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NAME: Quayside Towers
LOCATION: Durban Point
STATUS: U/C
FLOORS: 11
HEIGHT: 44m
USE: Residential


From R2,8m

Only 5 apartments


The Developers of Quayside originally planned to utilize the ground floor section of the apartments to be utilized for retail and commercial purposes. Through the planning process however the Durban Points Design Review Committee in consultation with the Developers recommended that this section of the deep water canal should remain exclusively “residential”.

The available “bulk” originally allowed for the retail sections have now been transformed into a unique duplex apartment “tower”.

The Tower will stand on the southern side of the existing lift tower and will occupy the internal space of the Boulevard’s courtyard with views to the East back toward the harbour entrance. The “Tower” will be accessed by way of a skywalk linking the lift tower to the lower floor of the apartments.

The designs of the apartments are modern and funky with specific focus on making the internal space wide open and friendly. Folding doors will allow the bedrooms to open out over the void area above the living area which in turn opens out onto the verandah.

The apartments will be unique in that one crosses the skywalk and the apartment will appear to be suspended in midair.

The east and west facades of the apartment will be predominantly glass to maximize the views whilst the north and west facades will be of more solid material to protect the apartment from the western sun.

I like. Thanks for posting. With this addition we're gettign a fair idea of what the precinct will look like in the next few yrs.

yeh and this one is almost entirely glass.

so this guy just sticks out like bogs bollcks at the back of another building?
How shitty to be seen on 360 degrees by other people from theyr buildings
YUK

haha i agree with saboy on this one

Well it will only have a view to the south (ie the bluff).

While i dont like it being surrounded, i must clarify that none of the apartments in the other buildings look into the area where this building is. they look out to the canals, so they wont be looked in on by the apartments, but yes they have a view of the back of other buildings, so not ideal.

and the developer had the bulk to use up for they werent allowed to develop commercial or retail with Quayside, so what else would u have suggested they do? nothing?

so you are sitting nicely in your overpriced appartment and you see all the neighbours comming home in the block next door along their passageways and waving at you.
NICE
Should have been resolved before commencing with main project. Shit solution and Im sure there would have been better options

This is the dumbest thing I have ever seen! its like the servants quaters for the quays, they prob using excess material from the original project, hence the large quantity's of glass. nice idea BAD location

Yes it isnt great, but what else do u do? you have excess bulk, arent allowed to go higher, cant go wider. what do you do?

They thought they were able to offer retail, the DPDC decided that the canal front on will be residential only. while its not ideal to put the apartment where they have, they dont have another option! and why waste ur own bulk?

is this U/C and any idea on consultsnts?

Its u/c now and sold out.

EPA are architects
Key Projects the consultants and project managers.

cool, ill add the consultsnts now.
Have updated quite a bit on Emporis

Guys, was this ever built? I am looking at photos and cant seem to find it. Its like behind the Quay side?

ya it is behind, and it is complete... sorry i have been very bad in getting around to do updates

Thanks dysan1 ^^^ If any one has or can get a picture of this please can you post it?
I really want to see how this one turned out. There is nothing on the net regarding it.

Thanks guys

Hi guys. I live at the Quays. The quayside tower has never been built to date and neither has the Quaywest hotel.

Interesting..... can you post some pictures please :D

hey adamandre. thanks for the info.

I was sure that the Quayside tower was nevetr built as in the pictures iv seen dont show that building.

Any one know why these two have not been built even though their website says that they have?

very nice but ag,I'm so tired of 11 floors.Can't we go higher yet?

i was told by the developer that they had built this one?? yeh we know Quaywest aint been built yet, but thats a mighty complicated situation

And welcome to the boards mate, any news on when the retail on the groundfloor of your building will be opening?

hey dysan.. Could you please explain Quaywest to us? Mighty complicated situation. If not in this thread but in its own. thanks mate.

The QUAY WEST Hotel is still a possability in the future, the foundations are already in place

The first hotel will be the HERITAGE SQUARE a four story structure contained behind external wall dating back 80-100 years. Full details on this 4 star boutique hotel can be found on the link below. Suites are on offer to the public from R 900 000.00 ($11 500.00) with a guranteed return of 8% in the first year.

Full details available from Norman

www.heritage square.co.za (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/www.heritage square.co.za)

It is the developers intention to start construction within the next three month. completion scheduled for third quarter of 2009. The hotel will have 118 suites a mix of composit one and two bedroom units all with parking bays built around a central court yard and enjoying harbour and canal views ( the canal on Timeball is to be extended to Albert terrace.

The hotel componant will be run by the Three cities Group

The commercial units will be for a resturant conference facilities and double volume retail units.

We will be responsable for developing the site opposite on Albert Terrace once the Heritage Construction starts

Oryt Norman, firstly this is the Quayside thread, so we appreciate your news on Heritage square, but lets just keep it to the topic here. There is a dedicated thread for Heritage square which you may gladly post all news & developments in thank, while we on the topis though, is Emmet & Emmet still the architects on the job?

Thanks as a new boy i was not aware of policy, please advise where I can find the Heritage Hotel thread or do I need to start one

No problem mate, in the main projects section, you will see a thread named "links to developments, look under Durban, then Point, you will see all the threads that we've got for the various projects: heres the link: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=384655

With regards to heritage square, heres the link to the thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=283373

if you need anything just shout ;)

any pics if the new high rise at the point????? by the way, im new and love ssc etc

New highrise? and welcome :)

the mast or any others that are being built which are relatively tall? :)