over 100m and they wanna go straight for the title. who the hell in india has that sought of money?

Not India- Dubai- The united arib emirates in the middle east. It's speedy development makes Brisbane look like crap.
On one street, they even have a crane traffic control.

Fark, thats gettin Tall, much taller since the last time I saw it.

Not India- Dubai- The united arib emirates in the middle east. It's speedy development makes Brisbane look like crap.
On one street, they even have a crane traffic control.

Maroon was talking about Noida tower, which is in India.

the silly noidia tower has been mooted for years.
anyway

woops, thought it was recent news, owell.

Not India- Dubai- The united arib emirates in the middle east. It's speedy development makes Brisbane look like crap.
On one street, they even have a crane traffic control.

everyone knows dubai :wallbash:

Dubai Schmubai.... lol

Anyways, i'll get to see this 1st hand on the weekend. Last time i saw Aurora, it was only a baby still. :)

dw wezza u will be rather impressed i think.

Gee Aurora is looking a hell of a lot better now. I wish it was in Melbourne instead of fwp1 cos it is a much classier tower. Wow, I'm suprised to hear anyone say that. Give me FWP anyday. Aurora is looking a bit better in those last few photos but the glass still seems dull and ineffective and the rest of it is still quite bland. I'm sure it'll scrub up okay but I don't think it'll ever be one I really like.

Gee Aurora is looking a hell of a lot better now. I wish it was in Melbourne instead of fwp1 cos it is a much classier tower.

Back in your box now ;)

Gee Aurora is looking a hell of a lot better now. I wish it was in Melbourne instead of fwp1 cos it is a much classier tower. It has also taken the focus off Ripiarian which is ugly compared to it.
Eww - what kind of drugs are you on :jk:

Freshwater Place is one of my fav buildings going up in Australia - its much better than Aurora (my personal opinion). Aurora is pretty ugla - especially from the back - and Riparian is much better looking. Hopefully they will do something nice to Aurora as its still underconstruction.

I think it will look a lot better when it is painted

http://i.pbase.com/v3/93/329493/1/51226994.BrisbaneOct05675.jpg

Aurora is pretty ugla - especially from the back - and Riparian is much better looking. Hopefully they will do something nice to Aurora as its still underconstruction.

Hmm, I thought you said Aurora looked ugly but the back looked better than the front? Unless that was someone else. :tongue3:

As for how good Aurora is looking, I think it's great...I especially am an huge fan of the top section of the tower.

Well it looks better than Riparian, that's for sure! Though I think it's outclassed by the Gold Coast residentials like ConC, Soul, Q1 etc.

Having said that, I see Aurora as more of a warming up act for Vision, which will be the first truly good lookin tally in Brisbane since CP1.

Aurora is a better overall tower then fwp1. more interesting. bland blade stuck on a huge podium.
Aurora has more presence.

Aurora is going to be one hell of a gorgeous tower when finished, no doubt about it. I find it hard to compare it to FWP1, which I also love, cos they are totally different styles of buildings designed for two totally different sites. Aurora would not look anywhere near as good at Southbank Melbourne, just like FWP1 wouldnt look as good on the Aurora site.

After seeing Aurora on the weekend for the 1st time in about a year, i was quite impressed. It has a huge presence, so imposing. It's great how you can see the tops of Aurora & Riparian from places where you would not have otherwise seen any towers beforehand.

I stick by my comments AURORA ROCKS and FWP1 is lame.
The design of Aurora is just so much better and once completed will look a lot better. Oh and it's 2m higher isn't it.

I think the reason Aurora has more impact than Riparian is that, at least from the south, it appears to be a very dark building, with only the sky behind it, as opposed to the white of Riparian, and as such is more striking to the eye.

http://www.qtcu.asn.au/webcam/ShowImage.aspx?img=webcam01.jpg&h=188&w=384

Thanks Orfeo. I didn't know the Queensland Teachers Credit Union had a webcam? Aurora looks huge from that angle.

Here's the page for the webcam: http://www.qtcu.com.au/webcam/10minutes.asp
It's from the roof of the QTCA in St Pauls Tce, the Valley.

in the Emperor's voice:

RISE

Aurora hit 68 yesterday - here's a view of it from Mt Coot-tha taken early this morning

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_2307_1024.jpg

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_2307-IMG_2316_enblended.jpg

^^^^
It must have been early this morning - it is getting light at 4:30am, was probably more like late last night;)

Great Pic - whats with the lighting on the Casino, looks like a cake!!

Actually it was 3:22am, and probably the only thing still awake in town was the casino, which is why it stands out (that and lens flare). I thought about staying for a dawn photo but skies were grey :sleepy:

rediculous amount of zoom there?!!? amazing

You're right JayT, the casino looks fantastic!! :) Nice pics defec. Did you wet the bed last night or something? ;)

excellent defec! lev68= 204m. or RL214m, so its 10m higher then Riparians roof.
really stands out now.

thats amazing zoom and quality.

And lol. The casino IS a cake.

Fantastic pictures! thanks.

But this just goes to show, as being discussed in the other thread, the rooftop lighting of buildings in Brisbane for the most part really does suck.

Fantastic pictures! thanks.

But this just goes to show, as being discussed in the other thread, the rooftop lighting of buildings in Brisbane for the most part really does suck.

Interestingly, the photo has been taken after some roof lighting has been turned off. The arms of the pyramid on 111 George are lit in white earlier in the evening and I'm sure that the roof of CP1 has a blue strip of lights across the top.

Xcellent shots there. Just a point of interest does ripiarian light up at night at all.

Not right now, but we're hanging on to the possibility that it'll light up when more offices come in.

Fantastic pix, obviously late at night since CP1 has had it's blue neon turned off, I imagine at that time of night most fancy light systems might get switched off to save some money.

Though yeah, Riparian's lighting is crap, like it would kill em to run some neons along the top.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/6eefbdbb.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/IMG_0360.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/IMG_0358.jpg

Today...

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7504/img0384a4nq.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/IMG_0376.jpg

[IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/Orfeo4/IMG_0375.jpg

I've gotta say Iwasn't too impressed with Aurora when I first saw the render but now it's really grown on me. Will it be completed externally this year or will we have to wait till next?

I think the heritage part will look good against the building

I think the heritage part will look good against the building
I noticed yesterday they have re-painted the sign "Queensland Country Life". I think thats ironic - no?

I've gotta say Iwasn't too impressed with Aurora when I first saw the render but now it's really grown on me. Will it be completed externally this year or will we have to wait till next?

They reckon the exterior by the end of the year, but the whole thing will be done by about April (interor and all)

Yeah I think cos it never had any really good renders Aurora is a mildly pleasant surprise, I say mildly because there is nothing 'Wowoweewow' about it.

All the same it looks pretty good from the front. The back is another story, too much concrete, maybe some paint will fix it, at least one hopes.

yer i think the front is starting to look quite good now, but the back is very plain.

Nearly finished by the looks of the Mt Coot-ha photos, how Tall is it now 190m, 200m so on someone give me an estimate or Answer.

^^^

i agree, the front is nice, but the back is farken woeful ! :rant:

Oh well, at least its better than Riparian ! :puke:

Lozza

Nearly finished by the looks of the Mt Coot-ha photos, how Tall is it now 190m, 200m so on someone give me an estimate or Answer.
the corebox is being dismantled beacuse the typical floor has been compelted. now its the top plantroom section. Its approx 197m now with central core which runs from front to back yet to be constructed. also the 10m high walls will be built to encompass the core.

Looked good in the rainy mist this afternoon.

wait till they give the back a paint job. it will scrub up ok!

^^^

i agree, the front is nice, but the back is farken woeful ! :rant:

Oh well, at least its better than Riparian ! :puke:

Lozza
You're jumping to conclusions.

I have to disagree, I like Riparian better actually, especially with both sides alright.

The front is amazing but the back is not really the best.

I still think riparian wins my vote, but aurora has not fininished so it might change.

from Ann St - dog ugly but it seems to look taller from the back...

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/aur16.jpg

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/aur17.jpg

Eagle St -

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/aur19.jpg

Mt Gravatt -

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/IMG_6552_1280.jpg

excellent. i love this tower even from rear.

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/aur17.jpg

you can see what is left to build

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7940/aurorarear2up.jpg


skyline looks good. gee brisbane sq is huge.should stand out especially with the larger top 9 floors built!!
cheers

Yeah I was at the Kangaroo Point cliffs at sunset yesterday (great view btw) and Aurora looks like this big black monolith, looked great. Also was noticeaby taller to roof than Riparian due to the building sitting a bit higher up and that.

excellent. i love this tower even from rearYeah I guess the rear is brutal atm but pretty good really. It's the contrast with the front that takes away from it. Living on the northside I'm sick of looking at this tower's arse every day. Even so it's a hell of an improvement on Brissy's skyline of course.

What's crucial now is the colour scheme. Absolutely no admiralty vomit-tones, please choose from black/white/blue/dark grey.

Yesterday pre-storms

http://www.ct4host.lunarpages.com/bne/aur20.jpg

I quite like the back for a building that actually has a definite front and back design, and I think the changes at the top make all the difference, and of course the paint job will change things big time.

I was in town, a bit drunk on Friday night, but as I waited for a lift and looked up at Aurora it looked amazing. I was at the front of Customs House at about 2.30am, and there were storm clouds and mist just obscuring the top of Aurora, it looked so good. Wish I'd had my camera there, it would have been the best skyscraper picture I have ever taken.

I'm so used to see the scaffolding and lift core on Aurora, it will be so weird when it is taken down.

So 68 in the box is it? One more rise to go? Watching Nine news the other day it looked massive. It sure does make a mighty silhouette. Hopefully it'll look good in the harsh light of day as well by the time it's finished.

Aurora is a beauty, back and front is looking great so far and it's ginormous.

So 68 in the box is it? One more rise to go? Watching Nine news the other day it looked massive. It sure does make a mighty silhouette. Hopefully it'll look good in the harsh light of day as well by the time it's finished.
yes, there is one more floor but then theres the top plantroom section which is equal to 3 floors.(see model pic). the central core which is seen from rear rises to full 207m and then theres the 3storey high see-through walling for the plant.
ive been a bit wrong with my height estimates. its currently about 197m high top of corebox. So its RL= 207m which is 3m higher then Riaprians RL. you can see this is defecs pic above. so still another 10m or so! its end Rl will be 217m! or 13m higher then Riparians.

heres a simplistic diagram showing progress ,mmight make more sense
REAR ELEVATION
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/7126/aurorabris0pi.jpg

Did I see the corebox being dismantled this afternoon? Or was it just the angle I was looking at, cos from Peel St, South Brisbane, it looked like the front of the corebox was gone.

yeah the corebox will go now beacuse typical floors have finished. its now time for the top plantroom/core ect.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/danubiis/IMG_0091small.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/danubiis/IMG_0094.jpg

Nice pics - the back actually looks quite good in them.

The core box is now completely removed, not far to go now...

....and the facade to the right hand side on Queen Street has now been uncovered.