FINALLY after nearly 30 years of DA submissions it looks like Sydney's Scots Presbyterian Church in York Street will be developed into a 15storey apartment block known as-PORTICO.
Trances alerted me to it tonight by sending me a pic he took today of hoarding being erected on site!

Its designed by great architects-Tonkin Zulaikha Greer .
ive probably done more than a dozen DA models of this site, some with church some without, but all had to follow the SUN ACCESS PLANE down into Wynyard Park.
Scots still will have a church included in the bottom level.The dilapidated stone facade will be restored to fit in to new design.
It will rise 70m above street.

heres a description -

Portico is the apartment component of the complete redevelopment of the historic Scots Church, which occupies the site bounded by Margaret, York and Jamison Streets and Margaret Lane. This exciting development offers a unique blend of modern architectural design in a heritage building incredibly well located on a major transport and shopping hub. There is a large choice of well designed quality units ranging in price from mid $300k to 2 million. Most of the apartments are well sized 1 bedroom plus study or 1 bedroom apartments. There are also a quantity of two and three bedroom apartments. Register now as there are still a number of excellent quality apartments in the $400k to $800k range.


http://www.tzg.com.au/projects/scots_church/lg_SCOTS1.jpg

http://www.arkfinancial.com.au/siteupdate/images_property/1008879113.jpg


1930 Gothic influenced facade

http://www.aftrs.edu.au/STUDWORK/Grad03/graphics/films/Facade.jpg

yet another apartment block for the CBD!!

see pic below:D

Yes the scaffolding was going up today
Walked past this after noon on my way home
Here is another

http://athene.riv.csu.edu.au/~towers02/Dsc00492.jpg

LOL
I came here and posted my 1st photo that I had sent to CULWULLA as a pm. As it was not here. While I was doing that
CULWULLA was kind enough to post the one I sent him.
LOL So modifed my post to show new one I also took today . By thi stage CULWULLA then changed his post to say look below at the 1st image, which is no longer there as I had replaced it with the current one.
LOL

The tower looks different in those renderings to the ones I've seen like in the council report where it looked more orangey to my knowledge.

It's not a bad tower with the step ups and has made some attempt to blend in with the existing structure but it could of blended in better.

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I came here and posted my 1st photo that I had sent to CULWULLA as a pm. As it was not here. While I was doing that
CULWULLA was kind enough to post the one I sent him.
LOL So modifed my post to show new one I also took today . By thi stage CULWULLA then changed his post to say look below at the 1st image, which is no longer there as I had replaced it with the current one.
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lol. anyway heres the first pic you posted

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2003/06/196318.jpg

Yay! At last! :)

I've gotten quite sick of going past Scots and expecting something to be happening and just seeing the same dilapidated old building with the same "coming soon" sign out the front that's been there for the past couple of years! So at last we'll see some action!

Thanks for the confirmation pics Trances! :okay:

That sign that said Sydney's most exciting new apartment complex was there for years. About time.

pic of model. you can see the stepped effect due to over shadowing issues on Wynyard park


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/126scotsmodel.jpg
theres parks either side of it.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/126scotsvista.jpg

my understanding was they were originally offering these units not as freehold/strata title but on a 99 year lease?

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That could well be the case, because those prices are actually very reasonable, considering the location and just the basic fact that they are in Sydney!

Culwulla, you said there has been D/A's for the site extending back thirty years. What have been some of the major proposals for the site?

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basically the same! its always been a 15 storey building, some have been office proposals. they have all stepped down to Wynyard pk. this proposal is one of the better ones!

Nice pics Trances and Cul. Cheers for that! I also have walked past this site on numerous occasions, wondering like others when we'd see some action.

And I thought the general consensus was that there was an over supply of units in Sydney and that the property market was in decline? Don't look like it at all!

BTW, it's a bastard of a site isn't it? Parks on BOTH sides! At least they're keeping the old cathedral. About time we preserved some of our older buildings.

I love the current Building and its once location I would love to live. Have to see how it turns out.

Walked around the Portico Apartment site yesterday i.e. 28th June @ around 1.30PM amid the bare plywood looking hoardings which are now set up around the site without renederings as yet.

Hopefully to take pic/s as soon as possible possums :)

heres a shot i took back in 1990 from roof of York Apartments peering down on the Scots Church. i joined 2 photos together sorry bout quality.
love the lightwells.gothic elements

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/126scotschurchfromyorkapt1990.jpg

On the bus on the way out of the city today I saw them assembling the crane. I'm spewing because I missed out on shots of the construction of a crane. I was going to come back into the city but on my bus the first drop off was at Mosman. Oh well.....

I got the photos today of the crane going up took quite few photos. I will put them up tomorrow

I mean I was there. Watched the crane for like 30 mins while I was walking back from the novetel. Looks great so how close t that to the final hight ?
Feels like it is boxing in wynard park

Ok here are the ones from saturday of the crane going in to place
Resized them as there is so many
Is that how high its going to b e be cause I already feel boxed in a wynard looking at it.

Link here to dir (http://athene.riv.csu.edu.au/~towers02/ForSkyScrapersCityPage/POr/)

Great pics Frances. Especially the ones of KENS.

Great photo there love Gray in that photo

Trances
Its Trances crane

Nice pics Trances. The crane doesn't look the full height as yet.

I keep hearing differing stories about the resoration (or part restoration) of the chapel areas - some will be integrated into the lower rise apartments and some will re-open as a church - to my understanding anyway.

Anyone else got some goss on this one.

**BTW My last post says I'll take pics soon. Woops, forgot. ;)

as you can see in this model pic, the new addition will be over doublke the height of existing 30m structure. So crane will eventually be hoisted up again.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/126scotsvista.jpg

Nice looking crane. Does it climb?

go man

my work.

Great Shots crane

[ui

Nice Solar Flare !

nice

great pix cc! The wonderful 30m tower of St Phillips church was among the tallest structures in Australia on completion in 1857.
The 34m high pinnacles were the highest point in that area of Sydney.Designed by Edmund Blacket it was one of his best works, he completed over 100 churches in his life.He also did St Andrews cathedral in Sydney sq.
i sometimes visit and listen to the organ recital. The city sounds great from inside a church.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid75/pf9e3c07ea80bc2fdb4a2666cbcaeeff4/fb53bc2c.jpg

from today! there getting stuck into it!
https://www.emporis.com/files_transfer/6/2003/09/220916.jpg

Here's a nice aerial of the site from level 35 of the metcentre. A great vantage point to see it rise

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid83/p0123378cecdc1b72e6f9a35bab4f244c/fadf529d.jpg

How did you get up there

'Saturday night fuzzy-wuzzy cam'. Westpoint crane aglow:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/509/379porticoconst2-med.jpg

one for

Oh very clear
Park looks very dark there
Thanks :)

Go and look at the one of Cove I put in. Twice as good.

Seems to be alot of internal work going on.

I think alot of the roof may had already been removed when I took the aerial last month.

And the price of the apartments are very expensive too!!!

Portico today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid88/p212126b3febb9bc2f263733c537045d6/fa92dee5.jpg

The site today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid90/p7a20e68d1dae2ade3f263b2ff7939657/fa74d90c.jpg

wow, looks like its another "drapped in green mesh" site. ah well boring pix until next year then! lol when covers come off.:bash:

yep always love the stage when they lift the skirt

Another boring shot taken today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid92/pb0b27d2751fa303fcbdc80d1347ec968/fa547dee.jpg

Sort of slow going for now

Dunno if this render has been posted ( I'm on a dial-up and there's too many pics!). From www.domain.com.au > > >

http://img.domain.com.au/img/3202/2003958313_2_FS.GIF

The site today. I think it might be time to get back to level 35 of the metcentre.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p369104732101ff3a91c7d404fc6bdd41/f9eee47d.jpg

Sorry Fab but Metcentre Level 35 is no more. It's all partitioned office now.

Portico

After that rain work.

Portico.

yo

Portico yesterday

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p7f000237b7644466e755997ce6b9d574/f984fd13.jpg

wow, the green mesh has moved! lol

Originally posted by CULWULLA
wow, the green mesh has moved! lol

It's moved a bit more since last week, now exposing some beams

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p83adbd3b127dbc6c0d67f1f7019612a3/f970c152.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p3aab4d48e72c703898ffb5ecb0f640d6/f970c134.jpg

No real changes to this yet
Where will the core rise from ?
Will we see one ?

cool

Portico today. It looks like the demolition work is nearly done and the floorplates can begin to rise.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pbf27532f08e0dd8aca8524ed66c0b23d/f95ebab7.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid106/pc5a4d248f2f216b211e26bb28a2138fa/f96c6c94.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid106/pb1a24652ba4f2fbc6fe8489a8ac76f50/f96c6bfe.jpg

Portico this week

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid108/p0485100acaf67b657a1cf790243ee3cc/f94c8acb.jpg

Still no visable change

Originally posted by Trances
Still no visable change
lol, i think fab likes to see the green mesh move.The first change will happen when the core starts to pop above the roof which should happen in a few months.so until then, bring on more green mesh:D

The site yesterday

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid110/pdd083974c2c38936d27d00a09d5e0574/f915019a.jpg

Oh well guess will wait it out
dont get my weekly visits any more or dull daily bus ride past same tired old views that dont change rapidly.

yep more green mesh now at front! lol

This has got to be the most un-photographic construction site around the city. Does anyone disagree??

yeah, we have to wait till the core and floor plates actually become visable! but even then they might be drapped in green mesh.lol

Even though it is quite small I'm glad they took Wynyard Park into account and not overshadowing it. That's quite a popular place at lunchtime on a clear working day, you won;t find a place to sit between 12.30 and 2.

This is nothing as of yet but it wasone of my fav buildings so this development is of great intrest ( but not at this stage ) and yes if th trend contuines should be dull till get to the steps on the higher levels

Good news guys, the scaffholding is coming down exposing the restored facades.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid113/p5bea45afdf17e58f2f23b07b68b4d466/f8ea664f.jpg

OK guys, there is something to see now after many months, with a corebox finally appearing. The addons are about to be added.!!!!!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid114/pedfa0822975853e99e1ebc51d44076e5/f8d5bb42.jpg

I saw the corebox on Saturday Fabian. You can't see it on the Wynyard side though.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid115/p9c2c4fa074e9819bff368b31756fed1c/f8cd655e.jpg

Some of the green mesh has now been replaced with the frames used on the bigger sites. I've also noticed what appears to be a stairwell on the southern side of the site sticking out.

Looks like the first core rise has taken place

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid116/pf0779ae7c2686be33e3f10e950cb9946/f8ad08a0.jpg

She's noticable at last.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid116/p4855305b6a5c7be90921c3a3d95c1345/f8aa818a.jpg

lOng wait for this one
Glad it looks like its on its way
this is one of my Fav sites in the city

I love walking around the perimeter of a brand new construction site looking for good vantage points.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/pbf91e9abfab2c0d970e477ce7706c3a4/f8980d43.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p50019f064d57bacc890e6eaa943db7de/f8980e40.jpg

I noticed that there was another core rise. Good stuff CC.

Excellent construction updates guys :)

Portico will consist of 148 apartments divided into heritage style apartments in the previous Scotts Church structure. The heighest level being 12-storeys to 20-storeys high due to being double-height loft style levels.

70m above ground.

Render:

________________http://www.tzg.com.au/projects/scots_church/lg_SCOTS1.jpg


***BTW The developer Westpoint's website @ http://www.westpoint.com.au/construct_senior.php

core is now 10 levels high!
didnt realize its a steel framed structure! no wonder its progressing quick

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/scotsmay27.jpg

from York st south
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/scotscoremay27.jpg

Portico from Wynyard today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/pc71786de1037fe2b4503d1b9bbd6689b/f87f23a2.jpg

Let's not forgot about this prime site as well.

View from Observatory Hill today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p3eafaab471291cb01592052341a20b82/f8690176.jpg

I swear Fabian you are only about 15 months behind me photography wise. Keep it up matey and if you don't already it might be a good idea to take film photos as well as digitals.

i wish they would lable the core. i think its lev10, thus 5 to go.
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/scotsjun9.jpg

SO remind me this one was only 15 floors in total ?

SO remind me this one was only 15 floors in total ?

Culs right. Only 15 storeys high.

Good to see the floorplates taking shape. I should grab one today or tomorrow.

A very dark Portico today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p754ca438f4ae0d5946a25d55fd8948c1/f8546014.jpg

Portico today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p9f87cfa92f72ad5f9aa480d940fe9392/f83c1364.jpg

I found another rendering of Portico. This was found at realestate.com.au

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/4933/101084933ml1065587814.jpg

This one's gone under my radar... whoops!
Not sure I like the colour scheme, seems like it's wearing some sort of out-of-date Tweed suit/jacket combo.
But the form of the structure I likes. It compliments the existing structure quite well considering it's bulk. Good scale.

Surprised how bulky the lift cores are.

It will be better to count the floors* for this one. It's halfway up at this point. Seven floors have been done, another seven to go (including ground level).

*I was refering to floorplates.

the core is nearly full height fab.

The scene today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid123/p7e3f9ab2dd46b62b7c326951e1f1bdd0/f82300f3.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid123/pc941d404efdc08965e766548bb92745e/f822fe48.jpg

Been a few major changes lateley.

Still looks so odd to me to see the core sticking out the top of the old builing

They were doing a shitload of internal work even before the core made an appearance. I've always wondered how they stabilised it so it wouldn't fall down once all that extra weight is added.

Today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid125/p5218b7c3df7a8ba43dc4fe8ac90dd370/f8072c09.jpg

Today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid127/p59969be1e7dd5371df3ca3d103d218ae/f7f03d93.jpg

almost topped out! this spot is probably best spot to take a pic!
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/scotsjuly12.jpg

thats topped out :(

its only 15storeys. the height was kept low due to shadow on Wynyard park.

Today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid128/paca11367bfaf4494715fc61a6ae2963b/f7d848bf.jpg

This week

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid130/pdd7515ce11bb48b117cd4d4873f171c9/f7ba1812.jpg

Portico

Time to get up close and personal

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid132/pec4f3c141fa972b1279f5c0e5c11df76/f7a0bf3d.jpg

Todays shots. The floorplates have gone up another level over the past week.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid133/pc2bb9e80751727fcfbea92b35c950e8f/f7879739.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid133/p4278d1f77fc37244129f41bbc2f5e9f5/f78796f6.jpg

Today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/p4fce6dc52422b37d2d9eed7249213b4b/f76f3499.jpg

its now topped out.

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

I work a couple of doors up from this building. I'm glad the old church building has been saved. Pity they never built the original tower for this in the first place. Still its a great addition to this part of town!

me too love that building so much

Yeah, this is a nice little surprise. The last pic CULWULLA took shows it @ a nice height.

I never visit this thread but kicking myself now. Fabian (and c_c), great series of pics you've taken.

I didn't realise it was going to be taller than the building next to it @ 50 Margaret St. Good, it can hide that boring 60s/70s horror from the wesern aspect.

Looks like generous floor-to-ceiling heights too.

The great thing about these little scrapers such as this one, North & Eurotower is they they shoot up in no time.

View from Sydney Tower today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/p394d7669f52d30f00cb03150215de5a7/f7568e53.jpg

The setbacks on the tower are slowly taking shape.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/p8b9b703137ac8b4e933120363ec21897/f7568e79.jpg

Today from York Street

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid137/peb59f81e8b59eda6cfa454f843b5d655/f740a650.jpg

Today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/p4606234acba9b04542f34de21990e243/f727d981.jpg

Gee still no kind of cladding and external paintwork.

They seem very generous with the floor to ceiling heights. If all apartment complexes were done so, then we'd have taller buildings (dscounting height limts).

view from Lavender st, North Syd today
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/sydneyfrommilpoint.jpg

view from Lavender st, North Syd today
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/sydneyfrommilpoint.jpg
^^ If this 120m (or even 120m +) apartment tower goes ahead, that view of Portico will either not be visible or mostly hidden from there.....pic by CULWULLA (Portico in red):

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

...

Here is a closeup I took from the public space outside the podium of the Zurich Building at North Sydney.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid138/p33dd68e50c2ae759aed70ccb871a22b8/f71238f5.jpg

Spot Fabian taking a photo in this picture

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/p44c94cd668270c10d04f03fa63a99823/f70ee246.jpg

lol

That was a passerby attending to his own business lol

Guess what I spotted yesterday....

cladding

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/pa4ea5b7506cd52dc5dc4fea8665324f4/f70f1dc6.jpg

I think it looks great. Fits in well too

Here's a closeup of the action

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/pc1471b5279b0da6d2bd7943f9413126c/f70f1e2b.jpg

I want to see some cladding

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/p5f69e2b698d8e9884b3854e3fd7896b0/f70f1dff.jpg

core box is gooooone!

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

cladding looks great
this is one i am glad to get back to see

and here's the latest from Sydney Tower...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/p0b0afbb35fbc5b3338f5fdda2943f8ca/f6f9c524.jpg

Really looking forward to seeing this one in the flesh in a couple months. Such a nice change to the view coming in on the bus from uni which had the old church building with advertising sign on it for such a long time. Finally the appearance of cladding! Very beautiful and refined indeed.

Guess what I spotted yesterday....

cladding

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid139/pa4ea5b7506cd52dc5dc4fea8665324f4/f70f1dc6.jpgOuwh, nice colours. Similar to Timwin's La Maison on Regent.

Didn't realise it still had 1 1/2 - 2 floorplates to go. Great!

i read recently that portico are finding it hard to get tennants. i thought this would be a great investment? very good location.

I read recently that portico are finding it hard to get tennants. i thought this would be a great investment? very good location.Tuff titty as it's forging ahead....:okay:

I got out @ Wynyard Station to take a look earlier this afternoon to take a quick gander and on the western side there are are a few windows appearing sporadically on that side ie basically on the mid-rise floors.

It's all good....:)

yep odd to i would have though
that a quality small tower would be quite good
with location and style + i would have though it had more appeal due the fact that its not some huge complex or some unknown buildling

Quality building this one is.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid140/p276ee748493f2c01745ee3382fd70c67/f6e14821.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid140/pb89df1d86729316ef9d9d7d11f74ec18/f6e1491e.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid140/p5772b69dcecada915f0972c122c60fb7/f6e146d8.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid140/pc9b34b28ae8226559cafbcf364427b38/f6e14591.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid140/p9aa4d4e24d529217f905dcee1d85198f/f6e142ba.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid140/p728032935b383879fdf4f96a86ca8c4d/f6e14444.jpg

Sorry guys, but I am not happy with this development at all. Yet another facade job to a wonderful building. If they wanted to add any floors to this building, it should have been a max of 3, preferably 2, but this tower is a monster. Not good at all :(

it will be ok just. the facade was actually suposed to be demolished aswell as building but heritage thought it was good enough to save.
its been a DA for more then 30 years and it was finally started.
it was limited by shadow impact n Wynyard aprk, so it could of been alot taller.

render>
http://www.tzg.com.au/projects/scots_church/lg_SCOTS1.jpg

^^ That render is deceiving; the tower component is too green. The colours will be more like the tones posted above by the pic that Fabian took. IMO The tones of creams & browns are sensitve to the church's edifice.

Understood Aussie Steve, but as facade jobs go, this one does respect the base structure quite well, I think.

As muse mentioned above, the colours shown so far in the tower are sensitve to the church's edifice, and the chrurch's strong vertical lines are reproduced in the tower, i.e setbacks and vertical collumns that strongly frature in the church's facade are continued into the tower

Given that the developer had a right to develop a certain amount of floorspace, I think they've done a good job of it. I hate nothing more than a facade job that has no respect to the structure underneath, typically using a heritage structure as a podium and building a completely unrelated building on top. Meriton are particularly hidiously guilty in doing this and there are too many examples of this phenomenon to mention in Sydney. That's why I don't mind seeing one done right, for a change.

Ideally though, I'd like to see no addition to the church at all.

today
at 70m it looks squat but it would be Hobarts & Darwins tallest building!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid140/p45030368cff1723400331bd06891bfcf/f6de218f.jpg

The worst case of insensitive facadism in Sydney would have to be one of Meriton's (as Tony P has elluded to) - Museum Towers on Castlereagh St. It's a hideous tower to boot!

Museum Towers (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=108055)

I would have preffered to use the existing building as a podium for a much taller and more slender building. Although the step-downs are pretty cool.

Agreed Muse. Despite its newness, and its relatively inoffensive, safe design, I think Windsor on Kent is an abominable act of facadism.

Windsor on Kent (http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=170685)

Yeah, that Windsor ain't so crash hot either.

When I got out @ Wynyard Station from the York St exit last Friday, Portico was looking quite reasonable height-wise and it hasn't even topped out yet to its full 70m.

today
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/scotsoct6.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid143/pd1f1c56b3cce01e981d288f9442c70f7/f6934e3a.jpg

Yeah, that Windsor ain't so crash hot either.
its a classic how can you say that
love when its bright colours

today.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126scotsnorthnov1.JPG

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126scotsnov1.JPG

Looks like it's really starting to top out now. Just the roof feature to make it do so.

Some pix I have taken over the past few weeks.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid145/p26df476435deb59f930aeb914fb61c1e/f66abfa9.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid144/p82dae623597411b6ec48e492207b4259/f681c5fb.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid144/pf390caefa7200d49170d7bd61588bc61/f681c618.jpg

pannels in wow big change

looking very contemporary!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/scotsyorkvista.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/scotsclosenov22.jpg

wow, last update 8 weeks ago.
how is it going?

got out at lunch.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/jan17closeup.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/jan17fromeast.jpg

In the 2nd last pic post by CULWULLA above, the windows are looking greyish on its western side. In fact they are more a bownish hue.

Fair enough tho', it was a very overcast day today.

today
http://img109.exs.cx/img109/169/porticofeb34cu.jpg

i love this developement

Yeah me too. It is one important filler and a very unique and nice design.

^ Great minds think alike ;)isnt there supose to be a gothic build near this site? (gothic on the inside that is)

Those massive windows make it look shorter than it really is.

One of the things that amazes me is the height of the ceilings - those apartments are going to be amazing inside.

I think you'll find that the apartments are of duplex form, where the top floor is a mezzanine that doesn't reach the building's facade. There's no way they'd have double-height spaces all the way through.

http://img103.exs.cx/img103/868/scotsfeb151fm.jpg

This is exactly the type of building that would look absolutely beautiful had it been about 150m high.

http://img97.exs.cx/img97/2584/scotsmarch89jg.jpg

I dont mind this one and I see it often as I work in 60 Margaret St. One can only wonder what it would have looked like if they stuck to the original 1930s design that would have matched the church below.

i thought this one way finished!

im really impressed with this one. love the metallic look

http://img110.exs.cx/img110/8936/scotsmarch188ac.jpg

today

http://img34.exs.cx/img34/175/scotsmarch300sh.jpg

What an interesting building!! The tower component is looking more like an office building in Japan than a residential project in Oz (eons ahead of frumpy ol' EuroTower on Goulburn). Wonder what some of the guests staying at the Rydges Jamison make of it.

nearly done
http://img104.exs.cx/img104/509/scots7rc.jpg

whats everyone think of the cap?
http://img12.exs.cx/img12/8763/scotstop2vj.jpg

i think the cap looks fine, so will look better when its done. if anything its different to the usual apartment flat roof thing, which is a bonus.

the "cap" looks more like a bus stop ...im disapointed.

"Cap"? It looks like a freakin' wool shed sitting on top of a building. Let me guess, the roof of the "cap" is also made out of corregated iron sheets?

The first thread I open for the morning, only to be greeted by Vits and his usual cheer. :nuts:

Don't know how "finished" the awning is on this one. Guessing it's only to be more simplified.

Metallic awnings are very in now. As we are seeing a few blocks away, the Hilton's podium spruikes 'em as well.

How have I gone so long without even noticing this thread?! This building looks amazing - I love the contrast between the old bottom section and the top! Gotta check it out next time I am in Sydneytown!

What is in the old section at the bottom?

^ the old section in at the bottom was a former Church. I'm guessing it is now just a part of the old building.

^ yes it was the Scots Presbyterian HQ of Australia for over 50 years. the facade has been retained and also a pray room.

http://img215.echo.cx/img215/8932/scotsapirl148vb.jpg

Today:

http://xs25.xs.to/pics/05164/AA0003.jpg

This building is certainly no eye candy. In fact it looks shit IMO, and the icing on the cake is the stupid double-height windows that make it look shorter than it is.

Well IMHO this looks fantastic. I really like it.

http://img54.echo.cx/img54/1180/mvc084f1ae.jpg

just about there guys. crane is gone
today in pouring rain
http://img59.echo.cx/img59/6124/porticofacade1he.jpg

http://img85.echo.cx/img85/8269/porticomay179ay.jpg

It looks much better than the rendering image.
I'm happy with the outcome.

Looks great

looks really chic and classy and also surprisingly tall when viewed coming off the bridge !

Yeah, compare something like EuroTower to this. No comparison!!

I really love stepping out of Wynyard Station on York St and seeing Portico, just about where CULWULLA has taken the 2nd shot.

Excellento!! I'm impressed, like others, how this one turned out. I remember walking past the site many months ago, wondering how crap it would turn out. No more fear of that anymore!

just about there
very elegant building
http://img283.echo.cx/img283/1690/porticomay199dj.jpg

ive amended stats on emporis. its 66m tall not 70m and is 13storeys not 15.
hmmm alot of unlucky numbers here. 13, 66. all atop a church.
:runaway:

It's hard to believe this is only 13 storeys! Who could ever expect a 13 storey apartment building to be 66m tall?!

Cheers, has indeed turned out fantastic! Lol at the rain, mum told me about it and got lost driving somewhere in York St during the rain...

^^yes there very lofty apartments. i think each floor is over 4.5m high (tallest in Australia)

so how does it compare to render?
http://www.tzg.com.au/projects/scots_church/lg_SCOTS1.jpg

The floor to floor heights are 4.5m because they are loft style apartmnts which means that internally each eapartment has two levels like Franklin Lofts in Melbourne.

:puke: Looks like shit. What a hotch-potch.

^ its better in real life.

There is no brown vertical columns going up?

http://img290.echo.cx/img290/8013/portico13005059jy.jpg

Excellent angle sirhc8. I'm trying to work out exactly where you took it from :?

Southern end of the Harbour Bridge pedestrian walkway.

:okay:

http://img224.echo.cx/img224/3376/porticomay27yc.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/citiboy/portico22.jpg