Previously the Koala Motor Inn on Oxford Street in Darlinghurst, Sydney, work has already begun turning this into Monument Apartments with 191 apartments in total pver 16 levels. Already 1/3 of the 191 apartments have been pre-commited.

Work has already begun by Multiplex guttering the upper most levels.

The Koala Motor Inn:

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Melbourne architectural firm Woods Marsh was awarded the contract for the conversion. The fin will be coloured in bronze glass, the uppermost floors will have tinted green glass and the low-mid rise floors will be tinted silver. Woods Marsh will also provide sculptures for the foyer areas.


The bottom 2 levels will be commercial. At street level, there will be stores, and above those will be offices.

The flash web site is
http://www.monumentapartments.com.au/

Here are a couple of aerial pix of the site in Darlinghurst

http://www.skycam.com.au/images/custom02.JPG

http://www.skycam.com.au/images/custom03.JPG

http://www.skycam.com.au/images/custom05.JPG

http://www.skycam.com.au/images/custom08.JPG

Thanks for informing us museumb. It's a very promising development indeed. It will certainly help revive that part of Oxford St.

kewl Fabian :)

BTW Kirribilli. Great find re the aerial shots - Dense-a-rama!!

bumped so as thread wont get deleted

Today I checked out the Monument site and there is blue metal framing covering almost the whole of the ex-Koala Motor Inn. This is virtually from the bottom to the top.

The framing is on the northern, eastern & western sides. I guess blue mesh will eventually cover the blue framing.

Time will tell.

http://www.active.com.hk/EWF/small%20clock.GIF

A pic taken today at around 3.00PM today - Sunday afternoon showing the blue mesh covering the whole structure:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/3036/379momument1-med.jpg

Blue mesh hey?

Perhaps pink would have been more appropriate :D

It looks weird with the blue mesh. I wonder why they picked it over green.

FAB, the green mesh tends to 'clash" with workers shorts!lol
heres a pic i took back a couple of weeks from Westfield Towers.
it also shows Ivy at top.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/06/199982.jpg

Muse, could i use that pic in monuments recontruction phase on ss.com? please let me know.

view of monument from wt. it seems to have shrunk?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126eastsydneyviews-med.jpg

The building in front blocking the tower makes it look smaller.

Originally posted by Fabian
The building in front blocking the tower makes it look smaller.
???? no, its actually lower now! the top floors have been removed due to the new structure being built on top!


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126eastsydneyviews.jpg

i think your looking at another site??

____________http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/379monument2.jpg

Another rendering from the eastern side:

______________http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/379monument3.jpg

...and it is shrinking, however it will rise again:

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todays pic.

the western wing is starting to show its new shape.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126monumentapts.jpg

it will eventually look like this>
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/379monument2.jpg

view from museum towers yesterday

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/04/256528.jpg

Here is a pic taken while passing by this afternoon. The western wing has risen out of nowhere in just two months.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid112/p84b410ad77d594bb9d7b2716a06f3acb/f903baeb.jpg

Here is an interesting birds eye view of the site

http://www.airviewonline.com.au/photos/0401/2508/0401-2508-11.jpg

Not sure I like this one much no real presense !
What the height limit of this area ?

From Sydney Tower yesterday afternoon

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p5af8468739dd42459d3d7ab9c066e379/f83c11f2.jpg

view from Westfield towers today!

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

Well, the scaffolding is down and so is the crane.

The fin is brown and not gold (funny that). Similar colour to the Carlton @ Parramatta.

The taller back section is rather Legoland but still an improvement to the old Koala Motor Inn (how could it not be!!).

Possibly it will look better when residents are in.

wow, very impressed with this one! its just about completed! only stuff at podium level to go.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/monumentnov29.jpg
lots of different types of finishes. make sure you check it out.

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

Wow. I like the black glass.

Very nice!

I think it looks awful; your shots make it look better than it really is. The brown glass looks terribly dated and the aqua box on top looks like it was just plonked there as an afterthought - kind of like a second story weatherboard extension to a western suburbs redbrick number. It's a pity: I like a good box on a roof, but this one just doesn't seem right.

The mobile phone things on the roof look a bit silly, too... when will phone companies learn to make these things look less offensive?!

i think my shots dont justify it. its much better in real life. such a landmark now in that aprt of tower. he developers have done well.

It's just a big sweatbox. Ugh! Stupid. The Green equivalent of a Mosman housewife's 4WD.

I really like it!

It's a monumental improvement on what was there for the past 30 years.

^^Absolutely! Oxford Koala was beyond atrocious. :yes:

But what's with the green fibroglass look? "Hothouses" were so yesterday!

Hmmm... drove past this one on Saturday night. Very impressive form, with that elliptical shape. The pedestrian level shop fronts are nice too. A really good outcome for a prominent site.

Not sure about the green sheeting though Vitirol...

not sure if anyone has seen this but theres a pool as part of wall.
looks very c00l!

http://img203.exs.cx/img203/6910/imgp40666hd.jpg

its so bazarre when you walk past and see someone floating by .

http://img203.exs.cx/img203/155/imgp40682bh.jpg

oh what fun you could have.
http://img203.exs.cx/img203/9126/imgp40694yr.jpg