in 2 words, not much.
bit of a lull atm.
ive posted photos of projects uc but only links to proposed.

but not in SEQ

BRISBANE (1)
sunny Brisbane now has only 1 uc over 150m being Skyline Tower. many others range from 120m-145m)

SKYLINE TOWER-160M
http://www.skylineapartments.com.au/images/architectural/building.jpg

ON HORIZON
Futures looking bright!
259M/283M VISION
http://www.files.bz/files/5337/visionrender298m.jpg
248M EMPIRE TOWER
http://www.cotteeparker.net.au//images/zoom/Empire%20Square/3004_cam01_a.jpg
230M EMERALD
http://www.emeraldgroup.net/brisbane/images/photo6_lrg.jpg
200m+ 480 QUEEN STREET

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GOLD COAST (1)
GC has only the tallest ConC tower (220M) uc over 150m with the south tower reaching full height recently.
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9730/dsc010249mc.th.jpg (http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc010249mc.jpg)

ON HORIZON
There are many projects planned for next few years!
DOLPHIN TOWERS (130M & 170M)
SOUL TOWER (240M)
ORACLE TOWERS (160M & 130M)
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9374/or23sr.jpg
ANA TOWER (240M+)

plus the recent 600$m tower and Transite site.

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SYDNEY (3)
Sydney has 2 with 1 on hold at excavation stage (Aspect), hopefuly will start soon.At end of 2006, if Aspect hasnt started ,sydney will be in a unique situation with no scrapers over 150m uc.
ON HORIZON
There are currently only 2 approved skyscrapers over 150m.
188m -33 Bligh st & 188m John Boyd tower.
http://img85.echo.cx/img85/4956/33blighstrender3gg.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid40/pe6fd08eb7c5babd2cf1bb447cdb94ac0/fd01a8f6.jpg
Also the 150m WESTFIELD TOWER isnt far way from approval and will start asap.

recent pic of sydney's 2x 500footers
LUMIERE-151M
MERITON TOWER-151m/scoop-170M)
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3898/00003073ry.jpg

150M ASPECT
http://img276.echo.cx/img276/3702/aspectwestview28qr.jpg

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MELBOURNE (1)
With the boom over past 5 years, Melbourne has only VERVE 501 uc over 150m with the 300m Eureka nearing external completion this week.
The 155m/spire-170m) verve501 will finish this year and melbourne will be like Sydney with no scrapers 150m+ uc.

skyline today
http://www.melbournephotos.net/webcam/images/2006-05-09/2006-05-09_1245.jpg

ON HORIZON
The only 150m+ scraper mooted to start soon is the 565 collins st (170m/spire200m). Also 368 Lt Collins st (200m) hopefully next few years)
Outrigger and neo fall short of 150m.

VERVE501
mugley
http://static.flickr.com/46/137238280_03f7a01bf7_o.jpg
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PERTH (0)
ON HORIZON
maybe some big towers for brewery site?

ADELAIDE 0
height restriction

DARWIN 0
height restriction

Let's put it this way...I'm excited!!!!

Also on the horizon there is ANA on the Gold Coast should also come on line soon Culwulla, 70 floors Mixed-use, 30 office, 40 resi, should be good for upwards of 240m I think.

Plus APH said 480 Queen Street in Brisbane will start early 2007, DA going in soon, def over 150m, rumoured at maybe even around 300m if we are lucky!

^of course. ive edited it in.

Cheers Culwulla. I think the BAC tower 2 on George street in Brisbane is also lodging a DA very soon, 60,000 sqm of office tower, starting construction without precommitments this year once approved, should be good for over 150m.

^^Well this is mainly about buildings that are UC - not every tower that's little more than a twinkle in the developers eye :) But what about Brisbane Square Cul - its UC and 151m. That makes 8 for Australia.

Australia - 8 UC of 150m+
Eureka (Melb) 297m/91s
Circle on Cavill B (GC) 219m/70s
Meriton Tower (Syd) 170m/48s
Verve501 (Melb) 170m/45m
Skyline (Bris) 160m/48s
Circle on Cavill A (GC) 158m/50s
Lumiere (Syd) 151m/47s
Brisbane Square (Bris) 151m/38s

I was having a little play with the stats and we actually compare really well on the international scene. I mean you can't compete with China, US & UAE but otherwise we're right up there. Let me know if I missed out any major ones. I used Emporis - I know some are data defficient, Russia inparticular but nevertheless, this is the numbers you get:

China - 75
United Arab Emirates - 66
United States - 58
Japan - 10
Australia - 8
Panama - 7
Russia - 6
South Korea - 5
Spain - 5

^i was going to include brissy square but its topped out and only some glass to go. its bulk wont change anymore. i understand techinally its uc with crane ect. as with eureka , thats done. it only has a crane on top now to remove.
.
basically if its in my monthy diagrams its in.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=344118
next diagram (june1), brissy sq & festival towers will exit.
Conc south is just about there.
here is my list>

Australia - 7 UC of 150m+

Circle on Cavill B (GC) 219m/70s
Meriton Tower (Syd) 170m/48s
Verve501 (Melb) 170m/45m
Skyline (Bris) 160m/48s
Circle on Cavill A (GC) 158m/50s
Lumiere (Syd) 151m/47s
Aspect (syd) 150m/45s uc/hold






#cant compare to international scene. our little population ect.thats why i stick to the wonderful land of OZ.

Nice work yet again culwulla

Go QLD nice work if you get half the proposed towers built you will be doing well.

As for Melbourne reminds me of the early nineties when constuction all but stopped. At least we got 2 nice buildings out of this last boom.

Does Brissy's Skyline tower look as good as that first pick when viewed in person ! Nice !!!:)

^^Well this is mainly about buildings that are UC - not every tower that's little more than a twinkle in the developers eye :) But what about Brisbane Square Cul - its UC and 151m. That makes 8 for Australia.

Australia - 8 UC of 150m+
Eureka (Melb) 297m/91s
Circle on Cavill B (GC) 219m/70s
Meriton Tower (Syd) 170m/48s
Verve501 (Melb) 170m/45m
Skyline (Bris) 160m/48s
Circle on Cavill A (GC) 158m/50s
Lumiere (Syd) 151m/47s
Brisbane Square (Bris) 151m/38s

I was having a little play with the stats and we actually compare really well on the international scene. I mean you can't compete with China, US & UAE but otherwise we're right up there. Let me know if I missed out any major ones. I used Emporis - I know some are data defficient, Russia inparticular but nevertheless, this is the numbers you get:

China - 75
United Arab Emirates - 66
United States - 58
Japan - 10
Australia - 8
Panama - 7
Russia - 6
South Korea - 5
Spain - 5

I had a look on Skyscraperpage .com which is usually abit out of date but i had these figures
China- 150
UAE- 120
US- 65
Japan- 40
Aus- 8
Panama- 16
russia- 15
soth korea- 10
spain- 7

great work. But you forgot prima!

great work. But you forgot prima!

is it u/c now ?

is it u/c now ?
No, but its on the horizon.

A 150m-200m office tower (taller than ANZ HQ) for the Prudential site is also on the horizon but will most likely be a few years away, maybe 2008-2009.

No, but its on the horizon.

you got me soo excited then...
i just wish it is going ahead ... very soon !

yes its hard to say what is on "horizon". sometimes a devloper says its a goer or there is a big indication there project isnt far way from starting and it drags on and on and on. while othertimes a project starts straight away.with Prima, i feel it will eventually get built but maybe not for a while.while other projects like grand central and 565 collins seems to be moving forward.

Perth doesn't have a tower U/C over 150m just yet, but the way this boom is going, i reckon we will see some within the next 5-10 years:). we almost had the Parkwest towers(205m and 195m) but the project went bankrupt, so we will see great things for perth over the next few years. cheers fallas:)

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/9292/ozscrapers150mplusmay2mb.jpg

^^ sorry Cul, but you must get asked this alot, but what softwhere do u use to to all these??? cheers

i use Coreldraw. its hard at first but gets easy. its only for basic diagrams. ill try to use mspaint one day.

By the way, i just realised that 368 Little Collins st is under construction .. not in the horizon with the crane etc are already there...

200 m high... ! great addition

^ 368 lttle collins is to be built in 2 stages. The first stage contract is the 6 storey podium. The 2nd stage is the tower which will go ahead when markets pick up in future sometime.

EDIT: Cul posted just before me.

Shouldn't Domain be on the Horizon in Brisbane? I don't know why it is there, but there is some scaffolding up inside the building to be demolished for it.

not sure whats happening with domain? there was talk of a total redesign being office use instead which brings down its height.

when did domaine go office maybe? That's news, yep that one is a bit all over the place.

^ maybe mixed use then?

That would be nice, mixed-use is a recipe for good looking tallies. You get the great shapes of a sexy res (no boring square floor plates) with the nice glassy facade of an office tower. Hence why mixed use towers are better than office or residential I think.

^ 368 lttle collins is to be built in 2 stages. The first stage contract is the 6 storey podium. The 2nd stage is the tower which will go ahead when markets pick up in future sometime.

It is sad news Cul...!
I walked past daily through Little collins st.. seems they are still buidling the back bit - with the construction seems for the tower (sorry I dont know the term of it - the big things in the middle of the building).
That things seems too big for 6 floor podium ?

It is sad news Cul...!
I walked past daily through Little collins st.. seems they are still buidling the back bit - with the construction seems for the tower (sorry I dont know the term of it - the big things in the middle of the building).
That things seems too big for 6 floor podium ?
Thats the core. The core will be used in the final building, as will all the supports. So if that's what you mean by "big", that explains it.

But I would love to see them just keep going. Such an awesome building, even if Archibomber thinks its a giant Barny the dinosaur..

these pair will cool when balcony plastic is removed.
the south tower is topped out but north tower is currently 170m/lev55, thus another 50m/15st to go!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j15/sidler_2006/IMG_1126_edited.jpg

But I would love to see them just keep going. Such an awesome building, even if Archibomber thinks its a giant Barny the dinosaur..

It looks like Barney I tells ya! Well a tall skinny Barney designed by FKA that will look awesome on the skyline next to the Commie Bank.

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/3127/368lilcollins7fb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/8602/barney1tr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/9831/368lilcollins22sg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Sydneys 150m Aspect tower has finally resumed today after 6 months without work due to Grocon walking away from project back in November.
sydney currently has the most 150m uc!!
syd=3
gc-2
bris-2
melb-1

Aspect-side elevation
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/976/aspectwestview27vc.jpg

Thats the core. The core will be used in the final building, as will all the supports. So if that's what you mean by "big", that explains it.

But I would love to see them just keep going. Such an awesome building, even if Archibomber thinks its a giant Barny the dinosaur..

Thanks dude.. yep the core... they keep building it...

Thanks for the Archibomber ... the photos looks great... !

It will light up the area - with those dull Westpac and ANZ Queen HQ colours... !

- Do you know when the 565 Collins st commences the construction ... that is kind of cool modern building... !

Looks like 549 Queen is now on the Horizon for Brissy as well (probably quicker than 480 Queen)

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/906/nin7ll.jpg

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/3732/54923pj.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1186/54931ke.jpg

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/7070/54945rp.jpg

Looks like Brissy will be the very-tall-apartment-building capital of OZ pretty soon.

^^I think we'll hand that one to the Gold Coast :)

well Australia is down to just 3 uc over 150m, since the latest crane to come down on 220m ConC north in GC.
towers uc over 150m
SKYLINE TOWER/BRISBANE- 160M/48ST- current status 150m/45st.crane should be gone in 2-4 months
LUMIERE/SYDNEY-151m/47st-current status 97% clad.crane should be gone in 2months
ASPECT/SYDNEY-150m/43st-current status-6floors.
Hopefully Vision and Soul , ANA,Oracle and Dolphin towers will start soon as Australia will be a laughing stock with a chance of just 1 uc in 2 months time being Sydneys Aspect.

I forgot this thread even existed. Cosmo looks good. ;)

^shit you posted that nearly a year ago.lol/ looks good?
so lets look at melbun. on the 150m+ proposals.
we have 226m prima, 200m cosmo, 200m CUB,so called dubai tower, power station site,./
maybe 1 of these may start 2007 or 2008/9?

^^Just admiring my own work. :lol: I don't think Cosmo will start this year, maybe mid to late 08 at earliest. Powerstation maybe mid to late this year, CUB later this year (not sure whether it will all start at once), maybe Prima by the end of the year based on that article.

Grocon have said a couple of times already they'd like the CUB to get underway before the year is out. Not sure how likely it is though.

^shit you posted that nearly a year ago.lol/ looks good?
so lets look at melbun. on the 150m+ proposals.
we have 226m prima, 200m cosmo, 200m CUB,so called dubai tower, power station site,./
maybe 1 of these may start 2007 or 2008/9?

or maybe not:(

well Australia is down to just 3 uc over 150m, since the latest crane to come down on 220m ConC north in GC.
towers uc over 150m
SKYLINE TOWER/BRISBANE- 160M/48ST- current status 150m/45st.crane should be gone in 2-4 months
LUMIERE/SYDNEY-151m/47st-current status 97% clad.crane should be gone in 2months
ASPECT/SYDNEY-150m/43st-current status-6floors.
Hopefully Vision and Soul , ANA,Oracle and Dolphin towers will start soon as Australia will be a laughing stock with a chance of just 1 uc in 2 months time being Sydneys Aspect.

Vision and Soul will be U/C by then for sure!

Vision is now U/C for sure now!

bishops see in perth has been raised to about 155m?? and constructions not to far away i dont think

We also have City Square that could reach 150m, and also all 3 towers of the emu brewery complex [1062 apartments] will be at or above 150m, set to start at the end of the year :D

We also have City Square that could reach 150m, and also all 3 towers of the emu brewery complex [1062 apartments] will be at or above 150m, set to start at the end of the year :D

If they all get up that is a total of 5.

so let me get this straight. currently uc in australia 150m+ and a possible 2007/8 start/

Melbourne=0, /to start 2007/8/ maybe mixed use tower on power station,prima? CUB site?

Sydney=2 Aspect & (Lumiere-which is about to finish)./Westfield tower to start late 2007, also first Interchange tower at Chatswood.

Perth=0 Tower A of Capital square will start 2007.next two towers to follow

Gold Coast=1 Soul, soon-Dolphin tower A,ANA motel,Oracle Tower A

Brisbane=4 Vision,275 george,400 george st,(Skyline-soon to finish.)

to start 2007-Empire sq,480 queen st? 549 queen st?

summary-
Mlebourne
well the next 150m+ may start early next year, could be one of the towers for the large bomb sites-ie Power station,CUB or dubai style site? or if resi sales pick up,could be prima or 368 lt collins?
Sydney well sydneys next 150m+ looks like Westfields tower. there will be many just under 150m. there are a couple of approved over 150m but not sure about there start date. EDH will have a few which will start up 2008.
Perth
perths prospects look good because of the massive capital SQuare dev. # towers all over 150m which are set to start soon. Also the office tower on City Square site looks like it will be well over 150m.
Gold Coast
The massive 240m Soul has recently started and many more to follow. Each of the twin tower projects have a tall tower and a shorter tower just under 150m.
Brisbane Brisbane has the best prospects atm with currently 4 over 150m uc and many more to start 2007/8.

WOW Brisbane will have 6 next year!!!!!

Hopefully Riverside Centre II will get the green light this year for a 2008 kick off.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13158518&postcount=148

They were hoping to start this speculatively at the end of this year!!!

yes, 193m isnt that bad these days.
Brisbane is booming. is an understatement.
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/994/rc21pu5.jpg

^^ that looks so cool and create density

go brissie...

http://www.waproperty.net/files/content/386_towersskyline.jpg

hopefully these will be in the not too distant future

^^ that looks nice too

how tall are they ?

^^ that looks nice too

how tall are they ?

2x 160m, and 150m (all approved)

http://www.waproperty.net/files/content/386_TOWERS.jpg

^^ cool- - that looks like somewhere in Mt bay location

i prefer the Riverside II design but the Perth ones will fill the gap... nice height too

i do like the Capital square project, BUT they really are a wall and block out anything and everything behind it. hopefully the 3rd tower will differ from 2nd tower. just to give a bit of variety.but they are swish looking unit blocks. i heard some penthouses had 6 bedrooms!!

those are way better than that ugly ass seidler design for that site.

^^
Yes they are, but I don't like the wall effect. By themselves they are nice, but like Cul said, they just block out everything and totally change the look of the skyline - in a bad way.

I really dont think this adds to the skyline at all. And I fear it will be like the Admiralty precinct effect in Brisbane - a multi tower wall of coloured concrete and balconies

hey cul you forgot to add Bishops see to your list, its being redesigned to 35lvl.

I really dont think this adds to the skyline at all. And I fear it will be like the Admiralty precinct effect in Brisbane - a multi tower wall of coloured concrete and balconies

These have no balconies and will look very different to the Admirality area.

Yeah they do have balconies. Tower two and three we think are just provisional designs as these are to be built after tower one has started (the shorter one)

There is also going to be Bishops See towers 1+2 plus some smaller buildings in that same area. It will be very high density in the future.

hey cul you forgot to add Bishops see to your list, its being redesigned to 35lvl.
will it be 150m+? will it start this year?

Yeah they do have balconies. Tower two and three we think are just provisional designs as these are to be built after tower one has started (the shorter one)

There is also going to be Bishops See towers 1+2 plus some smaller buildings in that same area. It will be very high density in the future.

Sorry I was talking about Riverside 1 and 2, and the lower section of Riparian. (There are a couple of balconies but nothing like the admirality precinct.)

BRISBANE 150M+

1. Vision 283 m 72 2010 UC
2.MERITON TOWER EST 243M/70ST PROPOSED
3. Empire Square 240 m 68 APPROVED
4. 480 Queen Street 240 m 70 APPROVED
5. Emerald Tower 229 m 77 PROPOSED
6. Aurora 207 m 69 2006
7. Riparian Plaza 200 m 53 2005
8. Riversde tower2 193m 47 2009 PROPOSED
9. 549 Queen Street 192 m 59 APPROVED
10. Central Plaza One [Central Plaza] 174 m 44 1988
11. 275 George Street 171 m 32 2009 UC
12. Waterfront Place 162 m 40 1989
13. Skyline Apartments 2 160 m 48 2007
14. Brisbane Square 151 m 38 2006
15. North Bridge 150 m 38 2009 UC
16. 400 George Street 150 m 37 2009 UC

will it be 150m+? will it start this year?

ya we have worked it out to be over 150m. As for starting this year, not too sure. Perhaps?

^thanks.
just 2 months ago ,Australia was at its lowest ever count of 150m+ skyscrapers UC with just 2.
them being Aspect in Sydney and Skyline in Brisbane.
Now Brisbane have kicked off with Vision,275 george,northbridge and 400 george st.
Also GC have started with Soul. no other city have added anymore.
so count is now -
Sydney=1
Brisbane=4
GC=1
This will no doubt change before years end.