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You causing trouble again bullseye :D

You causing trouble again bullseye

Just trying to ensure those dirty mexicans don't spoil a perfectly good thread. :guns1:

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<tr><td align=left valign=top>Who gives a sh*t about what the courts say. The big E will be the tallest res tower in the world IMO. Anyone can put a spire, antenna, etc. on top of a tower to make it higher.

But, as people have said in these forums, there's bound to be other developers in the world conjuring up a tower to surpass Q1 and even the big E to claim the rights. :D</td></tr>
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actually you cant just put a spire atop a tall scraper! Especially if its 300m high already! Eureka cant get extended by 1more cm! due to the 300m height limit (above sea level). The spire has to be intricate part of bldgs design to be ecepted as part of the structure. There are many issues for adding a tall spire atop a roof, ie- CASA aviation rules, council approval ect..

The unique thing about Q1's spire is it isnt stuck on top like many spires are on world bldgs, but attached to front facade at level 50! and extends over 170m!!
I wonder how the aviation beacon will be maintained on top of spire? i think the spires interior might have an access ladder all the way to top of spire, just like Sydney Towers.

holey moley! i haven't been to this thread for ages, and Q1 is HUGE! I'm like brissythomas, id thought they'd still be up to foundations! not 6 or 7 stories up!

There is a guy on ss.com that filled out an application and he lives on the gold coast. He's pictures look pretty good! We really need pictures of this beast.

I emailed him and told him to get his butt over to Ozscrapers!!

I dont understand this obcession with seeing a new pic every week. Q1 cannot have risen that dramatically.

We catch a new pic of WT and eureka every day - sometimes from several forumers at time!.

Unless there's a war on (or a footy match) that sort of coverage is not necessary.

Wait a while, and you'll see noticable progress.

Originally posted by brissyThomas
There is a guy on ss.com that filled out an application and he lives on the gold coast. He's pictures look pretty good! We really need pictures of this beast.

I emailed him and told him to get his butt over to Ozscrapers!!
its funny how lot of wouldbe photographers are coming out of the woodwork now? what has happened? lol was a huge message sent around to studios?
anyway good to see. we need more imput for Gold Coast , after all it is the "skyscraper capital of Australia"!!!

I wonder what SUNNI has been up to? He normally has kept us informed on the latest buzz. I guess we cannot get him out of the Asian forums.

Originally posted by oztraelian
I dont understand this obcession with seeing a new pic every week. Q1 cannot have risen that dramatically.

We catch a new pic of WT and eureka every day - sometimes from several forumers at time!.

Unless there's a war on (or a footy match) that sort of coverage is not necessary.

Wait a while, and you'll see noticable progress.

The point is that the last photos posted in this thread were on 24 June and 15 June. I agree that every day is pointless but nothing for a month is very frustrating for those of us not able to get there and see it for ourselves.

Originally posted by Fabian
I wonder what SUNNI has been up to? He normally has kept us informed on the latest buzz. I guess we cannot get him out of the Asian forums.
sunni has never posted a photo! he should save for a digicam (there now only $90) for a fairly good quality.! simple!

we have fresh meat! LOL

a new forumer "swifty78" has started posting in ozscrapers, he is in located in the Gold Coast. Im gona send him a PM to look at this thread and see how desperate we are for photos. Hopefully we will convince him!

actually you cant just put a spire atop a tall scraper! Especially if its 300m high already! Eureka cant get extended by 1more cm! due to the 300m height limit (above sea level). The spire has to be intricate part of bldgs design to be ecepted as part of the structure. There are many issues for adding a tall spire atop a roof, ie- CASA aviation rules, council approval ect..

CULL whats the difference between ground level at Eureka and sea level in metres? and why do they quote the height as 297 metres not 300?

Originally posted by SydneyDude
we have fresh meat! LOL

LOL - "fresh meat".

Yes Photos would be good. If you want photos the Gold Coast Buliten regularly has photos of Q1 in it. Get the weekend buliten as it has over 100 pages of property and realestate. Often it has some great articles about urban planning and GC's Growing pains.

In the last month there have been two weekend bullitens with construction photos of Q1.
I believe you can get it in Sydney.
jt

SCORE! well kinda- pics from the Q1 website - from March this year:

http://www.qtallesttower.com/images/image_gallery/wm_mar_2003.jpg http://www.qtallesttower.com/images/image_gallery/ground_floor.jpg http://www.qtallesttower.com/images/image_gallery/building_base.jpg

we can see the beginnings of a proper corebox, and the pillars surrounding the edge of the tower. Im sure it has progressed alot since march.

It's about 8 stories now above ground. The lower lobby levels look quite interesting. There are big concrete sections in the lobby but I guess these are for support.

jt

heres what we have to look forward to:

http://www.nihonpac.com/images/goldcoast_impression.jpg

I love the Gold Coast, its my second fave city in Aus. Coz its so much like sydney :D I seriously felt right @ home there the first time i went.

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Would your ears 'pop' in the elevators when going up Q1?, and would you suffer any baratrauma (bends) if the lifts go up too fast????

Originally posted by Danubis
Would your ears 'pop' in the elevators when going up Q1?, and would you suffer any baratrauma (bends) if the lifts go up too fast????

Your ears probably would pop, the Rialto lifts go higher than the lifts in Q1 will go and my ears have popped going up them :-) Even in shorter buildings your ears can pop going up lifts.

There are lifts overseas that go fater than the lifts in Q1 will go and I haven't heard of any problems.

The Sydney tower observation deck has Australia's highest elevator ride with a full 260m rise.Your ears pop when you go up that! there are pretty slow though.
Only Eureka will have a higher rise.

I can't see any balconies on the pics for Q1, is the whole structure encased in glass?! more like a commercial building

Originally posted by Danubis
I can't see any balconies on the pics for Q1, is the whole structure encased in glass?! more like a commercial building

Danubis, Q1 is encased by glass by it also has balconies. The outside glass panels were divided into top and bottom panels for each level. The top panels can slide down and therefore creating the balcony. It can also be shut on windy days.

pictures....please?

Originally posted by CULWULLA
The Sydney tower observation deck has Australia's highest elevator ride with a full 260m rise.Your ears pop when you go up that! there are pretty slow though.
Only Eureka will have a higher rise.

What causes ears to pop when your in those lifts? I don't think I have experienced it when I have been up Citigroup and Town Hall House.

And I did experience it when I flew up non stop to level 60 of GPT which is more than 200 metres above the street.

Welcome to Dorigen's Biology 101 :D

The ear is divided into 3 parts, outer, middle and inner. Outer is the ear cartlidge and duct up to the ear drum. Middle is the space between the drum and the inner ear (and contains the smallest bones in the human body afaik), and the inner ear is filled with a liquid and sensory hairs which actually convert the sound into electrical pulses.

The middle ear contains air, and that needs to be the same pressure as the outside atmosphere or you will feel uncomfortable, and your hearing will be impaired as the ear drum doesn't work as well. Since the outside atmosphere changes often, the middle ear needs to have some mechanism to adjust to make sure that the outside and middle are at the same pressure. The ear drum seals the outer and middle ear, so there are tubes running from the middle ear to the throat which open only when there is a sufficient pressure difference.

The "popping" is the sound of your ear drums returning to normal shape after the pressure in the middle and outer ear are made equal after those tubes do their job. Chewing and sucking on lollies etc will also help open those tubes, which is why some flights will offer barley sugars when they are in their landing phase. In regards to lifts, the higher you go the less atmospheric pressure you have around you, your ears adjust and there is your 'pop'.

GO TOOWOOMBA....I HAVE BE ON TOP OF THAT BUILDING AND IT IS A GREAT VIEW

Managed to drop by the site last Saturday evening 9th of August. Pretty impressive in the flesh. It looked about 7 stories tall, plus a couple below ground level.

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1a.jpg

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1b.jpg

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1c.jpg

WOO-HOO!!!! At last some pics!

Thanks slinker:okay: (looks like we have ourselves a new Gold Coast Correspondent)

What's interesting about those photo's are the massive perimeter columns- they are seemingly being built using a climbform type method and are almost at the same height as the central core.

yeah i saw Q1 yester day but got no pics i wasnt actually meant to go into surfers cause i was on my way to the tweed. the tower is about two stories higher now its going along nicely..

one thing i noticed that there was two cores? not the pillar things but another core in the middle, whats with this?

it is a fairly decent sized tower as well(width)

look how thick those cement plates are on the first 2 levels compared to the ones above them... rather strange

WOW!!! great pix!! welcome to forum slinker!!! i hope you can be our Q1 reporter over next 2 years!lol brilliant. its coming along well! very unusual construction method!!

THANKYOU GOD FOR THIS WONDERFUL WONDERFUL DAY! SLINKER U FUCKIN LEGEND!

Its goin up slowlyy but surely. Keep us posted!

Yeah thanks guys. I often drive right through and bypass the GC, but it'll be worth the occasional detour to see this monster!

Nice to see the tower taking shape.

And check out all the sand, no wonder the Gold Coast is sinking!!!

what the hell are you talking about fabian?
the gold coast isnt sinking, infact sand is the best kind of material to build on because it DOESNT contract or expand when it gets wet unlike other soils and especially clay.
Dont say stuff like "no wonder the gold coast is sinking" because its utter crap and you dont know what your talking about, do you really think they would be allowed to build the tallest building in australia on unstable ground!?!
idiotic!

YAY finally an update:okay:

Awesome!!! Keep em coming slinker!!

Originally posted by MonsourD
what the hell are you talking about fabian?
the gold coast isnt sinking, infact sand is the best kind of material to build on because it DOESNT contract or expand when it gets wet unlike other soils and especially clay.
Dont say stuff like "no wonder the gold coast is sinking" because its utter crap and you dont know what your talking about, do you really think they would be allowed to build the tallest building in australia on unstable ground!?!
idiotic!
lol, yeah some forumers ay some silly things! not sure why?
I agree, the gold coast is a perfect place to erect tall bldgs! Ive chatted to the no 1 piling company on the coast and they say they love doing foundations because of the stability in the ground!
perfect to erect 300m bdgs!

:eek2: Wow slinker, those shots are AMAZING!

This brings back memories of first seeing Q1 in January, there wasn't even a corebox back then, lol:

http://www.urbanmelbourne.com/gallery/galleries/Tour_2003-01-25_-_Queensland/image042.jpg

Just incredible. Imagine it in another 7 months time!

heres my quick diagram showing the mighty Q1 in compariosn with top 15 in 2005.

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

Cul, your work is outstanding! I can't wait to see your models in person!

Hey JayT, now that Cul has been so kind as to post a comparison of the world's top ten residential towers by 2005, why don't you do us all a favour and print off a copy of his 'magical work' and stick it on the Q1 construction site billboard for all Gold Coast residents to see.

The world's tallest residential tower by 2005 will be in view for all to compare. I wonder then if most would still believe the unrealalistic marketing and advertising coming out of the sunshine state.

Just for the record, I think that Q1 is a great looking building (probably one of the best in OZ) but it's claim to be the tallest? well show me someone sitting on their sofa, watching TV, say above 280m and then I may reverse my opinion on what I think is the tallest. After all 'residential' is regarded as a place to live and I can't see someone living between 275m and 322.5m.

Ooops, I meant Top 15. LOL.

Richo...

WE DONT CARE

It's a fuggen building for goodness sake. Do you seriously think people on the Gold Coast go around talking about how cool it is that the so called tallest building in the world is being built here? 9 out of 10 people don't even know Q1's name.

We all know Eureka is taller. Leave it at that, and stop posting what every single Melbourner has already done a thousand times over.

Bullseye,

If you did'nt care you would'nt have replied - so you obviously do, but I am glad you agree Eureka is taller, at least from a residential perspective - even though Q1's spire takes it's structural height to 322.5m.

And yes, they (Gold Coasters) do talk about it. In fact everyone I speak to 'braggs about it'. The reason I know this is because my parents and my wifes entire family live up there and everyone else who I know and meet when I often go up there, can't stop bragging - that they are getting the tallest building in the Country. Shit, some people even think that it's going to be the tallest in the world. If that's the case, who knows what is being marketed.

However, I love to show them the the photo projections when both buildings are going to be complete. I carry them around just because I know the typical comments that will be made when they find out I am a keen skyscraper fan from Melbourne. Most can't help but drop the usual bullshit line - we are getting a bigger one than you.

The funny thing is that very few I speak to can believe it, or they try not to believe it when they see my diagrams - so most people do know about Q1.

So as I said to JayT and now you, go and place 'Culs diagram' up on the main billboard on site and see if they do care.

P.S. And since when did I start answering to you? I can (like other forumers from Melbourne) post wherever I want.

ffs, start your own "Q1 v Eureka height" thread if you must, at least those of us interested in its construction can read about it without listening to the constant bickering about which one is taller because of this or because of that. This is like listening to a "my dad can bet up your dad" playground argument! :bash:

And yes, they (Gold Coasters) do talk about it. In fact everyone I speak to 'braggs about it'. The reason I know this is because my parents and my wifes entire family live up there and everyone else who I know and meet when I often go up there, can't stop bragging - that they are getting the tallest building in the Country. Shit, some people even think that it's going to be the tallest in the world. If that's the case, who knows what is being marketed.

Yeah, sorry, you're right. I can't walk down any street these days without people yelling out from their houses about the excitement of getting the tallest resedential building in the world.

:ohno:

If you're so anal and have so much spare time on your hands, why don't you put the diagram out. And when you're done, I'm sure there will be a mass suicide of devestated gold coasters that realise there's a lump of concrete being built in Melbourne that's taller.

No, really. I'm sure they'll care.

Seriously.....

Who cares, I don't.

What I find more amusing is that it appears that Sunland are trying to build this sucker at a great deal of speed, and maybe, they will put the big stick on top of this tower before Eureka tops out, thus, Eureka will never claim the title of tallest residential building in the world (using the rules).

:D

At least this thread is getting some posts now, it's been so slow in here it's nice to see some action even if it's the same spire debate that has erupted about 5 times already in the Eureka thread :-)

Also lots of web sites on the Gold Coast are already using Q1 -World's tallest Residential Building to promote car rental companies, realestate agents, hotels!!!

Use our special offers to come and see the latest and greatest technology being used to develop the Gold Coasts next tourist attraction Q1, the Worlds Tallest Residential Tower.

Kanga Car and Moped Hire, 3024 Gold Coast Highway
Surfers Paradise, Qld, Australia, 4217.
Opposite Q1 - Worlds tallest residential tower

Above all else, the views from Montecatini in Eagle Close, Eagle Heights and other local Mount Tamborine viewpoints set Mount Tamborine above the rest ... 300 metres above Q1 the world's tallest residential tower... over 200 kms of views... Follow this link to see your Eagle Heights Mount Tamborine "viewpoints" map.

Down here, even before Q1 nobody really cared very much about Eureka, just another big skyscraper on the skyline... Of course that will change as Eureka grows.

Originally posted by RUM
Seriously.....

Who cares, I don't.

What I find more amusing is that it appears that Sunland are trying to build this sucker at a great deal of speed, and maybe, they will put the big stick on top of this tower before Eureka tops out, thus, Eureka will never claim the title of tallest residential building in the world (using the rules).

:D

I think there's a fair chance of Q1 topping out first. Even though Eureka is at a more advanced stage in it's construction it's concrete structure goes all the way up to 297m, whereas Q1's ends a lot earlier and is topped by a lot of steelwork. This, coupled with the Victorian worker's slower metabolism suggests that it could be a close one.

I worked out that Q1 will top out (level80) or 245m above ground maybe exactly 1 year from now, approx first week in Sept. Its currently level13.
I also worked out Eureka will be approx level88/290m high, a few levels below its roof. So then Q1 will have to erect steel structure for the 30m high shard of glass and erect the spire. -this could take months sayDec2004ish. Meanwhile Eureka could top out also in late 2004. Due to the gold top being more intricate then typical floor plate. So its going to be close! should make a great news article!!!

I went down to GC today and took my camera along to get these pics
August 23 2003
http://home.iprimus.com.au/sdlennon/q12308031.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/sdlennon/q12308032.JPG

...

Well done Orodreth, great pics!

Eureka should be topped out in almost exactly one year or by August 2004. It is supposed to be on a steady 12 day cycle by the end of the year (according to the Eureka newsletter). So the cores of both buildings should top out around the same time, but Q1 has to have the glass top and spire erected.

Faaaaaaark she's gonna be big!!!! Top pics!

Good stuff. Looking a bit messy but will slowly take shape.

Does anyone know when we can expect to see the Glass panels start to wrap around?

Originally posted by zztopless
Does anyone know when we can expect to see the Glass panels start to wrap around?

I reckon we will see some glass in the next month.

how will the lift system operate? will there lift shafts run the entire height of the building, or will the have sky lobbies and change lifts every 30 stories or so?

It's getting there! Nice stuff:cool:

Originally posted by Danubis
how will the lift system operate? will there lift shafts run the entire height of the building, or will the have sky lobbies and change lifts every 30 stories or so?
there will be approx 9 lifts with 2 that rise from basement/ground to observatory at lev78 in 30secs!
there will be no "skylevels' only plant at certain levsl.

i wonder if they are the same as cp in perth. its takes 22.5sec to get to the roof(226m)and something like 19sec down

Anything happening here??? I'm surprised at the lack of updates on Australia's tallest building!!

I'll be going down next week, will be getting some photos with a good digital camera. I'll upload them to my site as a full update, what other buildings down there are of interest at the moment?

Originally posted by zztopless
I'll be going down next week, will be getting some photos with a good digital camera. I'll upload them to my site as a full update, what other buildings down there are of interest at the moment?

sweet, look forward to it.

Make sure to get some good shots of Chevron Renaissance tower construction too.

Originally posted by pikey
Anything happening here??? I'm surprised at the lack of updates on Australia's tallest building!!
yeah its a shame we dont see much. I thinks its mainly because GC lacks forumers! While Melbourne has approx 40 forumers there sites get much attention! but poor old GC has zipo!
oh well we can only get what we can get!
thanks zztopless!

Yeah, I'm gonna try and get chevron aswell as Q1. Might get a few nice skyline shots if I have the time to drive to the locations needed to get them :)

Originally posted by CULWULLA
yeah its a shame we dont see much. I thinks its mainly because GC lacks forumers! While Melbourne has approx 40 forumers there sites get much attention! but poor old GC has zipo!
oh well we can only get what we can get!
thanks zztopless!
Thank God for www.realestate.com.au otherwise there wouldn't be many pictures at all.

Anyway it doesn't matter much as it hasn't changed that much adn we all know what it will look like anyway once completed.

jt

Taken today, 29 September 03

Big sorry to all the dial-up modem users out there :tongue3:

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1d290903.jpg

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1e290903.jpg

booo yeh :rock: thanks for the update mate! Gettin there, slowly but surely! I tell you somethin, its gona be a bloody slender beast!


But I do not like the white facade evident in the bottom pic- whats the go with that??

This tower sure is going up fast -- geologically speaking. About one floor per month at the moment.

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1f290903.jpg

>>But I do not like the white facade evident in the bottom pic- whats the go with that??

That's just a temporary office (the Sales Centre).

You're not wrong about the "geologically speaking" bit-they've only added a floor since the last pics from over a month ago. WTF is going on?? I think it's time to get the whip out.

great pics!!!
not sure what you mean defec8R ? i think its podium facade! for first 2 floors.
the Q1 should be rising a floor every 7 days! this is what Sunland have told me! a month seems a bit long?

Originally posted by CULWULLA
great pics!!!
not sure what you mean defec8R ? i think its podium facade! for first 2 floors.
the Q1 should be rising a floor every 7 days! this is what Sunland have told me! a month seems a bit long?

Its the display centre I think, because its been there long before they even started on the foundation. I thought the Q1 facade went all the way to the ground (ie no podium).

Originally posted by zztopless
Its the display centre I think, because its been there long before they even started on the foundation. I thought the Q1 facade went all the way to the ground (ie no podium).
yeah , what i ment was that the tower does go all the way down to ground but the first 2 floors are the podium! also a glass canopy will encircle the tower reaching 8m wide from facade. This is to stop wind gusts coming down the tower and blowing pedestrians away!

At the moment a lot of the work's happening outside the tower, in that big area you can see in the first pic (behind the green billboard). Looks like an underground carpark, though I'm not sure what's gonna be built above ground there.... some kind of park + memorial?

Originally posted by defec8R
At the moment a lot of the work's happening outside the tower, in that big area you can see in the first pic (behind the green billboard). Looks like an underground carpark, though I'm not sure what's gonna be built above ground there.... some kind of park + memorial?

shitloads of lagoons i dare say... and probably a fake beach too, cause 20 meters is a long way to walk!

one thing I have noticed, is that the way this construction site is presented blows. I know its not important, but ive noticed that qld buildings such as riparian and q1 arent as well presented as say cove and WT were. They coulf atleast have 'Q1" on the corebox or somethin lol.

I love that Q1 flag! Very cute!

I'm amazed this tower is built on literally beach sand. It will be a stunner no doubt.

Originally posted by defec8R
At the moment a lot of the work's happening outside the tower, in that big area you can see in the first pic (behind the green billboard). Looks like an underground carpark, though I'm not sure what's gonna be built above ground there.... some kind of park + memorial?
well i can take you through what is shown on my set of massive Q1 plans.
The oval shaped tower measures 38m wide x 50m long. The city block it sits on measures 80m wide x 185m in length!
there seems to be some retail around the towers north/western end.(GC hwy frontage). There is a large lagoon encircling the eastern part of ground level near tower, with waterfalls cascading into large swimming pools with irregular shapes.On the southern frontage (Hamilton Ave) theres a large are devoted for the Porte Cochere/walkways and basement carparks entrance.
The most exciting part of the site looks like being the southern/eastern cnr fronting Northcliffe Terrace!
There is a large swimming pool/public terrace with beach and lagoon type area which measures 40m x 70m. In the very corner of this (Hamilton Av/Northcliffe Terrace (beach facing) is the "Beach Club", which is a 2storey curved structure with amenties/BBQ ect. This will be an awesome area when completed. Imagine swimming around the lagoon with a beer in one hand glancng up at a 1000ft structure!!!! cool

V.interesting thanks for that info

I wonder if the spire will be lit up at night? A giant, shining needle in the sky would be rather outstanding. Emphasise the tower's superior height :-p

Are there any level numbers on the core? Certainly makes life easier for the likes of us when they number the floors :-)

Seems to be going up around the same rate as Eureka, or even slower, if that's possible :-)

Do you think that section of cladding that is up is going to be how the whole tower is clad? For some reason I thought it would be almost all glass.

its funny how some construction firms put floor levels on the core and others dont bother! Also how about the firms who START off painting levels and half way up either forget or dont bother adding anymore-eg-Rialto in Sydney!
latitude in Sydney doesnt bother with labelling.
you would think with Q1 they would show floor numbers. with its status ect?
yeah the cladding looks dif from renderings? weird
defec- i reckon the spire would definatley be light up! would look fab!

Originally posted by Grollo
Are there any level numbers on the core? Certainly makes life easier for the likes of us when they number the floors :-)

Seems to be going up around the same rate as Eureka, or even slower, if that's possible :-)

Do you think that section of cladding that is up is going to be how the whole tower is clad? For some reason I thought it would be almost all glass.

From what I have seen there are several types of cladding. There is the "part glass" cladding that is already up. That is going in several strips the length of the tower so it should look very "speedy". The rest of the cladding will be glass.

jt

I was surprised to see how 'thin' Q1 looks. I thought that it was going to be wider than 38m for something so tall.

considering they didnt dig an overly huge amount of reinforced foundations, will the tower have weights or something in the basement to counteract being so top-heavy?.... ive heard of some building having 'floating weights' or something so that it can have a little bit of give... ie - wind, earthquakes...

Originally posted by Danubis
considering they didnt dig an overly huge amount of reinforced foundations, will the tower have weights or something in the basement to counteract being so top-heavy?.... ive heard of some building having 'floating weights' or something so that it can have a little bit of give... ie - wind, earthquakes...
There are something like 40 concrete piles (2.5m diam) reaching 45m down into the bedrock. Q1 aint goin nowhere!

oh ok, i didnt realise they were that big, was under the impression they were quite small for a building that high...

If anyone's interested, I've done an update on http://www.ozcoaster.net (under Gold Coast update) with some Q1 pics as well as some other gold coast pics. Taken last friday.

Originally posted by zztopless
If anyone's interested, I've done an update on http://www.ozcoaster.net (under Gold Coast update) with some Q1 pics as well as some other gold coast pics. Taken last friday.
cool! great pix!
cheers

I wanted to get some shots of Chevron and the Cavill site, but the battery went dead :(.

Do you know the names of any of those Hope Island towers or those southport towers that are under construction Cul?

I hope you dont mind zztopless, i thought this would just make it easier py posting the pics here.
http://www.ozcoaster.net/updates/q1/DSCN1601sm.jpg http://www.ozcoaster.net/updates/q1/DSCN1591sm.jpg
http://www.ozcoaster.net/updates/q1/DSCN1586sm.jpg http://www.ozcoaster.net/updates/q1/DSCN1603sm.jpg
http://www.ozcoaster.net/updates/q1/DSCN1597sm.jpg

gettin there! great photos mate!

That facade is a bit of a worry though. wheres that dark green reflective glass I was expecting?? I cant really make any judgements until there is a large section of facade completed though. I reserve my judgement.

Yeah, I don't think they've actually started the facade now that I think about it. I'm not sure. But I guess it will strt becoming more apparant soon?

Originally posted by zztopless
I wanted to get some shots of Chevron and the Cavill site, but the battery went dead :(.

Do you know the names of any of those Hope Island towers or those southport towers that are under construction Cul?
not sure about hope is towers? theres lots uc in Southport.

Nexus twin towers-90m/72m
Pivotal Point-124m (reaching 40storey height limit)
Insignia-114m
Icon-60m
Centro-80m
Shores-105m
Metra-80m
Also a few more will start up 2004.

heres a scan of my latest drawing- Oz tallest in 2005-

Eureka, Syd tower and Q1 really stand out.

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

wheres circle on cav ya slacker!!!! hehehe

oh, just read 'for 2005' my appologies

Wow that looks great - I noticed Emerald there, is it approved?

Also the design of Q1 is amazing in that diiagram compared to other towers, or mabee you just draw fantastic:D

jt

Originally posted by Danubis
wheres circle on cav ya slacker!!!! hehehe

Circle on Cavill is in the diagram, but the one above is zoomed in. Here is the full diagram, and C on C is on the far left:

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

Originally posted by JayT
Wow that looks great - I noticed Emerald there, is it approved?

Also the design of Q1 is amazing in that diiagram compared to other towers, or mabee you just draw fantastic:D

jt

thanks, yea emerald will go thru the approval process and start before xmas.-this is what Christian Skou told me a few weeks back!

3 September 2003
http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/ucq1a.jpg

15 September 2003
http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/ucq1b.jpg

fr0m this weeks GC bulliten-

TALLEST TOWER A SHINNING EXAMPLE
the worlds tallest residential supertower is starting to shine. One of the key architectural features of the tower will be glass, the entire bldg will be encased in it!
The first massive panels are now being installed on lower levels. Overall there will be 31,000sqm of glass used in the tower.the core is now up to lev18 and a lift is ready for commission.
Construction manager John tatler said a tower crane was brought in to pour 20,000 of the 65,000 cubic metres of concrete for the bldg.
tatler said the 4 day construction cycle is progressing on time.
96% of the apartments have been sold with value at $324mil.
Its all good!!

Below is a good link to a website dealing with pictures of buildings that are under construction all over the coast.
http://www.prdnationwide.com.au/goldcoastprojects/aspx/constructionsearch.aspx#

jt

Originally posted by JayT
Below is a good link to a website dealing with pictures of buildings that are under construction all over the coast.
http://www.prdnationwide.com.au/goldcoastprojects/aspx/constructionsearch.aspx#

jt
what a bloody fantastic website!! this is a great find! Now i can see updated pix of all the latest.
thanks jayt!

Originally posted by CULWULLA
fr0m this weeks GC bulliten-

TALLEST TOWER A SHINNING EXAMPLE
the worlds tallest residential supertower is starting to shine. One of the key architectural features of the tower will be glass, the entire bldg will be encased in it!
The first massive panels are now being installed on lower levels. Overall there will be 31,000sqm of glass used in the tower.the core is now up to lev18 and a lift is ready for commission.
Construction manager John tatler said a tower crane was brought in to pour 20,000 of the 65,000 cubic metres of concrete for the bldg.
tatler said the 4 day construction cycle is progressing on time.
96% of the apartments have been sold with value at $324mil.
Its all good!!

The 4 day construction cycle is progressing on time? Do they mean that the core is supposed to rise every four days? It is certainly not meeting that schedule at the moment.

14th october, glass is coming along well!

http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/ucq1c.jpg

Originally posted by Grollo
The 4 day construction cycle is progressing on time? Do they mean that the core is supposed to rise every four days? It is certainly not meeting that schedule at the moment.
i think they mean 4 day concrete set, then 4-5 days from work and jacking up core or floor plates, thus total of 9-10 days for a rise.its confusing saying 4 day cycle!

Where'd you get that pic cul??? It's kinda crappy quality. I'm gonna have to get the boss to send me up to the GC office so I can take some piccies my self!!

Originally posted by pikey
Where'd you get that pic cul??? It's kinda crappy quality. I'm gonna have to get the boss to send me up to the GC office so I can take some piccies my self!!
there from this website-

http://www.prdnationwide.com.au/goldcoastprojects/aspx/constructionsearch.aspx#

they are pretty crappy, but beggars cant be choosers!lol

Still, an update is an update I guess!!

Photos taken this week.

Note the glazing details in photos 4 and 5 and the basement in photo 6. The basement is huge and is 2 levels covering virtually the whole site.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/oct03q11.JPG

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/oct03q12.JPG

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/oct03q13.JPG

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/oct03q14.JPG

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/oct03q15.JPG

http://members.optusnet.com.au/johnthay3/oct03q16.JPG

That cladding is looking mighty 70's....a major disappointment (for now, but I guess we'll get a better idea once they've done the curved section as well)

The thing about cladding is you have to wait for a large section to be complete before you can make a judgement.

I am envisioning this cladding over the whole tower, and i like what i see. Should look fantastic!

thanks for the pics!

This one has picked up a bit of speed in construction since the last pictures.

I think this baby's gonna sneak up on alot of people. Especially us down south!!

i havent been to see Q1 in months shit this things gotten a wriggle on quick !

some older Q1 shots that i dont think were evre seen.

http://www.qtallesttower.com/images/image_gallery/september/image3.jpg
http://www.qtallesttower.com/images/image_gallery/september/image2.jpg

http://www.qtallesttower.com/images/image_gallery/september/image1.jpg
notice the sign with the three arrows in the last shot?

hmm,,, so it will be a light green colour, not blue! thats cool too! I think green will suit the area and climate! more iconic colour as awell!
thanks for updats duke!
Can i put some on ss.com? please pm your ful name so i can!
thanks champ!

so it will actually look like this render!

http://www.skyscrapers.com/files/transfer/6/2002/05/148999.jpg

Taken today 05/11/03. large version (1 meg) (http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1g051103large.jpg)

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1g051103.jpg

This tower has risen about four floors since I was last there five weeks ago. So, roughly one floor every nine days in that time. Picking up speed nicely.

Not all windows look to be the same colour. The centre column (from this angle) is missing that greenish tinge.

I'll wait until I see it in person to give my final thoughts on it so far... but from the photos, if thats what it's going to look like all the way, this could quite easily be the ugliest monstrosity on the Gold Coast.

300 metres of chequered light green and transparent glass. What an eyesore.

Wow, its looking more and more like a hospital:D

jt

I guess they want to match the lighter colours used on most Gold Coast towers. I just hope they don't paint the concrete columns a shade of beige or a typical Gold Coast pastel :-) I don't know why they have the aluminium window frames I think it would look alot better without them.

Its gona look great. Thanks for the pic.

The only thing I can think of is perhaps the aluminium framing on the facade is there because an outer shell may be attached to the current facade? But then again, why the hell would they take 2 passes to attach the facade to the tower?

It looks horrible :O Aww but I still love it... at least it'll still look fantastic from a distance :D

I'm not liking that cladding, looks far too officy and cheap at that. The proportions don't look quite right and those vertical strips certainly aren't helping.

If the whole buildings clad in this shite it will be a major disappointment.

Originally posted by defec8R
Taken today 05/11/03. large version (1 meg) (http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1g051103large.jpg)

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1g051103.jpg

This tower has risen about four floors since I was last there five weeks ago. So, roughly one floor every nine days in that time. Picking up speed nicely.

Not all windows look to be the same colour. The centre column (from this angle) is missing that greenish tinge.
i must be tacky?lol but i love the cladding! i assure you this will awesome when it soars 300m above the beach!
what did you think it was going to look like??
just on its construction, yeah its rising fast!! they said it was going up 9 day cycle! should top out late next year!

Originally posted by CULWULLA
i must be tacky?lol but i love the cladding! i assure you this will awesome when it soars 300m above the beach!
what did you think it was going to look like??
just on its construction, yeah its rising fast!! they said it was going up 9 day cycle! should top out late next year!

Are there any skyscrapers you don't love cul? :-)

Pics taken yesterday (Nov 8)

Walking clockwise around the tower starting from the South-East

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/pa27c8230d3aa8d1ad44c6e02acbd9f41/fa9c8de5.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/pc531b401a93c1b61fe41d45d2786cea4/fa9c897f.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p8484cb6415c4c44a57ffaa75bf7d689f/fa9c8978.jpg
I'm not passing judgement on the cladding until they wrap a skin right around 10 or 20 floors of this thing.
Comparing it to Dukes recent pics, the more they slap up the better it looks IMHO.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p6eb2cdd73f9c9b75fc7e19ecfa5a2424/fa9c8970.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p91af4cb9ffbd69acfeb44ad2602fc1d1/fa9c882e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/pc6543882f678cc7ef3d09fbab4aae658/fa9c882b.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/pbcbc847559e5f16e2e042b59b0665e5f/fa9c8824.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/pe70600167875c136ade3a3c6157bddb9/fa9c86cf.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p12a2f45a8da6e7533ee03d0638ad7ad4/fa9c86cc.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p1df8840a29d8b7d55b2803fb29fc3bd4/fa9c86c9.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p7894e58bae6f14d4a2d778c44e11e499/fa9c867b.jpg
cheers

Originally posted by Grollo
Are there any skyscrapers you don't love cul? :-)
LOL, come to think of it, i dont think i hate any? there beuatuiful man made structures in there own right!;)
macphist- thanks for pix. its looking cool! the core must be levl20 now?

Hey thanks for the pics Mr Mac, they are brilliant!
I think I'm starting to like the colour of the glass, at first I didn't!
Its growing pretty fast.

Great photos!

I really think we should reserve our judgement on the glass/cladding for now.

The close up shots I took last month are not really indicative of how the finished building will look when viewed from a distance (and a building of this size is never going to be seen at its best from close up). At the moment it appears that the renders are a very accurate depiction of the finished product.

Originally posted by duke
Great photos!

I really think we should reserve our judgement on the glass/cladding for now.
Why? I like the glass cladding, doesn't mean other people have to/dont have to...

Originally posted by Orodreth
Why? I like the glass cladding, doesn't mean other people have to/dont have to...

What I was trying to say is don't be negative about it while it is at such an early stage. I also think it will look great.

Yeah Cul, didn't count the floors but from a distance it's looking about floor 20.
Like everybody else, I think the cladding might look quite good on completion. From a distance it will certainly look like the renders.

And has anybody noticed how much attention this tower gets from the public?

It's amazing. In Brisbane and the Coast people generally walk past construction sites like their nothing new, but this ones different.
Everybody seemed to be looking this site over as they walked or drove past. It's really amazing. Everybody knows it's going to be a landmark.
I was sitting in a pub a couple weeks ago and a friend of mine said we should duck over to Surfers and check out "That really tall building". I shit you not, every man and his dog seems to have an interest in this.

took this image today ;)

post this into your browser....its not working when i try to IMG it
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p83dc1548c2d327a9a08a37544327e019/fa9b9f02.jpg.orig.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid87/p83dc1548c2d327a9a08a37544327e019/fa9b9f02.jpg




cladding doesnt look so bad like that

edited by cul

I hope the paint those two concrete pillars running down the back of the tower...

Originally posted by zztopless
I hope the paint those two concrete pillars running down the back of the tower...


NAH theyre just gona leave em bear concrete... :P

lol i dont know what theyre gona do, but they will be covered. Im hoping for a silver aluminium cladding over them.

It could be similar to Melbourne's 2nd crown casino we thought it was going to be crap turned out ok!

Hopefully it will turn out ok! At the moment it doesn't look 'that' appealing.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/510/483cph_20030814.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/Southbank/DSC00074.JPG

It will be alright!

I am glad to see some pics coming in! Keep them up!

Originally posted by kasperluke
It could be similar to Melbourne's 2nd crown casino we thought it was going to be crap turned out ok!

Hopefully it will turn out ok! At the moment it doesn't look 'that' appealing.

It will be alright!

I am glad to see some pics coming in! Keep them up!

Yeah but Crown 2 wouldn't have turned out pretty ordinary if it wasn't for the beautiful glass curtain wall they selected.

Originally posted by SydneyDude
NAH theyre just gona leave em bear concrete... :P

lol i dont know what theyre gona do, but they will be covered. Im hoping for a silver aluminium cladding over them.
im pretty sure any exposed concrete will be painted either white or light green.The facade will be oK but not as good as i thought it would.
I was just looking how thin it will appear. The one thing with Q1 is that it rises the same width from street all the way to top! its only 38m wide so it has an aspect ratio of 7.2 which is bloody thin for a 300m scraper! Its about same ratio as WT. So from the beach it should look bloody TALL!!!!:cool:

The good thing about the glass is you can tell where the floors are, like the white stripes on eureka or the windows on mlc/nauru.
Gonna make it look bloody tall :D. But I'm wondering what they are going to do in the sail bit, its going to be pretty obvious where the floors end.... Might look a little weird.

The colours look nearly the same as this (http://melbournephotos.gotdns.com/pics/2003-10-09and13%20Melbourne%20-%20Random/IMG_2859.JPG)

hrrm

It reminds me a bit of the cladding on Aurora Place, except a pale sea-green instead of white - and Aurora Place looks great! Plus it will have cool fins like Aurora Place does! It should turn out well! :)

gday

it doesnt really look like it is a wide tower in relation to its height????

It looks quite small in bulkiness compared to Eureka

am i correct?

i cant wait to see it in real life when i next visit the gold coast

cheers

lozza :dooby:

Originally posted by lozza
gday

it doesnt really look like it is a wide tower in relation to its height????

It looks quite small in bulkiness compared to Eureka

am i correct?

i cant wait to see it in real life when i next visit the gold coast

cheers

lozza :dooby:

Yeh it is not as bulky as E. Its gona be bloody slender, it will look 10000000m tall :D

Of course it seems a lot bigger "in the concrete" -- but yeah, much more slender and rounded in shape than Eureka. Speaking of which, that building is one scary looking MF. From what I've seen it will resemble Barad-dur, the Dark Tower of Mordor, from Lord of the Rings. (not that that's a bad thing)

I must say guys, i'm not a fan of the glass they have chosen. In fact I think the lighter green looks very tacky.

I should mention though that when the first few pains of glass were placed on Eureka I wasn't impressed either and now that they have put alot more on, it's begining to look great. Maybe this will be the same with Q1.

I hope it turns out better as it grows, as a building of this size will be the biggest eyesore if it doesn't.

Originally posted by lozza
gday

it doesnt really look like it is a wide tower in relation to its height????

It looks quite small in bulkiness compared to Eureka

am i correct?

i cant wait to see it in real life when i next visit the gold coast

cheers

lozza :dooby:
Q1 is an oval shape (38m x 50m).
Eureka is 53m x 45m.
The top section (above both wings is 53m x 25m), so the top 1/3 of Eureka is very slender. Q1 is a probably more slender due to being curved oval shape.
Both will look really tall in comparison with surrounding bldgs.

I am liking hte blue from the Nov 8
Need more pannels Cant wait to see

Q1 lubings taken this morning Saturday, Nov 15.

I was hoping they may have added some more cladding.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid88/p779236bf70e6dde1d539e93178504d2f/fa8f501d.jpg
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http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid88/pc7a36eba5703886ee2f6b9bae3e7bf5a/fa8f49eb.jpg
Enjoy your weekend :)

Gee, although different from differing angles, is this making its mark on the GC skyline already?

thanks for update macfist! the glass is actually looking better by the week.
as the 70's porn stars used to say to John Holmes- its HUGE!!! its growing by the minute!!lol

as the 70's porn stars used to say to John Holmes- its HUGE!!! its growing by the minute!!lol lol



is this making its mark on the GC skyline already? Yes muse, providing you know where to look. It's obviously pretty hard to miss when your in the general vicinity but once you get, say, 10km or more away it's probably best described as "the two adjacent lift cores under the cranes next to Peninsula".

I've said it already but I'll say it again, I can't believe how much public interest there is surrounding this tower. To steal a sporting analogy, towers like this are to skyscrapers (and public interest/curiosity in them) what the World Cup is to Rugby at the moment.

Originally posted by Mr MacPhisto
lol



Yes muse, providing you know where to look. It's obviously pretty hard to miss when your in the general vicinity but once you get, say, 10km or more away it's probably best described as "the two adjacent lift cores under the cranes next to Peninsula".

I've said it already but I'll say it again, I can't believe how much public interest there is surrounding this tower. To steal a sporting analogy, towers like this are to skyscrapers (and public interest/curiosity in them) what the World Cup is to Rugby at the moment.

Yeah, its hard to see from ages away, but down on the surfers paradise beach its becoming ever more apparant...

Well yesterday I saw Q1 from the Pacific Motorway (M1) and it looked fanstastic on the skyline already. We also drove up Garfield av and its a fantastic looking building up close now. I should imagine they are going to start with the green glass soon. It looks alot bigger in person than the photos make out.

As a matter of interest the GC Convention center is taking shape very nicely.

Oh yeah and from the M1 the new skyline tower is now taller than its older triplet and looks quite impressive too.
jt

Sounds like Surfers paradise is enetering its "new phase". the "Q1 and others phase". The 20 or so towers uc and planned for next two years will transform the skyline into a fabulous modern skyline littered with old and new scrapers. Circle on cavill will also impast skyline immensley and take some "pressure" off Q1.
cheers

Sunland reported yesterday that 486 out of 527 units in Q1 are sold and that construction is on schedule for completion in August 2005.

20 November 2003

http://www.gpl.com.au/properties/pgcp/ucq1d.jpg

looking good!

I think this one needs a "growth spurt".

More Q1age taken 23rd November.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/p74bc34f94c05677c5e5bd3a82ad2efb2/fa7dd7d9.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/p5b59d36d7fcd796393b8286fda630e77/fa7dd7dc.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/pfe5016c8804c9d2d7de84542222b87da/fa7dda78.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/pa40904a16b482d6869013be8f5871347/fa7dda80.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/p2dec384f238d673007d7b8cfef5936ab/fa7dda82.jpg

Great pics Mr MacPhisto and Orodreth!! Keep em coming!

Does this have one very large core? Or is it one core split up? I can't tell from the pics!

i think they r split up.

Originally posted by MrTall
I think this one needs a "growth spurt".
lol, its one of the fastest growing in Australia atm!They have a pour evry 7 days! already over 20 floors!
kasper- Q1 is dif to convential concrete skyscraper construction. There is a central core BUT it also has structural concrete supports which you can see rising with core. These are to stabilize super structure!
thanks for updated pix guys!! brilliant! right on the spot!

Saturday 29th of November

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid90/p60a9d85b00320d7ec4272cae3a5f5eac/fa7043c7.jpg
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Great Pics Mac! Its coming long at a good pace!
I think I might wait until the schoolies leave, before I brave going down the coast! :D

Originally posted by Orodreth
Great Pics Mac! Its coming long at a good pace!
I think I might wait until the schoolies leave, before I brave going down the coast! :D lol! Yeah, the place is crawling with them, especially the scooter hire joint across the road.
Q1's getting more interesting with all the cladding going up.

Wow, great pics! Looking fantastic! What is the current height? How far to go?

It looks like it's rising faster than Eureka tower atm. The floors seem to be not that far behind (considering it started 6-8 months later).

Do they stop work over Christmas, and if so for how long?

Any news on how Q1 will be lit up at night? will the spire and top be lit up like the Chrysler building? That would be cool!

top pix again mac!
captainjack-Q1 looks like its 18 floors high + 3-4 in core so its about 70m high. with long way to go. We havent seen any night shots yet but no doubt the spire will be light up along with glass fin!:cool: the xmas break is always about 3-4 weeks. probably mid-late jan things will start up for 2004!

Well i think if they light up the whole spire from like 150m up it will look sensational. Maybe with some blue or red lighting in the glass section up top. Perhaps a big light in the glass top that shines straight up like the Luxor in Vegas, that would look really neat and would make it a real centerpiece at night.


Btw, Sunland have a new website: www.sunlandgroup.com.au


Also, if you look at the site there is a section about the Q1 observation deck, which apparently will have a theatre and merchandise store, so I'm sure you'll be able to buy like little Q1 models and stuff. The Observation deck will open in September 2005.

Some great pics there guys. this tower is certainly starting to make a big impact. i really like this and the circle on cavil development.

it's a shame about the glass though :puke:

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

Article in todays CM states it's up to level 17 with only 44 apartments left to sell.

I was planning to head over and take some pics today but the shit weather has killed that idea :(

Here's a new night render of the base of Q1:
http://www.j3design.com.au/Images/dntower.jpg

http://www.source22.com.au/GWA/Source/source22.nsf/Graphics/Q1%20-3/$file/q1tower3.jpg

Since when does the sun rise (or set) from the north?

Originally posted by ray
Don't know if this helps, but it shows where the lifts are, and the overall layout of Q1, I like all the water elements:):

http://www.k26.com/buildings/q1footy.jpg
bump

I think that, from a residents point of view, the ground level elements are a considerable advantage that Gold Coast skyscrapers have over their intercity and interstate rivals.

I mean Chevron's pool system is expansive, and Q1 ownes virtually a whole block (I bet Sunland tried to buy that small 3 level unit in the corner but the owners didn't want to sell;)).

I just noticed looking at the picture that the pool actually goes INTO the tower. Neat.

If you're swimming in the pool the view would be like this:
http://www.goldcoastunits.com.au/Images/100340.jpg

nice
http://www.goldcoastunits.com.au/Images/100339.jpg

yeah the ground landscaping is awesome for Q1. this is what happens when you have awhole city block to build on.
The tower block to the northeast of the site is actually 8 storeys high. All strata titled so you would have to convince all tennants to move, which is impossible!

The pool under the tower is actually marked on the plans as a water feature, so I don't think it will be used as a swimming pool. Someone should ask at the display centre :-)

Yep, that area looks like a public section of the grounds, the waterfall seperates the private pools I think, so I you probably can't swim in that, or you could but you'd get told off;)

Here's an article by Kone about Q1's lift system, which will feature the fastest lifts that Kone make, travelling at 9m/s, making them the fastest in Australia along with Eureka's 9m/s OTIS lifts.

Ear-popping fun for all:P

http://www.kone.com/static/ImageBank/GetFile_pdf/0,,fileID=127127,00.pdf

Originally posted by Grollo
The pool under the tower is actually marked on the plans as a water feature, so I don't think it will be used as a swimming pool. Someone should ask at the display centre :-)
i agree. the pools/beaches are indicated. the one that flows into tower is definatley not for swimming. only gold fish!lol
captain Jack.-When i took some forum members to World Tower at our recent meet, the construction manager also said the lifts in World Tower travel at 9m persec, which is as fast as OTIS Australia will allow.
The one we got in was bloody fast! very quiet and smooth!

In that case Culwulla I guess all 3 will have the speed record:)

Has anyone tried out the Q1 computer program display at the display centre? I know it lets you tour the building and stuff, probably lots of renders of the building/skygardens/observation deck etc etc*drool*. They should stick all that stuff on the web site which sucks by comparison atm.

When I was there they had a Q1 DVD playing, that was wicked, shame that's not online, had lots of great shots on it, much more spectacular than the main official shots, and of course Thorpe plastered all over it.

Found this pic of the water feature:
http://www.eframes.com/ef-cgi/a/akiross91_hotmail_com/69f1.jpg

Nothing new, but it's better quality than previous versions:
http://www.eframes.com/ef-cgi/a/akiross91_hotmail_com/1393q1night.jpg

http://www.eframes.com/ef-cgi/a/akiross91_hotmail_com/5909rest1.jpg

Just out of interest, will Q1 beat Eureka till it's completion date? I've heard the official opening will be August 2005 for a fitted out building. Will Eureka be fitted out by then?

I think they could be neck and neck at the end.

^^ I think Eureka's completion date is around August 2005 as well, for the full fit out.

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

Well if my physics are right you wouldn't want to have a lift going faster then 9.8 m/s down(gravity)...otherwise you will start floating(apparent weightlessness) in the lift and hit your head at the top. (if the lift was going too fast)


9 m/s or 32 km/h is pretty fast for a lift anyway!

btw: can't see you pics CaptainSparrow

Edit: I am probably wrong because Gravity is 9.8m/s^2....hmm(school finished over a month ago)

^
No. You wouldn't want a lift to accelerate at a rate of 9.8m/s/s down. Then you would start floating.

Displacement - m
Velocity - m/s
Acceleration - m/s/s

Yeah you're right..if you accelerated at that speed you would feel weightless but travelling at a constant speed would be alright...

Thanks rum!

*carry on! back to Q1!

:rofl: lol its funny how the conversation veers off into a discussion about physics.

I really hate physics :bleep:

Here's Culwulla's Q1 model next to the likes of Union Square the SWFC, really shows the size of the 'megatower' type buildings, but on the whole Q1 puts in a respectable showing for the Gold Coast on the world stage, all things considered.

I'd love to see more pics like this of Q1 next to the world's tallest for comparison, maybe Petronas or T101.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/p2fcd2c42b2a7183b326ccb273b4301e7/fca160e5.jpg

I was curious, what impact does Q1 have from the beach already, it would be interesting to a see a shot from the sand.

Saturday 13th December.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/pd794653e754ec9d81da9f01c28f2c0ee/fa4def17.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/p334cd06ac9eabefcee7ce593bf6c8bad/fa4def10.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/p5808791290bb1e108d826894658cc60a/fa4def0b.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/pefaf364d56758fa3d7a03df754023548/fa4decb6.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/p4271fe104b7cbc4704861865ce4bf4e3/fa4decb4.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/p4211cd37e454f249f610a7888b691e15/fa4decae.jpg

It'll be interesting to see how far they get before the christmas break.

Originally posted by CaptainJackSparrow
I was curious, what impact does Q1 have from the beach already, it would be interesting to a see a shot from the sand.
thats exactly what i was think the other day. id love to see what it looks like from beach or further out.
ill try to take pic of model Q1 with petronas thi week.
cheers:cool:

Ill make sure I get beach perspectives of Q1 when im up there in 2 weeks (i cant wait!!) Any more photo requests? :)

Great pics as usual Mr MacPhisto, great to see some more of the cladding going up, hopefully they'll start to swing it around the building sooner or later, Q1's backside is it's most boring side so the best is to come I think.

Sydney dude if your up try and nab some nice big photos of the current tallest Chevron Renaissance Skyline North from the front, all the photos online are usually dodgy little real estate shots taken from miles looking at the more boring backside of the building. Have fun!

Anyone else think that Q1's cladding is a lot like Sun City's?

I think Q1 is going to turn out much more like the model, rather than the renders. I think it is going to be a much lighter shade of green. Check it out.

I don't know, the renders aren't that off (well the all single shade green ones seem to be), it's too early to tell really.

I hope it doesn't turn out like Sun City, Sun City is a great design but that clear glass really lets down the facade, as in you can see the curtains and stuff thru it. It will be disappointing if Q1 ends up like that.

I think Sunland are a little obsessed with light green, The Grand was painted light green, (it was meant to be white), and it looks kinda average. Q1' shape is so good that it looks good in any colour, but blue or silver or something would have been better.

I really think Q1 should have had totally reflective glass, or at least more reflective than it is. If when it's finished you can see lots of curtains all over it then someone should get a slapping. Still, it's too early to say, I just hope it doesn't have that uneven facade look of Sun City when viewed from up close.

Render
http://www.goldcoastunits.com.au/Images/100340.jpg

Real
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid93/p4211cd37e454f249f610a7888b691e15/fa4decae.jpg

Originally posted by CaptainJackSparrow
Great pics as usual Mr MacPhisto, great to see some more of the cladding going up, hopefully they'll start to swing it around the building sooner or later, Q1's backside is it's most boring side so the best is to come I think.

Sydney dude if your up try and nab some nice big photos of the current tallest Chevron Renaissance Skyline North from the front, all the photos online are usually dodgy little real estate shots taken from miles looking at the more boring backside of the building. Have fun! Yeah, it would be great to see some cladding from the beach side. I'm guessing they still have too much hardware attached to the side of the tower to bother wrapping the skin all the way around.

The weather has been pretty shitty on the coast of late so it's good to see something happening before Christmas.

Hmm... I wonder if today was there last day or if they are working next week? They always seemed to work weekends as well, at least when I was last there they were.

Originally posted by CaptainJackSparrow


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/p2fcd2c42b2a7183b326ccb273b4301e7/fca160e5.jpg [/B]

Which city is the one with the hole in it from I can't find it anywhere?

Some Q1 goodness for today, 19/12/03

http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1h.jpg
nice of them to stick up a level number


http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1i.jpg


http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1j.jpg

Great pics defec8R!
I wonder if they monitor this forum?
All of a sudden we see level numbers and cladding being added on the ocean side.
Wow.

defec8R! fantastic shots as always! Q1 in crispy hi-res goodness! what would we do without ya!?

Mr Macphisto I totally missed that cladding on the front first time I looked but it's looking good, overall the cladding is growing on me, and speaking of growing Q1 is starting to really look big there!

I was also curious as to whether anyone connected with the project would read these forums, I mean surely you would (at least I would) just in case they do a nice job! and feel free to cover the coast with these types of babies!;)

I borrowed a helicopter during the week and got this shot for you guys, hope you appreciate it!

(from the official site) Starting to look big there!
http://www.qtallesttower.com/images/image_gallery/dec/image1.jpg

Originally posted by Tommo
Which city is the one with the hole in it from I can't find it anywhere?

The extremely tall one on the left is the World Financial Center in Shanghai. It started construction in 1997 but was put on hold due to the lack of funds from the Japanese which was sparked by the Asian financial crisis. Still nothing has been done today, but it will eventually be completed.

Back to topic, what level exactly is Q1 up to including core? To me it looks like 25 or 26 levels.

What an interesting photo, you can see the apartments are seperated by very thick walls. I wonder if you can here your neighbours through all that?

http://www.qtallesttower.com/images/image_gallery/dec/image1.jpg

jt

Originally posted by JayT
What an interesting photo, you can see the apartments are seperated by very thick walls. I wonder if you can here your neighbours through all that?
jt

I noticed that as well. Would imagine zero sound transmission through those walls!

Originally posted by duke
I noticed that as well. Would imagine zero sound transmission through those walls!
Man you could really pump your sterio up, unlike some other developments that use reinforced cardboard for walls.
(cathedral place)?

jt

Originally posted by AG
The extremely tall one on the left is the World Financial Center in Shanghai. It started construction in 1997 but was put on hold due to the lack of funds from the Japanese which was sparked by the Asian financial crisis. Still nothing has been done today, but it will eventually be completed.

Back to topic, what level exactly is Q1 up to including core? To me it looks like 25 or 26 levels.
The floor in corebox is lev26 so (just lookig at my metre long elevation) its approx 80m high atm!
Its seems higher? just think when its 60 or 70 levels up!
this blade walls are the structural piers for the super structure. Its built slightly dif to norm scraper!
Also, just noticed on plan, the level 77/78 observatorys , the level78 has an outdoor area which opens to the west.:cool:

I was down at the site today. They are at level 21 with the floor plates, about 26 on the core.

From the beach Q1 is really starting to make an impact! Very visible! When finished it will tower over the waves. For that matter you can see the building starting to pop its head out from Cavill Mall (btw the new Pshopping centre facade is finished there).

Originally posted by CaptainJackSparrow
I borrowed a helicopter during the week and got this shot for you guys, hope you appreciate it!

(from the official site) Starting to look big there!
http://www.qtallesttower.com/images/image_gallery/dec/image1.jpg Wow, you ripped this off the official website? It's a great pic, and looking at the cladding it's obviously up to date. I guess the PR is understandable given the interest in the project.
Hmmm, that camera angle has me thinking I'll try and sweet talk my way to the top of Peninsula for a few pics this January.

What an interesting photo, you can see the apartments are seperated by very thick walls. I wonder if you can here your neighbours through all that?

If you look at the walls just above the last floor plate that has been poured, you'll notice that the walls do get thinner about 2 or 3 metres from the edge.

Looking good, thanks for all the photo updates! :)

Click below to see what the cladding will look like when finished.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1197121#post1197121

Does anyone agree that Q1 will look similar to Aurora in Sydney?

jt

Originally posted by JayT
Click below to see what the cladding will look like when finished.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1197121#post1197121

Does anyone agree that Q1 will look similar to Aurora in Sydney?

jt
Well its extremely too early to say what Q1's facade will look like, but IMO i can envisage something along the lines of Aurora's facade, I suppose we will have to wait and see.

Originally posted by JayT
Click below to see what the cladding will look like when finished.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1197121#post1197121

Does anyone agree that Q1 will look similar to Aurora in Sydney?

jt
especially with curved glass fin and enormous spire!!;)

I had a glimpse at Q1 last night and nothing much has changed since defec8R's pictures.

I'm guessing we are 1 week away from construction recommencing.

looks like Q1 has a record that beats Eureka! The highest external balconie on Eureka is at level64/203m high!
Q1 has all internal balconies which range from 5-7 per floor. Penthouse levels 66-74 have all large outdoor terraces which are located at the back elevation or as viewed from west.
Level74 terraces are 217m above ground which makes them the highest outdoor balconies in Australia!.
Another fact that equals Q1 with Eureka ,is that they both have 72 actual levels of apartments!

Q1- first 2 levels (retail/club/rec facilities)
lv3-74 apartments (72 floors)
lev75/76-plant
lev77/78-observation
Eureka- first 10 carparking
lev11-83 aparments (72 floors)
lev84/85/86-offices
lev87/88-obseration
lev89/90/91-plant/LMR/BMU



:cool:

whats the wind factors up there
Major ? more or less so that other cities ?

Originally posted by Trances
whats the wind factors up there
Major ? more or less so that other cities ?

Higher than the southern cities by something like 20%.

I think on an average day it might be windier on gold coast due to sea breezes, and a reasonable dose of trade winds. However if you consider extreme winds which may damage a building I think gold coast may be one of the safer cities in Australia.

The winter storms from south of the continent almost never have a signficant effect on weather in QLD. SE QLD does experience fairly severe storm weather, but I think they are less frequent right near the coast.

Cyclones may be the biggest threat, but they generally are further north, mostly northern half of QLD. However the Gold Coast has experienced cyclones in the past and will again in the future. I have seen cyclones with winds of over 200km/h nearly due east of Brisbane before, so it is probably possible that a severe one could hit as well.

If there is a warning that winds of cyclonic conditions are closing in on the coast, i reckon Q1 tower management will enforce tennants that balconies are no- go- zone til weather conditions are back to normal or if they cant enforce that, well go on balcony at own risk!

Took these piccies yesterday on the last day of my wonderful holiday. I LuRv the Gold Coast and i LuRv Q1 :rock:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p07fc51947cc8a9868fa0d9618a1eb104/f9f9605b.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/pd76892a5e9b457d7ad360089a485f4d3/f9f96047.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p8b3870039d8609d842239e6831bb669e/f9f96033.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p52f043a3ce21b8ac4d6304df86faa61a/f9f96005.jpg

and for those requested beachly perspectives (sorry bout quality, it was very glary):

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/pa5a2050cba012090489f778d94bad1da/f9f95ff1.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p1a4f2e50e01ccf2f68506b99b2f1e1b1/f9f95fe2.jpg

As Fabio would say- 'Skyscraper Wedgie' lol:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid99/p70886661b5f9aae67a42682d3ad6569c/f9f95fd8.jpg

Pannels are going up fast
compared to the last shot we saw

thanks for pix sydneydude, long way to go just to give us updates!lol
Q1 is currently only 80m high. so imagine another 3x 80m on top ? = total 320m+!!! wow

Originally posted by jellyman
I think on an average day it might be windier on gold coast due to sea breezes, and a reasonable dose of trade winds. However if you consider extreme winds which may damage a building I think gold coast may be one of the safer cities in Australia.

The winter storms from south of the continent almost never have a signficant effect on weather in QLD. SE QLD does experience fairly severe storm weather, but I think they are less frequent right near the coast.

Cyclones may be the biggest threat, but they generally are further north, mostly northern half of QLD. However the Gold Coast has experienced cyclones in the past and will again in the future. I have seen cyclones with winds of over 200km/h nearly due east of Brisbane before, so it is probably possible that a severe one could hit as well.

Yes but lets also remember that the Gold Coast just had (nov-dec 2003??) an extremely severe storm in which more then 2000 homes were damaged and required SES assistance. So those summer storms to still affect the Gold Coast on occasion. Plus, as you say, there is always the possibility of cyclones, however (as you also say), they are more frequent further north then here in SEQ.

FYI
Some stats on those damaged houses is that some of them will not have their roofs completely repaired until this time next year (yes.. 2005) due to the aspestos content, and the limited number of trained aspestos removalists.

Originally posted by CULWULLA
thanks for pix sydneydude, long way to go just to give us updates!lol
top ? = total 320m+!!! wow

yes, but if those lazy queenslanders dont do it, someones gotta do it!! lol :cool:

Nah u queenslanders are alright ;)

Yeah, thanks for the updates.
I can't justify driving an hour to the coast to photograph Q1 unless the weather is good and I can spend the rest of the day at the beach as well.

I'm planning on getting over there with the camera a few times between Feb/March (depending on the weather).

It was nice and clear on Sunday morning (18/01/04) so I dropped by and took this panorama... click on the picture for a larger version (600KB).
http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1pano2small.jpg (http://server4.vnpages.net/~one/gc/q1pano2.jpg)

What time in the morning did you take that photograph?
It seems bloody early with a) the lack of people on the beach and b) the lack of glare from the sun, indicating that it is still fairly low.

My guess would be about 6am. How close was I?

wow, cool pic!:cool:
Do you think Q1s green glazing will look similar to the greenish building infront of Q1 (allawah) from 1973?
incidentally, Allawah was the coasts 4th tallest bldg on completion in 1973.

I hope not, Allawah's green colouring is very unattractive, especially up close.

Originally posted by RUM
My guess would be about 6am. How close was I?

18 minutes too late :ohno: It was 5:42 and very bright and sunny for that hour (as usual). Quite a lot of people on the beach and walking around the streets.

Re: Allawah - Sunland ought to buy and demolish it.

Originally posted by CULWULLA
wow, cool pic!:cool:
Do you think Q1s green glazing will look similar to the greenish building infront of Q1 (allawah) from 1973?
incidentally, Allawah was the coasts 4th tallest bldg on completion in 1973. Ha ha, no way (I hope).
Should look a bit darker from the beach I would think?

Awesome Pan defec8R. Do you live near the coast or do you just like early starts?