Well MuseumB was on the spot today when he chatted to workmen who where putting up hoarding for the 15storey EURO TOWERS which will start construction within weeks. The 45m/150ft high tower occupies a small site facing Bathurst st just east of Rialto apartments.The new tower will consist of first 10 floors for office use and top 5 floors for apartments! (very unusual indeed). The tower backs on to the Castlereagh street Fire Station which will use part of EURO TOWERS base as a exit tunnel into Bathurst street.
The model has been in city display for 2 years and finally some action. Its an unusual design with vertical concrete blades rising ful height. The roof is flat top. It was originally planned at 90m tall, but it overshadowed Hyde Park, so it got the chop!
Im getting a rendering sent to me tommorrow , so illl post pic then. The developer is EVERGLOW CITY and architects are CANDAPOLOUS.

I was looking at this one on the model today, and wondering why its so short! It looks much shorter than the buildings along Elizabeth St, so I don't get how it would overshadow Hyde Park any more than they do? :?

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I also think it had something to do with the bathurst st profile. The planners thought 90m was out of place on that site so it was reduced to 70m then down to 45m. Sydney must have the toughest development controls in the western world!
:bash:

Yeah, I remember you mentioning in the past about the constant revisions in height! I think they also were concerned with preserving the character of the historic fire station that has been all done up!

No worries about the height really anyway - its a pretty small site so it couldn't ever have been a huge tower or anything, but it will be great to get that little surface parking lot developed and have a new addition to Sydney's densely packed streetscapes! :D

Too small to interest me. You are the weakest link. Goodbye.

well heres a rendering of the EURO TOWERS. As you can see its a brutalist design with creative use of vertical & horizontal concrete shades! very unique. The architects wanted to mimic the near by Waterboard bldg.

I love it!

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/06/195585.jpg

Climbing Crane. At 45m/150ft, this would of been the worlds tallest skyscraper in 1889! lol
I love all highrise architecture. it doesnt have to be 70 storesy to turn me on! 15 is cool enough!!
:)

God damnit what is fucking wrong with The Council you work at Culwulla they approve the ugliest shit on earth......When looking at other projects around the world, I can't only say that Australia Has the most,boring,uninspiring,dull and visionless architects in the entire world.

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lol

Euro looks like being a strong design though given the height of other buildings in Bathurst Street, I cannot see how a taller building would have been out of place, eg, Water Board, Rialto.

We have a few excellent architects but they are frequently stymied by the rule-bound, hide-bound and bureaucratic officials at the council. See the article in one of last week's SMH issues in which four leading architects got a few things off their chest about the bureaucrats at the town hall.
One of the most telling comments was about the arrogance of 23 yr old geography graduates telling internationally recognised architects how to "improve" their designs. These "improvements" are usually ignorant, petty and show no understanding of design or aesthetics. Small power in the hands of small people is a terrifying thing.
And what is this terror of heights?! Do they all suffer from vertigo in at the council?! Sydney is one of the most vibrant and exciting cities in the world these days and the council bureaucrats seem to be determined to undermine it with their rules and regulations!
End of rant!

Yeah, lots of laffs Sydguy1. It's not just up to The Sydney City Council to make these kind of decisions. There are many other factors/corporate and government bodies involved in the overall process/s.

Thanks CULWULLA for the rendering. We also look forward to a post from you of an updated model of Euro Tower to post :okay:

Cheers,
mb :)

Is it on the other side of the road from Lobana? I went past a levelled site on Bathurst Street today that was most suitable to a scraper. It was between Pitt and Castlereagh.

surely that render is a joke...

2nd that !
If it ends up like that
People well for ever ask what were they thinking

Guys,

It's just the 1st render. It's more than likely to be modified - patience is the key.

BTW Apparently the foundations are going down approx. 18 metres.

Also that render has some colour seepage issues! Those horizontal bars across the building won't look as bad either, the regular dark banding on each of them is a relic of image compression.

I like how some of the more important lines of the corner building have continued across into this new building. Assuming the materials used in the building are modern and swish, I'd say this won't be a bad looker at all.

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my thoughts exactly! this is one unique bldg! i actually get sick of "run of the mill glass bldgs".we need to get away from norm, experiment abit!!

That is one of the uglist scraper proposals I've seen in recent times. The shades just ruin the look of the tower. I find the colour scheme to be pretty bad. The browish colour makes the building even more unappealing.

Culwulla, do you ever have anything negative to say about any building proposal that goes up in Sydney? This, has got to be one of the ugliest buildings I have ever seen in my entire life. Not only does it look outdated with all those shutters running all over it, it reminds me of the back of an air conditioning grill. All that's missing are two huge pieces of ribbon tied to the front.

I walked past the site the other day & noticed the hoarding on the sites gate. The was a web address on it - www.offtheplanet.com.au (http://offtheplanet.com)

I don't think we'll be getting usefull information from it, somehow

I'm glad something is about to fill this void between Castlereagh & Pitt but I'm holding my breath on my views of its design.

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lol, nah, this isnt ugly at all! are you guys looking at the right bldg??
This will superb in the flesh! just wait and see!
remember the site is small, restricted to development potential, it has to be intergrated with adjacent Fire sation for access, the shutters are for privacy due to impeding noise from fore engines ect. Alot goes into planning a bldg, everyone should know that!
Also we have to have new syle architecure in our cities. look at melbourne! they are paving the way now with pioneering highrise architecture!

:D

from 2day!

preparations are taking place for excavations to commence soon.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/06/197505.jpg

This'll be another 'North' type thread - about the same type of/size development.

This chicky will be up in no time.

I got a picture of the site too when walking down to the Masonic Centre this morning. I'd better get to a computer quick next time.

Here's my picture of the site. It was just bare. I was only interested in getting a picture of the hoardings.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid65/pfa835f573f636dec41454dee58b3f830/fbe7e0d3.jpg

well, architects have done a turn around and listened to you guys! lol anyway heres latest render!
its a better design . love thr green mesh on lower levels.
well what do you think guys?

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/06/198777.jpg

What is that? lol

Looks like more that just the top 5 floors are for apartments as the lower 10 floors are supposed to be commercial (unless they've given a couple of the office floors balconies too).

Can juuuuust see a space for the fire engines to escape from in its bottom left hand corner.

BTW Hope they eventually drop 'Tower' from the name. More like 'Euro Pimple-on-the-Skyline'.

It's an improvement on what was proposed before.

There is already a flash and glassy new fire station on the traditional site in Castlereagh Street which is where they all come roaring out. Euro is being built on what used to be some sort of exercise/parade and preparation ground and, if my memory serves me correctly - always a dodgy proposition - this was sold off separately from the fire station. Or was it? Access rights?

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correct! part of the site had to be given access to fire engines

Damn! I liked the older one better! Now it just looks like Meriton bought the space above a cool looking 5 storey building and plonked 8-9 levels of apartments on top!

Still though, hard to see the details from this render, so I'll wait to see it inder construction before I make any more judgements!

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I also think it had something to do with the bathurst st profile. The planners thought 90m was out of place on that site so it was reduced to 70m then down to 45m. Sydney must have the toughest development controls in the western world!
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Match the Bathurst St profile alright! (From both Euro renders) more blank walls to match the Waterboard Building's huge expanse of blank walls on both of its sides :( .

Aren't they going to put windows on the Hyde Park side for the apartment dwellers to look out at the 'beautiful' NOT :down: structure of 227 Liz Street (ex Aetna) 'thing'?

went past site this morning. they are really getting stuck into it! the hole is already 20ft deep!
wont belong till footings and crane turns up.

They can't put windows on the east side to take in park views b/c there is a building on corner which potentially could be rebuilt as high or higher thus giving the east facing windows a delightful view of a wall 10cm away.

Originally posted by finn
I was looking at this one on the model today, and wondering why its so short! It looks much shorter than the buildings along Elizabeth St, so I don't get how it would overshadow Hyde Park any more than they do? :?
I didn't know Sydney had a Hyde park! Named after the one in London no doubt.
Intresting pictures by the way. :)

what an ugly crock of shit!!! atleast it hasnt got height.

Originally posted by SydneyDude
what an ugly crock of shit!!! atleast it hasnt got height.
thats what they said about Opera House.lol
this will be a nice little addition to bathurst st streetscape. youll see :)

Great, now the building looks like half of it is covered in scaffolding. Where the Hell did this 'architect' get his degree from? It must have been by correspondence, and probably found on the back page of the TV Weekly.

Originally posted by Vitriol
Great, now the building looks like half of it is covered in scaffolding. Where the Hell did this 'architect' get his degree from? It must have been by correspondence, and probably found on the back page of the TV Weekly.
the architect is actually one of Sydney's best! he was given a certain height limit/shape/critera for the site and met councils ideas.

Chatted to 2 of the workmen @ the gate on Bathurst a couple of days ago. Even though the foundations are already pretty deep, one of them said there is still a bit of depth to go.

The other one quoted 20 levels (I think he included 5 underground levels - dunno) and that all levels were for apartments with one for retail at the base.

I have found in the past that site workmen are not always correct (even though they mean well), but maybe these 2 were.

BTW I didn't have my camera with me to get a shot of the deep foundations and the machinery in use :( !

How many floors deep do you think it is at present?

Originally posted by Fabian
How many floors deep do you think it is at present?
its about 15m so 5 storeys at most.

Well if it's 15m @ most, at present my guesstimate Fabian is that it's down to about basement level 3, perhaps going down into level 4.

I'm pretty sure this is the right site.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid75/pb80793da7ba57693b3a73fe18eb3f829/fb5602d2.jpg

:okay: That's the old/new fire engine escape route on the right hand side boarded up above the pit.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by climbing_crane
[B]I'm pretty sure this is the right site.

Yeap though I havn't been past there in a while........

Going through this thread I'm still unsure about the design, though we shall see, it may look better when it is built????

Do they have a web site for this building????

The website is hey hey my my rock and roll can never die.

Here is a pic from today showing a track hoe digging even deeper for the foundation. Looks like the same hoe as in climbing_crane's last pic post.

________http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/379eurotowerconst1.jpg

cool pic muse! for a small scraper thats a big old hole! i chatted to site guy the other day and asked him about the truck loads leaving the site. he said there doing 18 trucks a day and there dumping them near waitara.

I asked one of the guys onsite today if I could get a photo and he actually took me to the north east corner and opened up that gate and let me in!!! I got some shots but here's a tip of advice after I saw the results. When taking shots of a pit always use a compact camera. This makes the pit look it's real depth. When using an SLR like I did the pit doesn't look anywhere near as deep as it should.

That would depend on what lens you use ;).

Where's the stairs or ramp to get out of the hole?

The soil ramp (not stairs) is just to the right of the deep foundation Fabian i.e. on the western side.

I think the only things that get out of the hole are the machinery. It's now too deep for workers to venture down there, except to operate the track hoe.

However in my last pic post, I do see a worker down in the deep pit wearing the now-by-law construction workers' yellow vest and the protective helmut. Dunno how he would get out of the foundation though. Maybe by escalator?!? :) ;)

I just find it freaky how they can get down there and pull themselves out of there at the end of the day.

There's stais going down in the form of scaffolding.

And disregard my last post. I'm full of S%$t.

Again passed the site of Euro yesterday on Bathurst - the foundtions seem like it is @ the end - i.e. so deep. Ironically, the same track hoe was down there as in my last pic post, posted on the 26/09/03.

BTW Still no renderings of Euro Tower/s on the pine board hordings on Bathurst St. as yet :(.

Pic of new crane on site:

_________http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/379eurotowerconst2.jpg

A new Crane Alley is being formed along Bathurst St. Another two/three cranes should fill the 101 Bathurst St site once that gets approved. Hurry up!!!

On the DA it says the carpark is 6 storeys deep .. but only 26 spaces? Ridiculous! There's only 25 units on the site but still .. a lot of work for not much payoff ...

lack of interst in this project on my part
Nothing grand about desgin or placement
Still some thing going on and because of its size lets us see a project from start to end in quick time frame. Unlike WT which has seen the sun rise and set on many a poster here

Originally posted by hk-star
On the DA it says the carpark is 6 storeys deep .. but only 26 spaces? Ridiculous! There's only 25 units on the site but still .. a lot of work for not much payoff ...

It's a mixed use tower as 10 floors are office space. You oviously need to provide parking for the tenants of the offices as well.

Originally posted by Fabian
It's a mixed use tower as 10 floors are office space. You oviously need to provide parking for the tenants of the offices as well. Which is why I commented that I was surprised they were only providing 26 car spaces. One for each unit and then just one more for all the office workers? Maybe that last one is really big and they can all come to work on the same double decker bus. I'm surprised they were allowed to get away with such a small number but maybe there just isn't any room. The site is close to transport so maybe it's not considered such a problem?

parking is limited in commercial developments as to encourage people to use public transport.

The best part about this tiny two-shoes is the huge pit.

Has anyone ever noticed that a small building can have a pit just as big as a huge scraper. Weird.

The best part about this tiny two-shoes is the huge pit.

Has anyone ever noticed that a small building can have a pit just as big as a huge scraper. Weird.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid86/pc25b2998e72c715cd20ab1bf2ee5d803/faae8e53.jpg

i was checking out today how they take the excavations from site without the ramp. The buldozer on the bottom now fills skip up and its hoisted into waiting truck below.
heres a pic of it in action-

http://www.emporis.co.uk/files/transfer/6/2003/11/227802.jpg

Made a slight detour yesterday to check out the foundations.

It has deifinitely hit the bottom with the footings already being put into place.

Originally posted by Muse
Made a slight detour yesterday to check out the foundations.

It has deifinitely hit the bottom with the footings already being put into place.
yeah i also noticed this. its funny when you take a look and passersby also check out what your looking at. It actually looks like its going to be a tall scraper but little do they realize just 45m.:bash: oh well at least the site is being developed!

the concrete core has commenced!

http://www.emporis.co.uk/files/transfer/6/2003/12/234764.jpg

As ugly as concrete can be there aint nothing like it when it's freshly poured.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/p306bf23fb89b25b70f73b0939e157711/fa491bbf.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/pf8b22f3b4199b0bc26e07261ce181a46/fa491c51.jpg

The site yesterday. It looks like were watching the carpark levels taking shape. You can see a curved ramp for the carpark towards the image

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid100/p81ffab0388359a33e309d580147b35c2/f9e2cb95.jpg

Wonder where the cars will enter. Guess they have to share the exit/entrance with the fire station with a very good warning system. In the initial renders there is only one vehicle entry.

http://www.virtuallandmedia.com/img4/miscs/redlight.gif

Originally posted by Muse
Wonder where the cars will enter. Guess they have to share the exit/entrance with the fire station with a very good warning system. In the initial renders there is only one vehicle entry.


Yes, I recently attempted to navigate the underground car park of "The Somerset" (formerly Oakford) serviced apartments on Sussex St, and it is pure and utter hell! The underground car parks are so restricted in movement space that it basically takes an 11-point turn to manouver into one of the tiny little spaces wedged between the massive columns!

I am sure that Eurotower will have a similar situation with it's carpark, and, like Somerset, will most likely have a single common entrance/exit to the parking lot.

Yes, I have heard of absolute terror stories about the depths of The Elan @ The X in regard to this too ;) .

Maybe it's an assupmtion that if you live or often visit downtown, that it will be an incentive to invest in a small car. How small do they want you to go though is the question?

Originally posted by Muse
Yes, I have heard of absolute terror stories about the depths of The Elan @ The X in regard to this too ;) .

Maybe it's an assupmtion that if you live or often visit downtown, that it will be an incentive to invest in a small car. How small do they want you to go though is the question?

Well, I can assure you that the undergound carparks of The Elan are pure bliss compared to those of the smaller apartment complexes! ;)

Actually, while I was negotiating the Somerset carpark, I was thinking that if I lived there I would probably get a motorcycle. :)

Two days later and the concrete is poured for the ramp

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid101/p850ec765aff4c333235b2b242f5f6aa1/f9ddef9a.jpg

The Eurotower hoarding has a render of sorts. Not the best render and no web site. Just sales agents phone numbers. :(

Another floor has since been laid.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid102/pdff28ecece7e7241572b7d5bd2535d1c/f9b64300.jpg

Things have gone a bit slow over the past few week with only the next floor of the core being done.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid103/pba5bd7c6acaf30a77a6f1cf59b89544d/f9a51b44.jpg

Check out that guy in the first pic working. He's almost naked.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p2ef37f4e65902b3d2b6c594e830a98c5/f9943120.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p311effdfe4cb574e00ef4c3134105345/f9943b12.jpg

Originally posted by climbing_crane
Check out that guy in the first pic working. He's almost naked.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p2ef37f4e65902b3d2b6c594e830a98c5/f9943120.jpg

Dammit! I can't see him properly!!! ;)

New mesh has appeared on the wire fence, which makes for taking site pics a bit more difficult. It appears little has been done in recent days due to the heat and now the rain.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/pf65cd7ad9d38ecd6316d6cab80ee97c8/f984fbbd.jpg

I went past the site today and there is one basement level to go before it reaches ground level.

Work has intensified too. I've noticed more workers on site, including three mingling around the gate to the site and it looked as busy as ever. Great to see this.

Rise you bitch.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pcfdb77e46aa45859473e5298a1c8a748/f9586d64.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p5d277a1654deeffa9463bdaae3a81c6c/f9586c9e.jpg

A rise is imminent.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p7d7e3bf5d396e98e5de5aa53eb4dc301/f951370b.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pd58e613b81b7883a471c3f369779f27a/f951378f.jpg

It's reached ground level guys. I managed to sneak in this image while the guys on site weren't looking.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid108/pea5d3512222f3c2070d0800468fb0f07/f94c8d93.jpg

Today, the concrete trucks were pumping concrete for the ground level of the tower. Thats all I saw. :)

I managed to get this pic of the site yesterday. It's very hard to see through the gate.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid110/p3d0503db64f547f82832f07a76ca7d33/f91504ed.jpg

It looks like the floorplates for level one are starting to appear

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid112/pbc91e57a38cb8a8560558109030e4ab6/f8fe4e9d.jpg

Eurotower on Wednesday. The floorplates for level one have been laid.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid114/p6c0302a4094fb055731f1a7b5c4ee24d/f8da6832.jpg

The site yesterday - Concrete has been poured for the first level.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid116/p6ad8c8c8977f0b443f0957f61d34d8d3/f8ad0852.jpg

I still don't know what this pip-squeak actually looks like. Either from the diagram on the hoardings or the vague render at ssc.

If it would be as affective as North, then it'll be worth it. At least some classy finishes.

floors now up to 3 storeys

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/euromay19.jpg

The site today just after 1pm. Some men were still working on site.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/p2d2d6076b6f5c1b8cb619fb79684cbba/f87f250d.jpg

What a boring building.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/peaa22bcbc86bd74eecab31b2d779396a/f897f852.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p319e7e5502d19587b9dd0f3d9ab01bda/f897fa6b.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p8ea027ad959eb33a9dbb5c946a725fe0/f897f99a.jpg

It shouldn't be boring now, seeing that work is now visible from the street. Like those pictures of the crane assembling themself.

Any Rendering ?

Any Rendering ?

Yep, here's one.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/06/198777.jpg

It's now at level 4

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p301b0ed55d5e7fcfc0380661bff78a28/f868f719.jpg

This one is rising quickly going up yet another floor in less than a week. Also workers on the site walked off the job yesterday over unpaid workers as seen in my shot below. They were gone by mid afternoon.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p8e9a310d46ae20439a1cfd1ad06f219f/f854621a.jpg

I found a new rendering of the tower.

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/3763/101593763ml1086133016.jpg

And looking at last weeks shot of the site, they are now up to the first level of the apartment component. You can also notice a very small setback as well.

And here are some renderings of the apartments. Very nice

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/3763/101593763al1086133009.jpg

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/3763/101593763bl1086133011.jpg

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/3763/101593763cl1086133013.jpg

Thanks for the update pics guys, nice to see this slowly rising up.

But have to say that render (no offence to you Fabian), must have been drawn by a 10 year old drawing their house. Interesting concept to show it being the centre of everything..... Anyway, I love the exterior of the office floors (lower 4 levels), but IMHO, the upper residential levels look like a cheap apartment building built in the 70's in the suburbs somewhere.

Anyway, I'll patiently wait to see ho it turns out, I have been positively surprised before.

Cheers

Were those renderings created using Microsoft Paint?

Today's pic. Still no rise in floorplates

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid123/pe3d1bc22fc2ec3f64af2d0827a9cf5a4/f823028b.jpg

Today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid125/p0a7e8d45084e77e9a21a0047f790904f/f80730a8.jpg

Today - Another floor has been laid over the past week.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid127/peda7cef5f312e1bee8d033ffbaf59c61/f7f03efd.jpg

The tower is now at level 7, which is the halfway mark too :)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid128/pd0c9cb5b516ebc245e74fd28205a4272/f7d84ee4.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid128/p8a8c4e1064605393ad891d539946e193/f7d84ec1.jpg

This week

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/p1f2e47e78ce1a21aba92f0f527e65ac0/f7ba1b68.jpg

starting to rises above the 7storey next door
its now 9storeys with 6 more to go.
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/eurojuly26.jpg

Today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid132/pcd33b55931aaf9a019ed909aaf143aa9/f7a0c021.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid132/p1fb810e0961fb22150d2c2b94a4a1147/f7a0c008.jpg

10th floor?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/euroaugust.jpg

This one is a shocker and should of been built in St Leonards.

10th floor?

I counted the same on Wednesday morning - 9 floors + ground.

so thats the ground floor retail, 9 residential floors and just the 5 office floors to go.

when does a building officially become a 'tower' because something like this peice of low rise crap ( yes I know it is height resitricted coz of shadowing over Hyde Pk) is false advertising !!! It would hardly get noticed in Paramatta, Chatswood or even in Adelaide let alone in the middle of the farking Sydney CBD ! It's got 7 pages of posts in this thread as well which I find difficult to comprehend.

It would hardly overshadow Hyde Park with the Telstra building in it's way. I don't even know who is building it. As for low rises some can be good. The best one at the moment without a doubt is Portico. Go check her out.

This one is a shocker and should of been built in St Leonards.I so totally agree. It's going to be a bloody pip-squeak of a building for Sydney's CBD.

It better @ least be nicely designed with beautiful finishes - here's hoping.

when does a building become a "tower"?? when its over 12storeys in height. this baby is 15 levels or 46m so it well qualifies! it was ging to be 90m but council brough it down because of shadows o hyde pak.. oh well its just another prokject on Bathurst st who really cares.?
i do.lol.

Today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid133/p8ed19a5f4345c48ae0bbc2e0a02efa8a/f787930b.jpg

Looks like it's at full height. Where are the windows

A few more levels to go until topping-out.

There are no windows on the side as the site next door probably has a confirmation of an envelope, even if somethings not built for another 30 years.

In the meantime there is no point cladding the blank wall with expensive materials, as once again it may eventually be hidden. Obviously they can't leave the wall as it is now. They'll either paint it, cover it over with a coloured cement mix or use cheaper tiles.

Today.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/pa387bbe6019cf6f6f60a6f9d0b74f906/f76f3603.jpg

I think it's gone up another two levels, all in the course of a week.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/p4f848ca9da7fb5672fe75033f9ad6f34/f75691e8.jpg

view from saint mart.
almost done

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/euroaug25.jpg

gee not much visible from there Cul

yeah the first 10 floors are apartments and top 5 are office. Euro Towers rises to 45m/150ft so its nearly full height, maybe another 2 floors? but its location is great.not much in the way of" landmark status" lol.

Today. Prepare for a floorise next week with the core for the next level appearing.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid137/p9703d0e9ac5336febc7c1ccaf03c9138/f740a7c7.jpg

i counted 12 floor on thursday so 3 more floors to go!

Today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/p124dddde828bac2a21bce576fcb7b684/f727da2f.jpg

today
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/eurosept9.jpg

yeah the first 10 floors are apartments and top 5 are office. Euro Towers rises to 45m/150ft so its nearly full height, maybe another 2 floors? but its location is great.not much in the way of" landmark status" lol.

According to the rendering, It's reverse Cul.

I counted 13 floors + ground in the render which makes it 14. Were only one floor from topping out :) I also like the setbacks on the upper levels. It's better than staring at something blocky.

Yesterday

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/pc8500b61ac07d23c56aed23840d20973/f70f1e95.jpg

Thanks guys for your dedication to this rather uninspiring space-filler. Seeing as it's pretty much topped out, we have to look forward to the appearance of the facade, hoping it is cool, and what colour they will paint that scary blank wall....

Cheers

orange maybe

According to the rendering, It's reverse Cul.

I counted 13 floors + ground in the render which makes it 14. Were only one floor from topping out :) I also like the setbacks on the upper levels. It's better than staring at something blocky.
well i was told by architect that top 5 floors were office. maybe change of heart?

Thanks guys for your dedication to this rather uninspiring space-filler. Yeah, lol. When I used to walk by and see this dormant site with a sign stating EuroTower a couple of years ago, all my scraper fantasies were goin' crazy.

Instead we got stuck with this booby prize :| . Right in the heart of Sydney too. Mind you, after its height was significatly reduced.

Euro-Trash!!

EuroTower (LOLOL) will always be Euro-Trash to me.

In fact it's the "Millie-Vanilli" of recent developments.

.....

Unfortunately, the only way we could have expected something taller on that site was if the developers bought up some of the adjoining sites and amalgamated them, or bought some transferable heritage rights off some one else!

The site is very small, and I think it would have been better as part of an amalgamation, but that is actually a pretty difficult thing to pull off.

The fact that this site exists at all, and we have got any tower (be it a wee one) happening there is pretty good, as it was part of the Castlereagh St Fire Station holdings which they decided to sell off.

So I guess we may as well take it for what it is and hope for the best with the design quality ala North on Goulburn St! Fingers crossed! :)

hey Euro tower isnt that small! at 45m/150ft it would of been worlds tallest in 1885!!
lol :cucumber:

@ finn. Of course what you say is rational....however when there is good architecture and the chance of it being taller re the below quote from June '03. If this is going to be pretty mundane architecture, then it could be 5cm really!!I also think it had something to do with the bathurst st profile. The planners thought 90m was out of place on that site so it was reduced to 70m then down to 45m. Sydney must have the toughest development controls in the western world!
:bash:

I did a floor count today. It's up to level 12 therefore there is one floor left to go :)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/pc306816f7374989a48ef29d7dcd91c51/f6f9c17d.jpg

From last Saturday

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/pf04e86237b36f4009804344ce2ae62ea/f6f70142.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/p5c5d80676138771eb417c24716fa2c22/f6f7003b.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/pc49c8aa329e7e9cb07a1d08df610cf58/f6f6ff02.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/pc946475b2af7f69560c4a933ad2634bb/f711e633.jpg

Wow, this one is rising fast. Still interested in the extenal finishes they adopt. The initial renders didn't fill me with any confidence.

Love the gratiuitous City model shot :D

Euro tower is far botrom left of pic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/citysouth.jpg

hurry up and end the pain Euro!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid143/p174da24dcd03f729040a27a6fa5b8ca5/f6968324.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126euronov1.jpg

more pain
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/eureonov23.jpg

Starting consumer advertising for apartments now (SMH, Domain last Saturday). Getting a mailout soon (gee I love those shiny brochures :D ) Was told expected "completion" (I presume that means ready for residential occupancy) is March 2005

i must admit, it is in a great spot! central to everything!

Refer to aspect

LOL Well, the mesh is down and yet we still have no idea what this frikken building is going to look like. Gosh I hate this one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/Muse11/eurotower111.jpg


I have an admirer :nuts:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/Muse11/eurotower333.jpg

wow, doesnt actually look to bad in that pic muse!! love the angled concrete lurvers.

it just needs a paint job now.

:puke:
What is this, back to the 70's????

Contrary to normal situations..."looks better in real life...", I'm afraid this one in real life is a shocker, and Muse (thanks for the photos), your pics do this building far more justice than it's worth.

why is this eurotower and not austower? is there an austower somewhere in europe?! what about sinotower or japtower or britower or kiwitowr or yanktower?! maybe more realistic is singtower, since singapore is one of australia's largest foreign direct investors and lots of it in property!

what an ugly heep of .....

....shit! yeah, we know.

why is this eurotower and not austower? is there an austower somewhere in europe?! what about sinotower or japtower or britower or kiwitowr or yanktower?! maybe more realistic is singtower, since singapore is one of australia's largest foreign direct investors and lots of it in property!It's not even a tower let alone euro or sino.

:) good 1 muse

It looks OK. The balconies remind me of those at North apartments, except they comprise of only horizontal and vertical lines. The glass panels on the balconies look nice. The final product looks to be promising.

This tower doesnt look to bad. The render not that long ago made it look like utter shite.

Have to say it *is* looking much better. I drove past it. Now if we could do something about the blank wall (like another scraper??) it would look nice.. my only worry is what happens to concrete with time...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/eurojan19.jpg

http://img164.exs.cx/img164/5959/eurojan312mp.jpg

that is one ugly/boring building

This isnt the only Eurotower being built on planet Earth LOL. :D

http://img215.exs.cx/img215/9026/eurofeb167us.jpg

sorry sydney but that is a shabby looking building

anyone got a descent view from the front ?

One of the worst buildings ive ever seen.

Thats one horride, brutal looking tower there.....

its not too bad. ive seen worse

http://img202.exs.cx/img202/2128/eurofin7nf.jpg

I'll have to admit, that view ^^ front on to the building is at least interesting if nothing else, and the bottom part should be pretty good, but the side view (as must be expected), is abysmal.....

This building makes the MLC building look attractive. Who'd ever thought that could be possible? Ugh!

Those concrete panels have more in common with concrete road dividers than the facade of a building.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

ohhh........thats TRAGIC.

doesnt look finished yet why is it in here?

My thoughts exactly - perhaps the forum are just sick of looking at it.

doesnt look finished yet why is it in here?

ALMOST worse than this:

Approved Octagon Apartments in Adelaide:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid116/pf54de4e7b281856dc609d04272c0aa1a/f8ac91fe.jpg

My God... driving past this atrocity one would make the mistake that it was actually a parking garage from the 70's.

view of top floors today from st martins
http://img195.echo.cx/img195/893/eurotop0bu.jpg

not bad
http://www.mcgrath.com.au/webimages/properties/SYDNEY/28999/buying/26135/28999_1.jpg