Thought i might kick off this thread seeing that the complex has already started!
The twin 19storey/65m residential towers will have a huge impact on the Pyrmont skyline. They will be the tallest bldgs on the peninsula!
Designed by Melbournes DCM, they show vibrant style and unique, might i say daring colour schemes!
i took a brisk walk today at lunch and found that the Bowman st tower core (render) is 4 storeys and the Jones st tower 1 storey high.

Jones st tower with Bowman st tower further north.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/182171.jpg


here is some pix.

same view as render from Jones street

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/182174.jpg


http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/182176.jpg

closeup of bowman st tower

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/182172.jpg

That's a surprise!! It's getting built already with core already 4-5 floors above ground. Nice clear pics too :) .

BTW We now have 2 Distillery construction threads: http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20384

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oops! ill have to copy over to this thread!

heres Pyrmonts current tallest res tower which is 18s torey/55m
Mccafferys mews! Itys only 30metres from Distillery hill.
just completed, look real neat!

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/182184.jpg

love the curved top balconies.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/182187.jpg

sorry spaz!! hope you dont mind ive copied opening post .


from spaz-

Hi all, after a 5 day break from the forum ( jesus it was nice, I strongly advise that we all do this every now and then! I was busy helping my brother move from Melb up here to Sydney, nice place in Five Dock ) !

Anyway, good news is that the "Quarry" and "Distillery", both 19 storey apartment towers on the hill at Pyrmont ( next to McCaffrey's) are well and truly underway.
The foundations are being poured now, cranes are on site and they will be built simultaneously.
Both projects are DCM designed and 90-95 % sold, prices range from $600k ( penthouse in Quarry went for $2.9m)

The architecture is cutting edge and they will have great presence on the hill overlooking the city ! A great addition to the Sydney 'panorama'.

Good news is that there's more to come....

http://www.jacksonslanding.com.au/distillery/choice.gif

view from waldorf Ats. the Distillery hill complex of 5 x 19storey towers will join the recently complet4ed Mc cafferys hill to diminated the Pyrmont skyline.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/182280.jpg

The height along the yellow blade on Distillery Tower is 74m above ground which will make it the tallest in Pyrmont.

http://www.jacksonslanding.com.au/distillery/choice.gif


models pix coming.

models-
from northeast

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/pddd94b7490928949d45c85c58356807f/fc86dc37.jpg

the tallest-The Distillery (red model) white model is 3rd tower latest DA.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/pa0b7c27c6abf61018d91463be5c55920/fc86dc3b.jpg

you can see from this pic the size of these towers compared to current tallest-Mccafferys Hill

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/p0b8f046bacd65b684ffa2a4b6c28aebe/fc86dc3d.jpg

top view showing the precinct.
the new DA also has a 8 storey.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/pdbf9107c387746977520420b0ef2253b/fc86dab1.jpg

from south-

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/p73c1646902aba1c1407c4a8351c50152/fc86dab3.jpg


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/p726b68cf08e08ca12656fef4c0a535f5/fc86dab5.jpg

Theres 3 more towers to come which will go on model as there DA is lodged!
2x 19storeys and one 12storey!




:)

Excellent! :D Great to see the Distillery Hill models in the Pyrmont context!

The complex of towers is going to be a totally different face for the area - a whole new mini skyline!

It's amazing to see how much more dominant they look than McCaffereys, since at the moment McCaffereys seems to tower over everything else there!

Who else thinks that McCaffreys is a plain brown box that looks circa 1970's when viewed from the south ?

I totally agree with you Spaz. The design & colours just don't do it for me. I would have prefered something more along the lines of the Moore Park Gardens Towers design in my neighbourhood

Down that way this afternon and got some pics.
I really love Pyrmont. It is very densely populated now and the architecture at the northern end ( near the water) is pretty bloody good.
I counted 7 projects under construction in the around around the tip.
These pics are all pretty self explanatory !!

http://members.fortunecity.com/pistol2/pppppp5.jpg

http://members.fortunecity.com/pistol2/ppppp6.jpg

http://members.fortunecity.com/pistol2/pppppp1.jpg

http://members.fortunecity.com/pistol2/pppppp3.jpg

http://members.fortunecity.com/pistol2/pppppp2.jpg

On wednesday when I last looked at the model at Syd Town Hall, the tags on top of the models indicated that The Distillery was 91m and The Quarry 87m though both are, apparently, 19 storeys tall.
There is no doubt DCM are pretty fine architects, though I read recently that we could have had even more adventurous buildings if it were not for the The Powers That Be reining in the architects. The article was about why Melbourne architecture is more adventurous than Sydney's. It seems the pathway to less exciting architecture is paved with good intentions and the bureaucratic mind.
The same thing happened on the monument site on Oxford Street where John Wardle's design was too way out for the local council officers. Wardle is also a Melburnian as is DCM.
Sigh!

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There is no doubt DCM are pretty fine architects, though I read recently that we could have had even more adventurous buildings if it were not for the The Powers That Be reining in the architects. The article was about why Melbourne architecture is more adventurous than Sydney's. It seems the pathway to less exciting architecture is paved with good intentions and the bureaucratic mind.
The same thing happened on the monument site on Oxford Street where John Wardle's design was too way out for the local council officers. Wardle is also a Melburnian as is DCM.
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remember brizer, those height labels i put on the models are "heights above sea level". the area up there is very high above sea. approx 20m.
cheers

Thanks, Culwulla: that does make a bit of a difference, doesn't it.

the Quarrys core today

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/03/186024.jpg

close up of Distillery tower poster.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/03/186025.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/03/186027.jpg

Jeez I didn't know they were going to be that big.When I see horizontal cranes I assume it is only a small building. Better start getting piccies. I hope I haven't missed too much of the construction process.

Were still at an early stage. It's not too late.

Make sure any photo's you take with film are processed on CD.

Went by the site today and noticed a dirt road on the clifftop behind the site. I couldn't find a way to get up their. Is it possible to go up there does anyone know. You could get some great shots from up their.
And I got 6 rolls of film to get developed tomorrow so I can't get them all on CD it would be way to exy.

All this construction going on just 3 blocks from home and do you think I've been up there for a look-see?

No

Time for a walk up the road I think

climbing_crane, can I ask how many boxes of photo's you have? I know when I used the old SLR I spent a small fortune on printing. Ever thought of going digital? It really does pay off in no time

I don't that that many photos as yet because most of the construction sites are still early days. With all th ephoto packets I get I put most of them away in my draw, say 70 or 80. Then there are about 30 others on my spare bed all with names of buildings under construction. For Latitude I have 4 packets already but they aren't full they are just sorted out in Street order. World Tower I have about 15 packets full. 1 packet might say "Distance Shots George Street" and so on.
I digital would be nice but I want to have photo albums showing the whole construction process once they are all built.

And this is only my construction photos. I have 2 albums full of existing buildings and City shots and lots more pictures of my cats, big waves, family and so on.:)

Distillery now = 10 storeys already u/c.
Quarry now = 3 storeys already u/c.

view from Sydney Tower today! progressing very well

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/06/195749.jpg

It has progressed pretty well. It was not long ago when it was at ground level.

Would have to be close to full height.

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lol, not quite! there 20 storey bldgs and there only up to 10 storeys. there taller than the complete tower nearby.so a few months to go yet!
heres pic from today!
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/126distillerytowers.jpg

That's the quarry you nitwit:) :D :)

yep, quarry is in foreground, distillery just north. both are approx same height. didtillery is only 10 levels atm and Quarry is 6..

It's in a nice quiet area. I enjoy doing my conscription walk passed these sites.

You mean construction walk climbing_crane?

If it has taken 3/4 months to build to that point, distillery should top out in September/October and the quarry at the end of the year, early next year.

Maybe. Keep in mind that the Quarry is catching up a little.

Colourful babies eh?

The real thing. Not so colourful...yet.

We've all grown used to the McCaffrey's tower in the Hill, the front-runner in Pyrmonts hill-top cluster. Personally I think it has already dated in its ordinary brick design.

http://images3.fotki.com/v28/photos/2/22045/232274/050mccaffreystower-vi.jpg


Although, I'm a bit more enthused about these two guys u/c next door. I took these from Glebe yesterday.

Chatswood's looking pretty good there as well!


http://images3.fotki.com/v29/photos/2/22045/232274/047distilleryhillconstruction-vi.jpg

http://images3.fotki.com/v29/photos/2/22045/232274/048distilleryhillconstruction-vi.jpg

great pix guys. these pair are coming along nicely.

Distillery

How tall would they be now?

Distillery is about 17 levels now. It would have to be near full height.

Construction pics I took today:

The Quarry:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3036/379quarryconst1-med.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3036/379quarryconst2-med.jpg


The Distillery:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3036/379distilleryconst1-med.jpg

- had to lie on my back on the footpath to get this one:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3036/379distilleryconst2-med.jpg


From the Anzac Bridge:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3036/379disthillconst1.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pa3e6cf6ba9d22d4017caf4050b3f4a10/fbad7594.jpg

Quarry/Distillery from the kitchen at my work.

hi

awesome

It's gone up very quickly. I cant wait to see what the scaffholding reveals.

Originally posted by Fabian
It's gone up very quickly. I cant wait to see what the scaffholding reveals.
i hope it reveals an apartment tower?? lol

Well that tower crane on Distillery shot up very high today.

Surely the Quarry can't be topping out already. From work I can see one side of the core dismantled.

I wonder if the Distillery crane is the highest crane EVER in Pyrmont.

I would say the highest crane EVER in Pyrmont was possibly for the construction of MaCafferty Mews:

____http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/182184.jpg


BTW climbing_crane. Talk about spamming by posting the 2nd night pic twice in your last thread. Just takes the thread slower to download esp. for the 56kers.

It was an accident. I took 3 night pics of Distillery and when I was attaching the 3rd one for some reason it duplicated the 2nd one. And who's got a photo of the crane on that mews project?

To the right of the lampost is Narnia and go left to get back to the wardrobe.

Pics taken yesterday morning

View from my roof-top bbq area. I'm surprised I didn't think of this vantage point earlier!

http://images3.fotki.com/v35/photos/2/22045/307766/distilleryhill2-vi.jpg


from the Fish Market

http://images3.fotki.com/v34/photos/2/22045/307766/distilleryhill3-vi.jpg

http://images3.fotki.com/v34/photos/2/22045/307766/distilleryhill4-vi.jpg

How tall would the towers be now?

yo

Is this meant to be a photo of Distillery Hill, or your hand reflection? ;)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/pd9bf443fe7073220cb872297eba458dc/fb620672.jpg

Perceptive little bugger aren't you?:)

I didn't notice that.

Well it's been 3 weeks since I been by the site. All Quarry.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/p1a90f41f6685f96931b3a085b8c7011f/fb6025fe.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/pc36fabc4327a8f532296a5d5c78bbb56/fb602547.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/pa5038a18f9fbdad8774e6cd0cf9f4036/fb602478.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/pf67058a3bec5c01d34b48fff6bdcf54d/fb6023c3.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/pe55cacb39b333cef0b703cbcb346c75c/fb602323.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/pb61fe3e5283fec7e567bf63cc761f4d9/fb60224b.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/p172df60089d7793926dff4ff1e5816ea/fb60210f.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid74/p147cc23adf721493b77fb3c19fce4d96/fb60203d.jpg

wow

I can't get enough of these babies.

major squall approaching.

Bloody hell! Someone's a little snap-happy there!

Good work

Had a bit of time thismorning & went out with the cam. Got this one from monorail steps at Harbourside. Can't say much other than, well, it's all still under construction ;)

http://images2.fotki.com/v11/photos/2/22045/307766/160distilleryhill-vi.jpg

Originally posted by Bulwara
Bloody hell! Someone's a little snap-happy there! Good workYeah its great! climbing-crane does a lot of work so we can slack off a bit ;) .

Living near Mountain Street in Ultimo, it is easy to see how it is lined with Colonial Warehouse structures and new apartments making a pretty standardised (but interesting) horizon line, from Broadway to the Fish Markets.

Except right now at the very end of Mountain Street is Distillery punctuating the horizon at the end, and how! Looks impressive.

Distillery core has topped out. I will post evidence on Saturday.

Distillery core well & truly topped out.

Gotta love these babies for how shapely they are!!!!

GREAT PIX GUYS! these two really progressed well over the course of this year! cant wait for the next 3 to start up!

this arvo, from my place

http://images3.fotki.com/v37/photos/2/22045/307766/distill2-vi.jpg

http://images3.fotki.com/v36/free/02aef/2/22045/307766/distill1-or.jpg


u may have to cut + paste the second image in another window

view from level74 Wt yesterday!

https://www.emporis.com/files_transfer/6/2003/09/220875.jpg

I can't think of any other suburb being transformed so profoundly like Pyrmont! :)

Not so long ago there were demonstrations against any new construction there and then countless developments started to take shape....7 years back when Star City was u/c there were only very few modern buildings there....And now we have Star City ("Tacky suburban casino!" - Jeff Kenneth), light rail, IBM Innovation Centre, Nokia offices, Channel 10 (Channel 7 may be there soon too!), other commercial buildings incl. redevelopment of Jones Bay Wharf & Darling Island and HEAPS of residential jewels - Mirvac have done excellent job with Gateway and Promontory, massive Jacksons Landing (former CSR site) by Lend Lease is a landmark development...even Meriton buildings at Pyrmont look very good!

But the crown jewel will be Distillery Hill towers dominating Pyrmont skyline! I was so happy when McCafferys was built nearby but there are 5 more 20 storey (90m) towers to come (2 already topped out and look awesome!)

The last location to be developed will probably be the massive vacant site adjoining Star City (won't be a high-rise but certainly very important and classy building - haven't heard about this one for a while but know it's been for sale.....)

Go Pyrmont! :guns1:

I reckon Altius!! :)

Don't forget the water police site. And regarding Channel 7, THEY ARE moving to Pyrmont early to mid next year.

Originally posted by AR
I reckon Altius!! :)

Don't forget the water police site. And regarding Channel 7, THEY ARE moving to Pyrmont early to mid next year.

Plus, although it is a few hundred metres into the adjacent suburb of Ultimo, ABC's massive broadcasting centre and studios are in essentially the same precinct! I was in the studio audience for Andrew Denton's "Enough Rope" a few weeks ago, which is filmed there, as is "The Glasshouse".

Oh, and also don't forget the planned Fish Markets redevelopment! :)

I've so enjoyed walking out to these sites over the last 7 or so months.

I used to keep progress on these slabs but lost interest when they became hidden behind scaffolding! all you see these days are 70m high blocks of scaffolds. Im going to wait a bit until they start to get more interesting, like the facade being shown or anything?

Those covers are nice. Keeps a sense of mystery. Like a nice looking girl in clothes......

Originally posted by climbing_crane
Those covers are nice. Keeps a sense of mystery. Like a nice looking girl in clothes......
flasher?

http://www.anonymomma.com/flasher.gif

Here's a blurry image of the development from level 35 Metcentre

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid83/p2f0f7a64be3aea5565943ff6853dfe70/fadf5271.jpg

LOL Fab and just when you image post where getting better
If I did not know better would say this one was taken from a moving car ! LOL

I have received a letter from the developers recently. They started offering to re-sale apartments… Pyrmont is becoming a first class suburb.
:)

Distillery Hill today from above Kent St

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid88/p82fdf49f6ff580e21498ae79aba5e437/fa92df21.jpg

Those topmost fences would be around 87 metres now on Distillery

I took this one from level 76 World Tower over a week ago. From up there, it dominates the western half of the Pyrmont Peninsula and like World Tower, it just towers over everything.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid88/p296b2fc9d52c26f81873f1605d7397de/fa909fec.jpg

these scrapers has looked the same for months!lol 70m high green bulks! :D
drapped in green scaffold.:bash: cant wait to it actually starts to appear! vibrant colours ect.

It's a shame Pyrmont has only about 85-90 m height limit....Should have been all high rise up to 120 m! I reckon Harry S once had a radical proposal for the whole Pyrmont to be flattened and rebuilt from scratch. There are so many annoying gaps (rail tracks etc) separating today's developments....

On the other hand it's good to have it as it is because Distillery Hill towers are nicely elevated and visible from everywhere...How many are left to be approved now? 3?

I think 1 has already been approved (Tower C)

And Towers D and E are yet to be approved.

. Can't think of a better place to live in the city.

Distillery Hill from Sydney Tower yesterday

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid102/pcf4da39b91ce88b33dd041ca6471c2b4/f9c91de0.jpg

Distillery

cool

Here's an interesting comparision from the first post of this thread.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/02/182171.jpg

Compared to:


Originally posted by climbing_crane
The sites today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid103/p716cca5ee9b750812ed375af7445f75c/f9a1a1f5.jpg

Distillery Hill towers are nicely elevated and visible from everywhere
yes it great
And what do you mean there are still 3 more towers ?

I've said all along that these will be stunners.

And still 3 more to go. 2 at current are under construction (Towers A and B) Towers C and D are approved I think and Tower E is pending approval.

Distillery and Quarry are the first 2 towers to be completed on Distillery hill. the 3rd tower which is also 20storeys will be given approval soon and commence sometime 2004.Recently a 14 storey was lodged with council which is on the water near Anzac bridge pylon. There will be 2 more 20 storey towers to be lodged with council maybe later in year. So there will be a total of 6 highrise apartment towers!
the precinct should look awesome in 3 years time!

today from Blackwattle Bay-

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/02/244288.jpg

Originally posted by CULWULLA
today from Blackwattle Bay-

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/02/244288.jpg

What's being built in the foreground of your pic Cul?

its a new residential development. lots of 2-3 storey terrace type villas. An interesting thing is a 30m Burley Griffith incinerator is being rebuilt to original design. the old buildings were an old depot whch are also being restored. I think it was terrible how SCC approved the demolition of the 1930's Burley Griffith incinerator that used to occupy the site of Meritons 15storey curved apartments in this pic below Distillery hill towers.:bash:

Originally posted by CULWULLA
its a new residential development. lots of 2-3 storey terrace type villas. An interesting thing is a 30m Burley Griffith incinerator is being rebuilt to original design. the old buildings were an old depot whch are also being restored. I think it was terrible how SCC approved the demolition of the 1930's Burley Griffith incinerator that used to occupy the site of Meritons 15storey curved apartments in this pic below Distillery hill towers.:bash:

Ahhh thanks Cul, it's Glebe Harbour - an Australand development, and can be seen in the lower portion of this pic, along the shoreline:

http://www.australand.com.au/images/glebe_aerial2.jpg

from TNT Tower today!

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/02/246266.jpg

Here's how it is looking from the western rail line at Stanmore. Apologies for any bluriness etc. It's very tough grabbing such images on a train of distant objects

They stand out quite well from out there but appears dwarfed by the ANZAC Bridge.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p73940c1c56fd54d9f0decfe42b9272ff/f984fb6a.jpg

:eek2: :nuts: :hilarious :rofl: soory fab but this one takes the cake!:cheers:

This should compensate for Wednesday's dismal attempt. This is how it's looking from the western part of the harbour and provides for a rare northern view of the towers.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p275190b5e4462e5abc7c1f91007d553e/f9811abe.jpg

brilliant fab! thats what i want to see! good vantage point from there!!:cool:

I'm sure The Quarry's green blade and other features will be just as vibrant as The Distillery's yellow (which I could clearly see on the train between Wollstonecraft and Waverton last Friday). These are DCM designs so we expect nothing less than vibrancy.

Great combo; DCM and Bovis Lend Lease Ltd a'la Foster's BT Tower builders.

Now if only DCM's 'Bluey' @ Milsons Point :master: gets approved :master: , we will have 3 of the 4 primary colours lining Sydney's great Port Jackson and Johnstons Bay.

From the first render I liked the Quarry better.

Let's bring off these covers

[

Originally posted by Muse
I'm sure The Quarry's green blade and other features will be just as vibrant as The Distillery's yellow (which I could clearly see on the train between Wollstonecraft and Waverton last Friday). These are DCM designs so we expect nothing less than vibrancy.

Great combo; DCM and Bovis Lend Lease Ltd a'la Foster's BT Tower builders.

Now if only DCM's 'Bluey' @ Milsons Point :master: gets approved :master: , we will have 3 of the 4 primary colours lining Sydney's great Port Jackson and Johnstons Bay. This is of course what I meant by 'bluey" @ Milsons Point. I forgot the render also has a yellow feature atop. re the render:

_____________http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1075340793865_2004/01/30/milson,0.jpg

That render makes that DCM building look like it's an attraction at Luna Park.

I noticed on the train as it was racing through Stanmore yesterday that some scaffholding has been removed from Distiller Tower revealing some of it's golden facade which from a distance looked quite nice. It will be easy to spot from far out.:)

from Pyrmont bridge today.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/03/252120.jpg

looking fab. taken ys=esterday

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/04/256780.jpg

Quarry's Green facade can now be seen as you drive city-bound on the Anzac Bridge.

the 3rd tower has commenced!!!!!!
deep excavations are well under way for this 19storey/70m beauty!

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/04/257547.jpg

view from Waldorf.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/04/259194.jpg

Wow awesome stuff on the 3rd building being under way.

I can't see anyones' piccies except mine for some reason.

go lene lease

yay

If the latest addition is "Knox on Bowman", it's still not entered on the J.L. website, although the Domain is already advertising it. No real render accompanying the advert.

If the latest addition is "Knox on Bowman", it's still not entered on the J.L. website, although the Domain is already advertising it. No real render accompanying the advert.

Yes, the Domain advertisement only really shows the smaller building of the new tower, although the 19 storey tower can be seen "ghosted" behind it.

"Knox on Bowman" must be referring to this smaller building and perhaps the taller tower will simply be called "Knox" or "Know on Distillery Hill" or some such name.

the last two x 20storey towers have had a stage 1 lodged so the massing models are in. both 65m tall. the curved one is 80m above Bowman st.
(also the 3rd tower is now UC).
look at the point now!

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/cluster.jpg

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/fromnorth6.jpg

checkout the straight line of towers!

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/straightrow.jpg

not a bad cluster of scrapers.
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/fromsouth.jpg

Distillery (part of it) from just above Kent St. Good to see the mesh being removed.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid113/p8956895166187d6409f20f0d841a80fa/f8ea6674.jpg

I'd like to know how likely those buildings sprayed white are expexted to be developed by...?

SMH's domain section today has a full page advert for the next tower in this development known as "Stonecutters". It comes with a nice rendering. I've just had a scan of the Jacksons landing website www.jacksonslanding.com.au but nothing has gone up yet.

Also scaffholding from "The Quarry" is coming down as well, exposing it's green top which from the harbour or the inner west looks quite nice not to mention fairly bright. It's making all the other towers in the area appear quite drab.

Distillery from Pyrmont Bay yesterday

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid116/p7565f657cbccff008972967cc5c8f919/f8ad08d5.jpg

from Quay st carpark today

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/distillerty.jpg

Eat that Melbourne Docklands! lol

You should post this in the Melb forum and watch them scatter. :runaway:

from Quay st carpark today

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/distillerty.jpg

from Erskine st today!

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/distillerymay27.jpg

How about the colours on Quarry and Distillery?! What a knockout! Bet this brings out the conservatives with their knickers in knots. It is high time some one did something daring like this as Sydney, for all its larrikin reputation for glitz and show, has the dullest architecture overall - there are a few terrific exceptions, but as a rule, borin'!

I read a couple of years ago in the paper that the Distillery will be chiefly known as The Comb and Quarry would be recognized as a shit I forgot.

This development completely swamps and overshadows Pyrmonts quaint low rise heritage architecture!!

About fuc|<ing high time too!!

;)

Bring it on!

Those towers look hot! Love 'em! :D

i think they both look fab. they suit there location like a glove!
cant wait for the next couple.

Don't know if I like that stupid bright yellow haircomb glued to the side...

they look fantastic! Very Melbourne

I reckon they look awesome. I wouldn't have walked 2km out of the city about 20 times in the last year if I thought otherwise.

Catch the light rail.

I reckon they look awesome. I wouldn't have walked 2km out of the city about 20 times in the last year if I thought otherwise.

Not to worry because I grab some photos at Star City on the way back.

Don't know if I like that stupid bright yellow haircomb glued to the side...

I'm not a fan of that bright yellow thingy either.
I prefer dark bluish colour like this:

http://www.saitogames.com/sydney/images/pyrmont_distilleryhill01.jpg

I prefer a darker colour too. The bright yellow makes it look like an attraction suitable for Luna Park.

Time for an aerial

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p3b20f2173d3a3841ff4febc111da2e49/f83c129b.jpg

its been a month! just about there! yellow ears looks complete!

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/distilleryjuly13.jpg

That colours are brighter than I ever imagined

^ They look like a couple of Coolabah Wine casks (the stuff you drink @ the party @ 3.00AM when nothing else is left).

However where I love on the other side of them off to the left in CULWULLA's pics, they look soooooo much nicer than that horrible dull McCaffereys block on the hill. That one just looks like nothing (left one in Fabian's pic), nothing at all.

The terracotta coloured back-side of the Coolabah green building is really spiffy.

i like the colours on the towers, they really bring some life to the area.

From my office at Crows Nest, these things really stand out. From that distance, pollution usually greys and browns out the city so much it becomes really dull, but the bright green and yellow of Quarry and Distillary really puncture the view. They look fantastic.

http://www.wicklow.com.au/coolabah.gif

View from Land Lease HQ. Distillery looks fantastic with the blades on both sides. :)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid128/p5ab1e0cb6477fb8d1d42610633df920c/f7d849dd.jpg

T behind these 2.

Sheesh! What's the G-O with all those colours. Looks like a 2 year old had a go at the construction drawings.

The colours are daring and finally something new for Sydney. It's about time we finally have some artistic scrapers.

I'm impressed with the final outcome of both towers. This is definately an award winning work. I have found the designs to be eyecatching with special praise for their use of colour, and incorporating them into the facade as seen with the pale tones of green and grey in "The Quarry", and the yellow blades of "The Distillery".

I have to admit that they do not look good from a distance. You really have to be close to admire them.

Sheesh! What's the G-O with all those colours. Looks like a 2 year old had a go at the construction drawings.

I agree, the yellow is cacky. It would have been nicer had it been a muted yellow, not an overpowering fleuorescent striking yellow.

It looks like the headquarters for a spiffy hair comb company.

hey man

I agree, the yellow is cacky. It would have been nicer had it been a muted yellow, not an overpowering fleuorescent striking yellow.

It looks like the headquarters for a spiffy hair comb company.

What do you call a *muted* yellow. Please tell us. We'd love to hear your opinion.

Why do human beings always have to have a whinge. This is why I am so drawn to nature and also why I despair 75% of people.

Well wouldn't it all be lovely if every single living person thought alike?

My sincere apologies that not everyone on this forum shares your opinions!

A muted yellow? Is it really that hard to picture? If you need someone to help you to use your imagination, then you probably shouldn't be asking them in the first place.

I love the colours because they are so unexpected in this predominantly beige city. Sydney is supposed to be exciting, lively, brash, cheeky and colourful (pun intended)but with a few notable exceptions, its buildings are beige in colour and beige in character. A few more of these in-yer-eye colours and shapes, strategically placed, would ginger up the place very nicely.

great pix cc! they have turned out great! something dif for Syd~

I agree with testuser entirely. Sydney's buildings are very beige/cream/white in colour and very conservative in design, esp vs Melbourne.
Even quite new buildings are very average e.g. the apartments at Balmain shores, Breakfast point and that horrific brown peice of shit at the top of the Pyrmont hill next to the fantastic new green and yellow towers. WHY oh WHY ??????

Managed to get out to the newly completed Distillery Towers today in Prymont. The 2x 20storey/70m towers were designed by Melbournes DCM.
i didnt think i would like the vibrant colours but in person-fabulous!!
the finishes were quality and overall great project.
the 3rd tower is well underway at foundation stage.

Distillery

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/distillerybest.jpg

the sliding shutters are a great idea

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/distlleryup.jpg

real crisp lines

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/disllerycornerup.jpg

Quarry
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/quarrybest.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/quarrysideview.jpg

Very nice pics CULWULLA.

What about the newer tower?

i took a pic of hole but didnt post.
heres B&W render
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/distilleryhilltower3.jpg

bump