Barracks Plaza
Barrack Street, Perth CBD
Under Construction
http://www.aussiehome.com//images/buildings/36/36_LG.jpg
One of Perth’s heritage landmarks, the former Railway Hotel is evolving into a brand new apartment complex, known as Barrack Plaza. Echoing the spirit and architectural influences of a bygone era, Barrack Plaza is an elegant and incisive expression of contemporary design. The rebirth of Barrack Street has begun and the time is right to live, work and play in the heart of the city. A visually dynamic development, Barrack Plaza epitomises 21st century style. While the boldness of the concept will take your breath away, it’s the graciousness of form that will linger in the mind. For those in the know, the rule of thumb in real estate is ‘location, location, location.’ Right now, there’s no better place to buy than Barrack Plaza – it will be a sound investment for years to come. From the moment you arrive, the welcome is a warm one. You’ll find Barrack Plaza apartments on levels 10 – 15 inclusive.
www.barrackplaza.info
www.aussiehome.com/buildings.asp

26-4-03
still no action
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid60/p07ed588e6d9d95818df267ea342d796d/fc456394.jpg

Won't be long till Barrack Street is lined with apartment buildings:cool:

I wonder if it's possible to build on the Malls side of the street?

bumped so as thread wont get deleted

Went by there today. Statusquo.

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theres always indigenous people just hanging outside it and the TAB/bottle shop, hopefully it will be cleaned up abit once it opens

Maybe I'll come over and take a walk around the hood:guns1: :D

There's a cool internet gaming cafe bar on the corner there now.

oh bombshell a 24 hour convenince store has opened on the crn of barrack and murray streets:eek:
:D

oh and on a serious note a new supermarket is opening in the city on hay street oposite his majesties called city provisions, almost the size of the city woolworths, good news for the growing city residential market

That is good;)
But isn't the building opposite His Majesties a heritage building.
The closest residential tower in that area right now would be Paragon Apts:)

its not dirrectly opposite, though it is in an old building

Is the supermarket about to open or is it just planned at this stage,I hope no heritage buildings are ruined:cheers:

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its being fitted out 'opening soon', also says theres a lunchbar etc.. looks like its a fresh food supermarket. the heritage building will stay in tact

Awesome. It's time to do a convenience/supermarket store count in the CBD again. Remember when JayT got on about how many were in Brisbane? :)

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I will I will:D

My town has 3 star marts in CBD and pop. of only 40,000:D

wow thats the same amount as perth CBD.... but ours have delifrance in them as well [mmmmm deli france]
how did this thread turn into convenience stores talk:D

the subject always changes in western aus threads. who cares anyway!?!?

I can't wait to see the western power building being covered from some angles, and the new barracks plaza proposal is much nicer than the old one

Best of all the old Railway hotel facade will not be removed,so Perth gets to secure a fine old building and also gains a nice contemporary structure:)

100% gain

Any official heights on it?

about 47-50m

Gee the render makes it look 60m+. The building next door must be +50m's. But renders seem to always exaggerate I guess. Just like that rediculour Sydney World Tower render that made it look 300m's high :)

you can search through the council minutes archives if your bored

www.perth.wa.gov.au-city council-council minutes-archive of previous council minutes

hehe. Am I that bored? Let me think...

But we don't need to,you already told us what was new from the council.

You know you are the WA forum sugar daddy:D

their actually quite an interesting read, I read them one saturday night when nothing was on...im thinking of going to a council metting and watching whats goes on, ive been up council house and I saw the rail visions before it was released and all plans for city upgrades etc..

Do you need permission to sit in one of the meetings,would you say anything if you really wanted them to hear a point you had?

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"the emu brewey proposal is to be refused"
STUPID FUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!
hmmm no you can't but you can ask formal questions

read this for info
http://www.perth.wa.gov.au/html/cou03_.php

lol,I think there would be too much other stuff to sit through to wait for the development stuff,for me anyway.But it would be rewarding to hear the very first news of a 30 storey apartment building proposal!!!

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the development aplications are done first
also I read the agendas a week before every meeting

Quote from Chris:

"the emu brewey proposal is to be refused"
STUPID FUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!

haha. LOL.

when did that come about, chris??

I'm not sure mdfromperth, but I think you misread the context. NZer was asking if you could really listen in on Perth council sessions and Chris replied with a hypothetical scenario of people from the gallery swearing at the Councillors if a bad decision was made.

oh ok. yea im a bit of a dumbass. i know what hes talking about now.

Hello Chris,
Barrack Plaza is due to commence construction in approx 2 weeks. Negotiations have been concluded with the builder, Consolidated Constructions, and will be signed off imminently. Would you like some information or brochure on this development? Please let me know.
Regards

John Lagdon
Principal
Pro Property Pty Ltd

T 61-8-9223 7400
F 61-8-9223 7401
M 0411 080 999
E john@proproperty.com.au
W www.proproperty.com.au

Ground Floor Eastpoint Plaza
233 Adelaide Terrace, Perth WA 6000

Great, more cranes for the skyline. Plus Barrack street will get a new skyscraper. Now we will see how Cinema city goes, maybe it will get Westpoint into gear to start something.

Yes great news. I was abit worried about this one!:cheers:

im looking forward to this one, the new proposal is a nice design, it will cover up part of the very ugly wp tower and there isn't much high-rise in the area, and it will help clean up the area, and bring some life with the new retail outlets and cafe, plus encourage more development for the area, wow great to see so much action off the terrace, perth's skyline is really spreading out

My sentiments exactly,your honour.:D

renderings of the origonal proposal, shows how it will fit into the area [current proposal is slightly taller] should look good
http://members.iinet.net.au/~mpg/Ccl1.jpg
http://members.iinet.net.au/~mpg/Ccl2.jpg
http://members.iinet.net.au/~mpg/Ccl3.jpg

I'm quite excited about this one. Anything away from the Trc is great news. A density builder in effect.

that second pic shows how great barrack street will look once those trees grow! any idea how long those trees take to grow large?

Are any of those trees there now? If not, I would think they would transplant mature trees to start with.

Originally posted by Homeroids
Are any of those trees there now? If not, I would think they would transplant mature trees to start with.

those trees were planted a couple of years ago when barrack street was upgraded

im glad that that version of barracks plaza didnt go ahead. it just doesnt fit in there.

Originally posted by chrisaus
Hello Chris,
Barrack Plaza is due to commence construction in approx 2 weeks. Negotiations have been concluded with the builder, Consolidated Constructions, and will be signed off imminently. Would you like some information or brochure on this development? Please let me know.
Regards

John Lagdon
Principal
Pro Property Pty Ltd

T 61-8-9223 7400
F 61-8-9223 7401
M 0411 080 999
E john@proproperty.com.au
W www.proproperty.com.au

Ground Floor Eastpoint Plaza
233 Adelaide Terrace, Perth WA 6000

I'm a bit confused by this thread. First the above and then:

renderings of the origonal proposal, shows how it will fit into the area [current proposal is slightly taller] should look good : from Chris as well

But if it's starting in 2 weeks, shouldn't the new renderings be available? Where did you hear about the new submission. Goto their site or was it in the PCC minutes?

Bottom line - what is the current proposal and when will it start?

that rendering was from some graphics website nothing to do with the development. the old proposal was very ugly I like the new one, hopefully we will get 2 tower cranes!

Do you have a pic of the new rendering?

[from the first page of the thread]
www.barrackplaza.info
http://www.aussiehome.com//images/buildings/36/36_LG.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid60/p07ed588e6d9d95818df267ea342d796d/fc456394.jpg

Yeah, I just checked out their webpage and I would had thought they'd have more renderings. Thanks for that however. ;)

Originally posted by Homeroids
Yeah, I just checked out their webpage and I would had thought they'd have more renderings. Thanks for that however. ;)

there's more info here to
http://www.aussiehome.com/building.asp?bID=36
http://www.proproperty.com.au/building.asp?bid=36

I'm glad they didn't go with that first design. I do like the 2nd design better but I think they should of integrated the old Railway Hotel facade right into the building rather than letting it stand alone. Also it's a very 'concrete type building but it still gets a HUGE:okay:

quite a few have already sold!they are not very expensive either.

for the best/only vantage shot for construction go to the top floor of the cityplace carpark what is above the perth central railway station, there are lifts next to angus & robertson in the retail area
this is the view you get of the site
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid60/p07ed588e6d9d95818df267ea342d796d/fc456394.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid72/p8f1c42f009810edbc7e054255f8e83ed/fb860151.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid73/p31d173d8ba575e9a5f1cef0b877e75c8/fb6e62fd.jpg

Does anypone know how apartment sales are going on this one? Usually (not always) that is a good indicator if a proposal will go ahead.

It seems like a small site too (just from pic). Can't really tell.

BTW Little confused. The posted render is the latest. But is the render @ the site the same? A little hard to see.

Originally posted by museumb
Does anypone know how apartment sales are going on this one? Usually (not always) that is a good indicator if a proposal will go ahead.

It seems like a small site too (just from pic). Can't really tell.

BTW Little confused. The posted render is the latest. But is the render @ the site the same? A little hard to see.

the first 10 levels are serviced apartments and the top 5 floors have about 50 units, with most sold.
the site is pretty big, just looks small cause the pics from several hundred metres away.
and yes the rendings are the same.

:okay:

O.K. So has a serviced apartment company clenched a deal with the developers? Something like Quest Serviced Apartments. Any news on that one?

Originally posted by museumb
:okay:

O.K. So has a serviced apartment company clenched a deal with the developers? Something like Quest Serviced Apartments. Any news on that one?

yeah medina. they are also running the new hotel whats UC at the UC perth convention & exhabition centre
www.medinaapartments.com.au/Perth.html

according to business news construction will start by the end of the month. the story is blocked...

construction has been delayed over court action about some right of way shit...:rant:

because of the delays the approval has lappsed so they will probably have to go back to council:rant:

grrr!!! whos the developers?!they mite choose to can it!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid86/p305fb5734cf37544882cdbf0fd91e438/fab0d93d.jpg

they are renewing the application at the next council meeting

the application has been renewed so as soon as the legal issues are sorted out construction should get underway

Jesus christ,its about fucken time!

hehehe, i kno wat u mean aye. this is still the same design right? its been so long they havent altered anythign hav they?

mike

i hope to see a nice tower crane soon!:guns1:

went passed the site today and BGC construction signs have been placed around the site, so construction might not be far off!!

started yet?

According to the marketing agent Pro Property, construction has officially started. I wouldn't put too much hope in that though cos when I mentioned I thought that some easement issue had delayed the process, they went all "John Howard" on me....

the BGC banners have been up for ages... getting through court proceedings is a very slow process.......

Just received an email from them - "completion due this time next year"...

just like the westralian is going to be finished by late 04:colgate:

23knots - Proproperty are full of shit. I put a deposit on a block of land way back in June of last year and they assured me title would be available by December. With a bit of luck, title will be available this week. They were out by like 50%. THey are just a typical bullshit real estate agent.

They were the agents for Panorama - there was a small stain on the carpet and if they take my bond I'm going to give them the biggest legal battle ever. It'll be bigger than HIH. Never rent a property with a white carpet....

there was a bulldozer or something like that clearing the site today [could see it from C] looks like construction might finally get under way

finally!!!!

"The properties on Barrack Street are opposite the Barrack Plaza development at 138 Barrack Street, which is now under construction. This development includes 101 serviced apartments and 48 residential apartments. This development will help bring new activity to the area"

The Completion date has been moved to late 2005, it says underconstruction on the advertising billboard, and major site works underway, to get a good view go down the lane between the packpackers and western power building on wellington street, or go up the carpark at the eastern end of Perth Central

so its all full stam ahead again, right??

not unless they fold or something lol

Walked by this today and there was enough space to peak through the fence. It's all go here. The foundation has been dug out and concrete laid. The beginnings of a lift core are in place.

cool! i will go to perth on monday if i am felling better and take pics!:)

woo hoo im on holidays for a month:) watch out for some extra spam:)

Theres A Spam Thread For A Reason!!!!!!!
Use It!!!!:d

From CCP @ City Place (that laneway has been blocked off so this is best spot to watch)
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v251/chrisaus/139-3978_IMG.jpg

homer, where abouts on the site is the lift core? i can't see it in the pic.

I got a very quick glance at it and I 'think' there was the footings for the lift core probably approximately close to where that crane is. The angle is not from high enough. But, that shot pretty well conclusively show it is U/C. Excellent.

if you walk along barrack street frontage of the site look out for a little peep hole, its down pretty low, and be carefull of the bums going to the TAB while your there:)

im going to try get to that carpark behind there and take pics.

I think you might be able to access the back of the site via murray street between barrack & pier street via a back laneway what links to western power tower, worth a try. they might open up the wellington street access way when there are going to be trucks etc.. on site so thats also still worth a look

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v251/chrisaus/8dbb83a5.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v251/chrisaus/c2333580.jpg

you had to go and steal my 15 seconds of fame, didnt you?:D
anyway is that thing with all the rods sticking out the start of a core?

That's what I must have thought was the core. I'd say it is.

Yeah, it's the core with its steel reinforments i.e. the rods.

If this mid-riser turns out as good as the render on page 3 of this thread, then it should look very spiffy indeed.

Both skyscrapers.com & skyscraperpage.com state that it will be 18 floors @ 60m/197ft, yet it was stated (once again) on page 3 that it will be 15 levels.

BTW chrisaus, thanks for not using imagestation.com anymore as everytime I visit the W.A.- Perth section, I can never see your pics.

all bow down to photobucket:)

btw. one bad thing about going to the 'secret spot' you have to walk past the western power people having 'smoke-os' out the back grrrr

all those smoko bums were givin me the evils today lol.

the core
http://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01152.jpg

whole site
http://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01114.jpg

close up of the core

http://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01098.jpg

wow its been progressing very fast!!

Wow Dilaz - you seem to get great angles to shoot from all the time. Thanks for pics.

thanks for your comments!;)

its the zoom!!! shit I bet my camera is worth a heap more than yours but because its a couple of years old its shit compared to the new stuff!! what towers did you sneak up?

great pics.. fuck ure a sneaky bugger.. getting past security all over town :D

hope he's not a terrorist:):):)

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v251/chrisaus/56fd3235.jpg

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v251/chrisaus/5ecf8e07.jpg

i went up aapt, qv1, cp and a few more. i love doin it!:D

bTW nice pics!!

great pics.. fuck ure a sneaky bugger.. getting past security all over town :D
yeah security doesnt have shit on me! :gunz:

pic (fuk all progress really)
http://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01354.jpg

went past and he white collar workers of this site were all having smokos and the constrction workers got 2 dropps of rain on them and decided to take the afternoon off!

http://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01379.jpg

any signs of a crane?

Yes, today I was on the Red Cat and saw the boom of a crane though it may be the boom of another machine for clearing and just lifting heavy loads. I'm not sure if it is for the core.

it might be putting up the tower crane

some pics! shit all has changed :(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01592.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01588.jpg

looks like they have had to stableise the site from surrounding buildings, I like how it doesen't have any setbacks, density mate

and im glad they took that site to the max potential ie. 62m high whats height limit for that end of town

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid137/p9d54afa80bafafec4233a6d8b3890684/f7406c6d.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid137/pf7d5f1d89cb18fb169b884f84190e7f7/f7406c6b.jpg

Me and my dad sat thier watching them put the next part on. Pretty awesome.

so did me and my dad and a million others:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01694.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01676.jpg

nice shots, a great spot for a crane, ie letting everyone know there's going to be high-rise of the terrace! and hopefully it will provide a reason for the shops to do themselfs up abit

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01696.jpg

the crane can be seen from crawley pokings through the gaps, and its towering over barrack street

You Can See The Crane In The Background
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/pcd9dcab1fda7533800742a64a2084bc6/f70efe3c.jpg

12-9-04
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01847.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01793.jpg

I love that morning shot, what a great view to wake up to! great to see some cranes off the terrace to let people know the CBD is spreading!

i had to force myself out of bed at 6.00 for that lol. couldnt resist tho as its my only chance for about another year lol

by dilaz
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC01799.jpg

3 very colourful renders I found on the net below this render from page 3:

http://www.aussiehome.com//images/buildings/36/36_LG.jpg

Very spacey lol...http://www.sayhey.co.uk/invboard/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

http://members.iinet.net.au/~mpg/images/aerial/ccl3.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~mpg/images/aerial/ccl1.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~mpg/images/aerial/ccl2.jpg

...

bottom 2 are the old design

bottom 2 are the old designYeah, the bottom 3 you mean Chris. That's why I posted lol http://www.sayhey.co.uk/invboard/html/emoticons/laugh.gif as it's kind of obvious that the top render above the 3 is the "serious" one.

the old one looks cool!
is the new desgin smaller?

new design is 55m
old one is around 45-50 or 65 with sipre. i think the old desgin was canned bewcause it didnt make use of the heritage facade.

it seems to make use of it....... the railway hotel used to be a great hertiage building and was knowcked down illegally.. now only the facade is left :(

why was it knocked down illegally?

the builder just did it... then he was fined.. this was 10 years ago or so...... its been a vacent site for long time

what a prick! hope he was fined heaps!

Well at least the Facade is safe now.It is going to look a lot better integrated into a new building rather than sitting there all alone

old proposal was 13 levels compared to 15 levels now, the ground floor to have 4 retail shops/cafes and a plaza

you can see the core from barrack street, some of those panels have been removed, to bad the tower design is ugly cries

Yeah that older proposal was wierd,but it was more interesting.....it would be a radical change for Barrack Street,thats for sure :D

now we just need to get rid of the drunk abos and bums who hop between teh bottle shop, TAB and stips shows....

Maybe when I come ova next year,we can all meet in Forrest place and go smash up some undesireables around the City grid.:D:D:D:D



j/k.

yeah ship em of to some suburban hole, there arn't that many around, they just stick out alot esp among the terrace suit crowd in office hours, they think they look like cool gangsta's sipping on their booze or something, we really should lock them up and maybe pepper spray them, police need to abuse their powers more:D:D

i dont mind the new design, atleast its something!
nzer lets go goth bashing!:D

lol.

I had a freind who was sort of a goth back in high school,just a few years ago.

He was actually a good guy.........then one day another mate rang me at work to tell me this guy had commited suicide......sad.

if a goth doesnt commit suicide by the age of 30, he can no longer be a goth is what i was told. sad to hear.

..

Hey..I luv that first pic with the bell tower..It's better than the one I took from Barrack st. >( :D
Is work still going on there. It seemed very quite last time I walked by.

damn i just took pics too. ill still post tho. i saw them forming the corebox today.

sorry bout the 1.2mp pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/DSC02046.jpg

love the compact 0 setback site, ultra urban

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/mdilaz/4add1b22.jpg

its ashame there isn't more of that old facade but atleast there is some saved and poop that billboard on the backpackers is gone, hello ugly blank concrete wall again, bring back the hot chics in makeup ads back!!! viva la paris

more ad banners i reckon :)

makeup ones thanks with hot models

fuck yah!!!:D

in conclusion bring on the classy hot paris models with nice titties lol

yah fuck off that yankee implants silicone crap!:D some euro bitches are hairy tho :D

nothing but the best for our billboards, we should line the freeway with massive billboards for entertainment from the train

people would bitch......

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/perthcitywa/150-5010_IMG.jpg

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/7735/DSC02138.jpg

http://img19.exs.cx/img19/276/DSC02141.jpg

now thats its underway its ashame the design isn't alittle better, a great design plus some good bars and cafes might really scare of the seedy image, though i dont' mind a small part being seedy, we wouldn't want to be a sterile city, some grit and raw urbanity is good for a cities diversity, im looking forward to those trees growing and forming a nice big canopy, hopefully once barrack plaza is open some of the shops that are for lease will open back up, esp with growing foot traffic to mega mart

yeah it would be great if atleast some parts of the facade were not crappy cream clolur like stratton.

http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~wishkah/oz/photos/christmaslights.jpg

http://img81.exs.cx/img81/6452/150-5066_IMG.jpg

they seem to be taking a while, what has happened? Union issues? heritage troubles? :o Both?

....

because i understand that they demolished too much of the existing facade.

http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~wishkah/oz/photos/christmaslights.jpg

I hate how this area of barracks street is so low rise. I know I have said it before but it really does look like a country towns main street, rather then a main CBD road in Australia's 4th largest city. 2 story buildings just don't suit the area. Especially an area that is so close to all the towers and the terrace. I mean Northbridge has higher density and height then this part of the strip. But on the plus side those trees will look awesome when they get some age and growth.

nope its all go. all issues sorted :)

it looks not uniformed, i hope they do it up like what a capital city deserves.

god damn now its rolled ova another page!!!!

I think this project and cosmopolitan are great for their 0 setbacks, the concrete panels are being built with about 50mm clearance between the next buildings, they are going to be very packed in and I think thats good for the CBD, as they will be very very urbanised, and dense, and using the site to the maxiumum of its use

too bad its bland shit... lots of buildings now have 0 setbacks

cosmopolitan has a good design just abit small and not enough street interaction, bararck plaza on the other hand like statton probably won't be that ugly rather boring, dull and cheap looking, we need to demand better design, you don't always need a big budget for a good design, though it helps but a good designer, we really want buildings to add something to the CBD, and look good, we want people to look up and go, god I want to live there

http://img123.exs.cx/img123/4474/151-5106_IMG.jpg

the reinforcement bars can now been seen on foot from barrack street

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its not just popping over the hoarding, should get a core rise soon

hey i just realised its next to carillion city office building.

no its on barrack street not the murray street mall, like 50m from that

well whats the white building then?
http://www.aussiehome.com//images/buildings/36/36_LG.jpg

western power... shit you need to get into the city more dude...

http://img149.exs.cx/img149/7861/dsc029672ar.jpg

http://img149.exs.cx/img149/1836/dsc029788tn.jpg

This is going to be a little gem because of where it is. Great addition.

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soooo slooow :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/perthchriswa/156-5694_IMG.jpg

God, how long are the construction workers on leave? I want to see this one starting making an impact asap.

http://img148.exs.cx/img148/2971/dsc031224op.jpg

http://img148.exs.cx/img148/9728/dsc031284ps.jpg

fuck my pics are shit and grainy today :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/perthskyscraper/160-6003_IMG.jpg

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work is back underway after the christmas break

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ho ho ho. I hope the barrack st facade fits in with the old one somewhat. I see it taking shape.

http://img97.exs.cx/img97/4383/1626246img5sy.jpg

gives an idea of the shape, core and floorplate

http://www.aussiehome.com//images/buildings/36/36_FP1.jpg

bazza plazza-
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http://img176.exs.cx/img176/5268/1656533img1mg.jpg

coming along slowly but nicel.y, good pics!

i know it is going soooo slow but all good things take time! :)

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too bad Western Power building is hotchpotch :p they could so build something like barrack plaza over the rail between megamart and Wellington street :)

WOW

I was wondering what was happening on that site when I visited Perth in January.

I like the deisgn, but I had the facadeism job!!!! Grrrrrr!!!

http://www.aussiehome.com//images/buildings/36/36_LG.jpg

Very poor :( The old building should have been better integrated or demolished!

even better not half demolished in the first place lol

yeah the facade of the old building looks out of place. But looks great still. :)

cool, ive just updated ss.com to uc status. hey is official height 62m/18storeys?

this is list i have uc in Perth.
correct?
1. Barrack Plaza 62 m /18/ 2005
2. Raffles Tower 58 m /17 /2005
3. Allegro 50 m /17 /2005
4. The Allendale 45 m /12/ 2005
5. Altitude 9 40 m /12/ 2005

not to sure but axis 17lv @ the peninsula burwood is now UC too

good stuff, coz some of those links are dead as they have been removed. :o

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It rained in Perth, unfair.

OMG its so slow.

omg, is there even a core? this is taking forever.

omg you guys coudlnt be gayer.

http://img117.exs.cx/img117/875/1707021img4qq.jpg

http://img117.exs.cx/img117/9898/1707023img5cv.jpg

http://img124.exs.cx/img124/4900/20030512336ts.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)



http://img124.exs.cx/img124/4085/dsc001819be.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

omg you guys coudlnt be gayer.

UC before others still lower than others.

but when it is done, it would be worth it! :D

nah it started actually rising around augustish. see odl pics wot r still up and check dates.

I will love the density of this little area, in the future.

Gee, I thought it would be well more advanced construction-wise by now, compared to the great pics chrilaz89aus posted from only the last few days.

Looks like it's only about 4-5 storeys above gound ATM (at the most).

According to skyscrapers.com (Emporis) it will be 18 levels with construction completed in 2005. :?

Link: Barrack Plaza (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=101330)

um it was ment to start 2002 (late) but only started in august i think. yes it is going slow, dont know why.

http://img230.exs.cx/img230/3076/1717147img8zt.jpg

http://img230.exs.cx/img230/1793/1717148img3mf.jpg

Q: are they building it as it sells for security reasons.

since its part hotel they start building it without much sales. my hypothesis ne ways

http://img174.exs.cx/img174/4838/dsc002561ol.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

It's 70% sold according to some real estate web sites. I wouldn’t buy there. I need floor to ceiling glass thank you very much..:)
..btw..very noice pics

It's 70% sold according to some real estate web sites. I wouldn’t buy there. I need floor to ceiling glass thank you very much..:)
..btw..very noice pics

Need a clip around the ear if you ask me. :)

notice the way there building it, no-wonder its slow.

But its the most important building in our city in years. GO NORTH.

yes they are using precase concrete for the walls. i dont know why tho and also the corebox is very short. oh well

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/aussieplace/RIMG0088.jpg
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I see they have attached noise Suppression sheeting around the power pack on the crane.Are there any residences close to the site???.Obviously someones had a bitch about the noise.

There are no residents around there that I am aware of. It's all a retail precinct at the moment.

there is a backbackers place backing onto the site

yer but if ure a backpacker ud put up with it wuldnt u.

i can see now that the hertage facade is not going to be incoporated into the building! very sad!

Yes is a shame but hey at least its still there for future use. When someone decides to be a bit more creative.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/perthcitycentre/RIMG0231.jpg
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http://img253.echo.cx/img253/147/dsc004767sm.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Pre-case sucks. But she will look amazing when she's done.

http://img122.echo.cx/img122/4566/dsc006611dl.th.jpg (http://img122.echo.cx/my.php?image=dsc006611dl.jpg)

They could still put some glass or other thin material between the old facade and the new building couldn't they ???