Well, here it is folks, the official project construction thread of the 29 level office tower on Shortland St, Auckland; with lead tenants, Simpson Grierson:)

Post all construction pics and info here!

Building stats:
levels: 29

height: 125m to spire, 111m to roof

Completion date: Early 2005

Developers/ builders: Manson Developments

Architects: Peddle Thorpe Aitken

Websites:www.manson.co.nz and www.nrmtower.co.nz (http://www.nrmtower.co.nz)

An original render of the new tower:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid65/p65efd74810dc462ca13bf37fc514296c/fbf8a010.jpg
In context of Skyline:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid82/pccc2c37ab89821e7218d5a2de2c1871c/fae91b68.jpg
:cool:

The Eastward spread of the skyline,Nice!!!
:cheers:

It's like a mini Melbourne Central,I can't beleive I didn't notice that earlier!!!

Yay! I'm glad Shortland Street is being updated! I'd love to see what the design is like.

I realised today that Simpson Grierson already has a tower in Auckland. Here's a pic from skyscrapers.com (http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/):

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I just love that little indent in the side. I hope Patrick Beckers doen't mind me posting it here, for the purposes of skyscraper discussion.

yeah, Simpson Grierson are taking the top 6 or 7 floors of the new tower on Shortland St.;)

I've just been for a walk through the CBD and seen some interesting things. There about about 10 - 20 new 'scrapers in construction, and those are just the ones I saw on my walk. Anyway, I went to see how the construction of the Simpson-Grierson building was going. They've done the foundations and started on the bottom few floors, and some work on the cliff next to it. When I was there these two old men came and were talking about how there used to be a grain silo, established in 1840. The funny thing is, there is a whole wall still standing, about 10 or so storeys high, and just a wall, with windows in. It looks quite odd.

The walls u are talking about is the facade of the old roller mills building, is being reused as part of the carpark podium, as this will integrate better with its surroundings on Fort St.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid79/pb6cc45d34ef4c87d9ea44bf1365f85ac/fb139c5f.jpg
text:
“Old flour mill façade takes on new life in new century”

A wafer-like wall of brick and paint – held upright in a brace of steel girders – is all that remains of the sturdy building where Auckland’s flour was milled for more than a century.
The Fort St. wall of the Northern Roller Mills complex is being saved for a new life as a façade for the new nine-level carpark podium, as part of Manson Development's office tower on the site.
The façade, described as being of neo-classical style, is listed as a category B historic building by the Auckland City Council.
The original structure was built in 1880, and added to in 1905.
Culum Manson, of Manson Developments Group, said the rest of the building was demolished because it was specially adapted to house plant and machinery and was unsuited for conversion into a carpark.
A new role in the city’s life is also planned for the old mill’s grain silo adjacent, with apartments to be fitted inside.
Mr Manson said the novelty of living in an old grain silo must have appealed as all apartments in the 150-unit development sold out several months ago at prices ranging from $150 000 to $350 000.
The new 29-level office tower, expected to be ready in 2005, takes up the Shortland St. side of the 5000sq m site.
In its later years the mill produced only stock food and in 2000 Manson brought the site for $9 million. Miller John Lamb paid 1027 Pounds for the site in 1875.

- Wayne Thompson.
This is surely an example of sustainable development, ie; catering for furture needs, while looking after aspects of the past!?

The historic facade is the one on the left, with the arches. The one to the right has been demolished, on Fort St.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/pics/r21flourmill.JPG

Nice article bro. Yeah I think the tower must join to the side of the cliff cos they have started work on "foundations" on the cliff, further up from the ground.

;)
Taken on 8th July, Heres the core rising, up to level 3 i think, taken from Shortland St:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pce63464904c48e17e8d4b0e55b11b802/fbb8a790.jpg
From Fort St, the carpark podium facade, held up by huge steel girders:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pb9eb3c13174181d1ff1b96933baeb0a9/fbb8a4ad.jpg
full view of the Fort St construction site, with Manson Developments crane dominating pic, and big height diff between Shortland and Fort St's clearly evident:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/p08e8f68fb153e352e7d2d02c11a06458/fbb8a5a3.jpg

:cool:

Just before everyone forgets...the only 100m+ office tower under construction in Auckland...recent core rises, up to level 5, only a few months and it'll be denting the skyline:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid73/p9949075d2186f077bf34886cbb581ec0/fb7a557f.jpg
Looking towards the Roller Mills apartments:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid73/pd92f61aef2eb63f7702209d9a5e15cec/fb7a5497.jpg
A swath of cranes, as the office tower, and adjacent apartments are constructed, i'd be interesting to take this view this time next year, from Shortland- Princes St corner
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid73/p1104f07cadb825d170ecd1900b48f742/fb7a57b1.jpg
:)

Still unsure of height above ground - is 125 mtrs. to top of spires or ridge and is that above ground or above sea level ? In other threads I have seen 111.3 m to roof and 125.4 3 to spires and and in another 115 to ridge. Anyone clarify ?

@Chris lewis, the heights are RL111m to roof and RL125m to spire, so 125m is the official height, it shold come up to about 3/4 of the way up Royal&SunAlliance
:)

Originally posted by flyin_higher
@Chris lewis, the heights are RL111m to roof and RL125m to spire, so 125m is the official height, it shold come up to about 3/4 of the way up Royal&SunAlliance
:)
correcto mondo! i rang architects for these heights. if you want height above sea level add 5m!

I found this render in the New Zealand Architecture magazine, and they had a short story on the new tower, with a new render, check it out>>>
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid73/pb0e3eef06ab7f3f49d5ee9b5deb52721/fb6920be.jpg
This appears to be the 'projected' view from Shortland St, and you can see the new Auckland University performing arts centre (old TVNZ Studios) next door. I think this angle makes the tower look awesome!
:cool:

Wow that is a beautiful render. What a great building. Good work finding that. I can't wait till this is built.

Has anyone been past the site recently? They should be up to about core level 8 by now!?:?

no i haven't being passed recently. This building is getting much publicity. When the Pricewaterhousecoopers went yp there were endless articles and petions to stop it and stuff..

Here's a pano dated 13/9/03:

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It's strange, cos I'm doing this economics assignment, and I found out today that a main company involved is Simpson Grierson. How weird.

Cool!
The core looks like its up to level 8 there, almost level with the historic facade, and the floor is at 6 or 7! Thats RL 28m! Can't wait till this baby is rising up further into our skyline:guns1:

BTW, your pic looks a tad off..not sure if its me on the good stuff or not:D

Re. the height above ground - [I think] 'RL' means 'Reference Level' not 'Retail Level' and means the height above sea level.The area this tower is being built on is 4 mtres. [approx.] above sea level, therefeore the height above ground will be 107 mtres. I do not think spires should be included. Can some one else clarify if this what what 'RL' means.

your pic looks a tad off.

Yeah when taking panoramas of things that are that close (as opposed to those other ones I took), there will usually be a little lense distortion that can't fully be corrected, a bit like when you have those fish-eye lenses that are circle and extreme wide angle.

Originally posted by chris lewis
Re. the height above ground - [I think] 'RL' means 'Reference Level' not 'Retail Level' and means the height above sea level.The area this tower is being built on is 4 mtres. [approx.] above sea level, therefeore the height above ground will be 107 mtres. I do not think spires should be included. Can some one else clarify if this what what 'RL' means.

Yeah, i think RL is reference level. When i said the RL is 125m to spire, this was including the taking off of the 4 meters above sea level. So the actual building height above sea level is 128.938m to spire, and 115.938 to roof (from Peddle Thorpe plans). The RL itself is 4.080m. And going by the plans, the tower is actally 30 levels to plant room!

@Chris Lewis, i'll send you the plans in PDF form if you want, so you can see for yourself the accurate heights of tower!!

Thanks for the reply. Similar height to ASB. Plans would be cool.

RL stands for Reduced Level . Its a building reference term for heights in relationship to eachother ie from the streetlevel to the top of spire in relationship to RL0.00 which traditionally is the level of the front door threshold. Its not referenced to sealeval at all as some buildings on the top of hills would have huge Rls.
Hope it helps
SAB:guns1:

Yeah, it helps! The RL for the NRM Tower n is 111m to roof and 125 to spire, if un-reduced height (from Plans) is 115 to roof and 128 to spire, where RL itself is 4m!

I also scanned the plans of tower, but they are only decent to view if the from original (so i won't post them!)
I put up a link to go to plans>>>

Link to plans (page 1) (http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4212363561&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagestation.com%2Fpicture%2Fsraid79%2Fpea67b50b5a57f9457f13b9723f761bf6%2Ffb139129.jpg&caption=Simpson%20Grierson%20Tower-%20plans2)

Link to plans (page 2) (http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4212363571&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagestation.com%2Fpicture%2Fsraid79%2Fp24724625607864324563e8a81ab4526c%2Ffb139133.jpg&caption=Simpson%20Grierson%20Tower-%20plans1)
(add orig.jpg to the end of the 'properties' of the pic in the link, to get original large version of scan)
:)

Took these in the weekend:cool:
From Shortland St
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p6a53662624b1e356c9aaaecae1d65962/fb0377fe.jpg
Looking up at tower crane, with Vero Centre in the background
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p1df90a0d4452ae7d2f9555218a406dc4/fb0369f0.jpg
Close-up of core, which is now level with Shortland St itself, (RL 28m)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p4e92cc167308e3300d0cce2a8359e15c/fb037f85.jpg
The core from Fort St
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p35b43b138a8d38589a7479034c88f82a/fb038383.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p986611e9ac08a9cb096c63e6c09bdce4/fb036bd9.jpg
The site, wuith huge historic brick facade in background
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p6fea723102e1723490c69594578c768f/fb0371cc.jpg
Overview of tower constrruction site
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p055fb7e2ec755f18870488c7c240b222/fb038370.jpg
Some crane #@!%$
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p4754a69ab351af26c1a3e613806a6fd4/fb036e3b.jpg
The site in relation to the rest of Fort St (Vero to the extreme right of pic)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p2980a8b77687b38a16d0384a59624d15/fb037676.jpg
:)

It has a similar design to that building Nashville.

You mean the building on the left here?
http://www.yaroslavl.net/CityGallery_files/Nashville.jpg
Its also similar to Melb Central

It looks alot like the smaller of the two red buildings in this (http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/im/df/207509/) picture.

The site from Customs St
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/pf9d2a13604d62dc11f9ae846f4003baa/faf5d55f.jpg
The core
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p31ae0f7e6f5b2ab48bd27e2b0811555a/faf5e03b.jpg
Yes, thats 3 site cranes
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p779878aaccd314c8a2124ca32b45939f/faf5e05e.jpg

Progress seems to be going quite slowly. I'm too impatient. Hopefully when they have the base down they will extrude upwards quite fast.

Yeah bro it's taking so long. At this rate, the won't have it finished untill 2007.

Yeah, well, its spose to be finished by the start of '05, so who knows. Like Tom said, once the carpark podium part is done(levels 1-9), the rest should take shape a bit faster.

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Wicked pic there Tom! Very 'etherial':guns1:
No doubt you took that from the little two-car, carpark next to the Auckland Universtiy performing arts bldg, which overlooks the site? Its surely a damn great spot for viewing construction work!! :)

None of the update pics show any progress. The workers must have gone on holiday, or maybe they're waiting for the concrete foundations to set.

Hey what will happen about the 2 Simpson Grierson buildings being so far apart? People will have to run several blocks between buildings to get to the water cooler.

Why doesn't this site email me any more when subsribed threads are replied to?

Hey flyin did you see that gangster movie "Good Fellas" last night? It was so cool.

Originally posted by atkinson1
None of the update pics show any progress. The workers must have gone on holiday, or maybe they're waiting for the concrete foundations to set.

Hey what will happen about the 2 Simpson Grierson buildings being so far apart? People will have to run several blocks between buildings to get to the water cooler.

Why doesn't this site email me any more when subsribed threads are replied to?

Hey flyin did you see that gangster movie "Good Fellas" last night? It was so cool.

-I think the reason there isnt alot of progress is that the core has to be reconfigured for the office floors, as they are now up to the office levels.

-All of Simpson Grierson are moving into this new tower, so no probs with the water cooler issue;)

-Nah, I never saw the movie aye..

-There was an article in the Weekend Herald about Manson Developemnts, who are building the tower>>>
www.nzherald.co.nz (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/propertystorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3529380&thesection=business&thesubsection=commproperty)
:guns1:

This article is weird. Mostly about call centres, and the like.

Yeah, it is a little off topic, but they do mention the tower in it;)

Anyways, here's a pic me and a mate took when we were out one saturday night. We ventured on site>>>
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid85/p159138eeef37ea78b150e9f633c213b2/fac78558.jpg
we're leaning on one of the foundations, with the core in the background, and thats me on the left:cool:
:guns1:

Cool picture. Did you leave the camera on a rock or something?

That picture will be really interesting to show your kids one day, years after the building is finished - up in the sky.

You should write your name somewhere on the foundations lol. Don't get caught.

I went past here today. I did take a pic but not much progess, so I don't think I'll upload it.

Some of the streets around there are fucken steep!!

Yeah they are. You've got to be extra careful at the top of Shortland street if you're driving up, to make sure cars dont turn out of side streets cos it's so hard to see over the hills.

It's a disadvantage when it comes to some buildings though, as it distorts the skyline alot since they're all built around hills.

Yeah, your right, the streets around there are steep!

Latest>>> Its starting to take shape now
from Fort st
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/p03b97c4ee981cf84f476a9062dc10e2d/fa87469e.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/pf97d888aab0a96795e6a6bea2d9e5d80/fa874608.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/p166998df59654cfcd4370e292174d167/fa8744d1.jpg
Core from Customs st
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/p6bdfb1de65efdc22d3728b075627a4ab/fa874170.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/p495aecf25c344d3e70dc22681e940cac/fa874256.jpg
from Shortland St
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/pb9a58860e86acaa06fa711bc5587e51e/fa8740af.jpg

Progress indeed! up to level 7 floor, level 9 core, although this one is slow, it will be worth seeing Auckland's newest office tower rising up fully next year:guns1:

Great pics bro. It's good to see Simpson starting to grow.

There is now a dedicated website for the Tower, which is infact the NRM Tower', not Simpson Grierson as i though, as they have not taken up the naming rights, so developers have called it after what was previously on-site, the old Northern Roller Mills. (So Culwulla can you change this on the thread title?)
website>>
www.nrmtower.co.nz (http://www.nrmtower.co.nz)

some extra pics from website:
http://www.manson.co.nz/manson/images/nrm_3lrg.jpg
http://www.manson.co.nz/manson/images/nrm_2lrg.jpg
looking good from Shortland St thats for sure, cant wait for this one! I mean, this is what the forums are all about really!:)
http://www.manson.co.nz/manson/images/nrm_1lrg.jpg

Here's a pic dated 15/01/04 showing the progress:

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Great pic, its good to see more action onsite! I wish they would hurry up with this one, lol, 'oh well'

it will be interesting to see how the Fort St side carpark podium of the Tower looks at street level, because they don't have any renders of it. My guess is that, from your recent pic, the concrete wall with the little window holes in it will be cladded or painted, and the exposed part on the sides, will probably be glassed over, which will extend up to the office floors, which are obviously completely glass cladded.

BTW, this is the first all glass facade tower since Phillips Fox was built in 1989/1990!

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Its finally gone above street level on the shortland St side of the site! Going by the plans i have its currently at level 11 floor/ 13 core, or 36m/ 42m of the way to 125m above Fort st

lol...that building is such a copy of melbourne central on lonsdale st, it doesnt really do alot for the skyline except dense it up..but i like auckland for its look its trying to get anyway!!;)
http://metva.com/users/enno/photos/2000/melbourne/dscn0024.jpg
http://www.coombs.com.au/i/melbcent.jpg

Took these update pics today. Thumbnails - Click to Enlargen:

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Thanks for the pic update bro! NRM is slowly but surely rising, up to level 11 floor/ 14 core it looks like

Aaah that is looking very good from Shortland St, but it has alot to compete with, with the Vero Center's big flash foyer just a few doors down the road. The main thing i like about it though, is that it looks amazingly different from different angles.

There is actually a newer picture here:

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I didn't post it in this thread cos I posted it in "Auckland Snaps (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=1403287#post1403287)" and I didn't want to annoy people by posting it twice.

That's a very classy building you guys have got going up there. And it's not a copy of melbourne central, pfft. Nice addition to the skyline! Now all you guys need is some MORE HEIGHT!

Thanks for the comments Kushantaiidan:cool:

I always seem to go overboard when taking pics of this tower. 'Oh well', I don't think anyone will mind;)

Looks to be up to level 14 floor/16 corebox

From Customs St:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pcde89e0d4854b423af918c4bec20f15c/f954d8d4.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p8b7603591a4fae1f286aea0de97994e2/f954da1d.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p57cdd0879b2538fabe9f67aaacdd72e9/f954da5c.jpg
It's even getting some noticable height here:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pbb10b6546b8242c5cfdda4aeb23b6ed6/f954dccc.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pca99011ec8106a3c37a9ae86bf081cdd/f954d5ba.jpg

From Shortland St- This is where i've noticed the most progress since I last saw NRM
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pb4683937daf9366368e4c743f65089f7/f954db4d.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p1b6a574dce8c665789872d590be6c01a/f954d835.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/pbcaff262416533d31771c019ba149775/f954dad1.jpg
The corebox can now be seen from where the new Arena will be built!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p361afc5c7019c34b9192690fefccd3e1/f954dec8.jpg
:cheers:

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Wow! Top pic! :cheers:
Sure looks bulky now. Level 30 here we come, lol. Its about up to level 16 floor/ 18 core looks like.

I stumbled across article in Herald this morning, and thought whether or not to post it. decided I would post it anyway:

Latest Auckland high-rise to be finished in two months
NZ HERALD
05.05.2004
By ANNE GIBSON
The only prime CBD office tower under construction in Auckland will be topped off in two months.

Manson Developments' 29-level block in Fort St will be topped off in July and one floor is being built every seven to eight working days, with the construction crew up to level 17.

Manson executive Culum Manson said leasing deals would be completed in the next few weeks. That would mean half the building was let.

Six floors have been leased to law firm Simpson Grierson and the rest are either committed or under final negotiation, Manson said.

"Naming rights have not been finalised but that won't be far off." Negotiations are under way with national and international tenants.

"Interest in the naming rights is considerable given the fact that this is only the third landmark office tower to be built in Auckland for 15 years. The opportunity to have signage visible across Auckland is relatively rare," he said.

The roof will go on the building in September and the office tower is due to be opened in April next year.

The building's floors are 1285sq m each.

The outside of the building will give an optical illusion. Two large sail features will be on the outside concealing the building's square structure, Manson said.

The sails would give the appearance of two match racers going around the mark and this should provide a very distinctive look.

The PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower on the waterfront and the Vero Centre on Shortland St were being used as benchmarks for the new tower's internal fitout.

The tower would have Miconic 10 lifts and full backup power in case of an electricity cut, Manson said.

An art collection is being assembled for the foyer and the building will have a gymnasium, business centre, and video conferencing facilities.
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:drunk:

hey i thought you were gone? lol
thanks for update!

thats a very nice night shot atkinson...


this tower looks like it will make quite an impact on the Aukland skyline. A nice, modern design to it as well.

Look forward to finished result.

Cheers mate. They've started putting the glass on now. I took some more pictures yesturday but couldnt be bothered uploading them. It's quite high now.

There are a few other high towers planned which you can see here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=108853

Just a quick update. These were taken earlier today. It's getting some really nice height now - past the half-way point i'm guessing?
http://img50.exs.cx/img50/8120/NRM8-7-04a.jpg
The exterior is looking very.... blue.
http://img50.exs.cx/img50/2740/NRM8-7-04b.jpg

Awesome pics mate, they capture the tower brilliantly!
Blue glass, lol? That almost looks green, not sure why. You can also see the bits where they have left glass out, which will be silver mesh vents for the carpark levels. The developers, Manson, said that the tower was going to top out by July sometime, well, there are only 3 weeks left in July, and its only at level 25, with 5 to go(goin by ur pic)? so they must be a bit behind. Oh well.

Top pics anyhoo :cheers:

Cheers man. Just 5 floors left? i didn't think it was that close yet. I also noticed that they've started digging out the site across the road from NRM for the apartment tower The HarbourCity is it? I wonder how the two towers will compare in height with the different site elevations?

Well the tower is actually 30 floors, not 29 like the newspapers, etc. keeps saying, so yeah 5 to go:)
Thats cool that they've started on Harbourcity.
I made this cheap and simple photoshop diagram to show the site of harbourcity in comparison with NRM (the render) last year; using our imaginations, harbourcity will come up to 5m above the top of the spire of NRM. Gives some idea of the impact it will have too
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid65/pc8a8a7cf0be906965f95b5d5b3a61139/fbf35da1.jpg

Did you know this tower has been sold to an Australian company for $110.4 million? Just thought I'd let you know.

I was in town breifly today and saw this tower close up - looking good half clad in sparkling blue glass and very tall. I also saw the Eden One apartments and they're looking good too.

Took this pic today. Couldn't take it from Fort St because they had blocked off the street to rig a massive crane either for NRM or Residences@HarbourCity.

It's a bad pic because I didn't officially have anywhere to park so I had to quickly snap it.

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Lovin that glass! I was in Auckland over the past few days , and got some pics too- and I used public transport (ferry) to get into Auckland so didn't need to worry about parking (hehe, sorry Tom, forgive me ;)- and yep I knew abotu the Aussies buying yet another Auckland CBD tower :bash: ).
NRM looks stunning from the harbour, coming in from the east on the Half Moon Bay ferry, esp. with the glass- imagine when its fullly clad!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/Flyin_higher/emailpic1_nrm.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/p4ea85a5a9dfdd6aecc9447afe32724c9/f777b127.jpg
Its important to appreciate nrm's full height- with residences@harbourcity site in foreground-
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/pb9f24f286ff906f98649300b1a1fe9bb/f777b447.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/p6f03c077c6310d4894411a321fea68ff/f777b40d.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/p4b1c9e75c7caa00e48b625545b3b24e6/f777b23c.jpg
Crane le troi- 2 is never enough
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/p9bedb991d13b2e9d74e72874cbe7a129/f777ba0c.jpg
Reflecta-Vero
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/p17a0fa6eb6f4f58fee0bf9535a9392e1/f777ad02.jpg
And lastly...the yummiest of them all- Northern Roller Mills
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/Flyin_higher/nrm_aug04_lrge.jpg

Great Photos , I think the NRM building is going to make more of an impact on Aucklands Skyline than first thought .

This part of the CBD is going to look very impressive once Harbour City is added to it!

Gee you get around the Country side Flying Higher .

Wow awesome pics. It's really looking good now the glass is on too.

didn't need to worry about parking (hehe, sorry Tom, forgive me

Lol for $2 I could have got pay and display parking on Shortland St but I'm far too stingey for that hahaha. Na didn't have a coin on me.

NZ Herald
High roller tops off tower
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/pics/ACFESHQzbyOF.JPG
04.09.2004
By COLIN TAYLOR
Auckland Mayor John Banks (above) rolled out the last load of concrete in a "topping off" ceremony on the 28th floor of the 30,000sq m Northern Roller Mills (NRM) tower, under construction on Fort St and Shortland St.

"The 28th storey will be the last habitable floor of the building," says Mike Fahey, Manson's site manager.

A glassed-in 29th and 30th floors will house air conditioning and air handling equipment and water tanks.

Externally, the tower has been designed to present a distinctive "optical illusion" with two large "sail" features on the exterior concealing the building's square structure and giving the appearance of two stylised match racing yachts approaching a mark. The tower has extra large floor plates of 1284sq m per floor.

The 130m high NRM tower is Auckland's first major CBD project since the PricewaterhouseCoopers building was completed in 2002.

He says the exterior will be completed by the end of the year and he believes it will be occupied and opened by the end of April.

In a deal brokered by Scott Gray-Spencer of CB Richard Ellis, Manson recently sold the NRM Tower to Sydney-based property investor Deutsche Office Trust for $110.4 million, representing an 8 per cent yield. The purchase is the first entry by Deutsche Office Trust into the New Zealand property market.

Anchor tenants in the building will be law firms Simpson Grierson and Minter Ellison. Naming rights have not been finalised.

Aw man, they didn't invite me to the topping off ceremony.

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Good Photos , like the colour contrasts in the buildings , is that the Harbour City Crane in the background Photo 2 ?

Awesome work Tom- its almost full height! It just needs the roof to go on and then fully cladded, and its done! Externally anyway. Should be wrapped up by Christmas, whadda ya reckon?

She's a beaut. Yeah I rekon it will be finished by end of the year. The best thing that could happen now is having HarbourCity up fast, and a 150m tower on the empty carpark just down from Vero then we'd be in business.

Brillian pics! I agree there Tom. A tower in that empty parking lot would do wonders for the skyline. There's a huge gap there at the moment between ANZ/ASB/Skytower and Vero/Metropolis/NRM (when viewed from the harbour)

wow the facade is great! nice colours, and very reflective!

check out how fat (or shuld i say phat) the NRM tower looks on the auckland diagram of skyscraperpage.com- alot of the drawings have been re-done by some german guy called Raptor1982 and he's done a real good job...

http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?C105

Wooooooooooooow sweet. That german guy is the man. Shows just how big those missing drawings will be - two on Albert Street, and the St James tower.

Interesting, NRM is a bit out of proportion, but oh well, all the diagrams look alot better now anyway.

Citylife looks wicked

This raptor dude is carving up the auckland diagrams! Good on 'im. But as far as the NRM one goes, i think he has it wrong. What it looks like he has done is he's drawn it at a 45 degree angle - right onto one of the corners and he has forgotten to half the sideways measurments as they're at 45 degrees now. I could be wrong though, but i don't see NRM being twice the width of ASB.

Marky Mark posted this link: www.manson.co.nz/manson/home.asp in the "Yet more Auckland CBD Photos" thread.
Worth a quick look if you haven't seen it yet. The home page shows a great render of the NRM Tower in a night time Auckland pic.

Arrh, thats old, i've known about that site since the start of the year. If people would check the front page of this thread , there is alot of info about the tower (incl. the site address). There is actually a dedicated website for the tower, www.nrmtower.co.nz

Thought Id found something new and exciting there Flying Higher , nice reminder but , and it looks as though some never saw it before anyways , plus visitors who are constantly viewing Kiwiscrapers will pick up on it , reckon this forum has up to 12-20 visitors a day , good to keep it interesting ! :cheers:

Good point Marky Mark. Not all visitors to Skyscrapercity/ KiwiScrapers are necessarily dedicated high risers :) , and may not want to wade through pages of old(er) info. Postings and visitor views have increased for sure.

Myself; I have seen the dedicated site: www.nrmtower.co.nz but I have not checked out the www.manson.co.nz/manson/home.asp until you mentioned it. It’s still a cool pic.

I just liked seeing the photo/render which I had never seen before, having not been to that site.

What we do need is for the tower to be finished, then i can come to Auckland and take some cool completed pics for ss.com.

EDIT (28/11/04): IMAGE REMOVED - SEE BELOW FOR UPDATED PHOTO

Shot Tom.

Very nice. I really should get up the BNZ tower some time. Never been up there... That reminds me. Are we going to plan a KiwiScraper meet this summer?

The BNZ tower is so awesome. If you take your student ID card it only costs $2.

Any latest pics of NRM ? doesn't seem to be much change this month.

Took this picture an hour ago:

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Nice. They're putting the roof on, and one of the cranes has gone too. Not too long to go now before its all done.

Naming rights sold!

Lumley Insurance has bought the rights and will call the tower the Lumley Centre. The sale price was undisclosed.

So there you have it- the Lumley Centre

funny- ive never heard of lumley insurance before

Man how weird is that? Oh well.

lumley Center sounds dumb, Simpson Grierson sounded better.

Lumley is a big firm here in Sydney. thanx ill change name on ss.com.
looks good the tower.

There was a huge half-page ad in the Sunday Star Times for the Lumley Centre yesturday.

Theres a 12 floor blue office tower with the words 'Lumley Insurance' written in huge red lettering in City Road.
Yeah Lumley sounds awful. It sounds like a B-Grade Porn Stuido.

Any news/info/images on Lumley's progress? Would be interested to see how its going.

It hasn't really progressed for a couple of months, that's why nobody has taken recent pictures. They're still building the roof structure, and I presume they all took a summer holiday lol.

Yes, they are taking ages with the roof. I don't think its worth taking any more pics until its completed.
I still dont like the name 'Lumley Centre' tho, lol

Lumley sounds clumsy to me. They must be concentrating more on the internals of the building now that it's basically topped out, so it's taking them longer to finish the roof structure off. It should look smashing once the spires are up though :)

Futuristic tower hits a high note
http://media.apn.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/r31lumley.JPG
The wizardry of Auckland's new 30-level Lumley Centre will be revealed as a state-of-the-art office tower.

31.01.05
By ANNE GIBSON


Lifts which fly between floors, outdoor entertaining decks on levels 27 and 28 and a river snaking through the ninth-floor entry foyer - just some of the features to be unveiled when the country's most intelligent building automatically opens its electronic doors this winter.

The wizardry of Auckland's new 30-level Lumley Centre will be revealed as a state-of-the-art office tower which has attracted a blue-chip list of tenants - lawyers by the mile and a sprinkling of the insurance crowd for good balance.

Stay in good with Simpson Grierson this year and you could be invited to an opening bash which promises to be one of the year's best.

The event will showcase one of the city's top outdoor perches, on level 28 on the hilltop ridge well above Shortland St, Fort St and Emily Place.

The lawyers had already caused a few gasps when it became known they were spending $10 million on their internal fitout - long before they paid the first rent cheque to their Australian landlords.

Simpson Grierson is expected to entertain and party hard in their new 200-guest function room, which flows into a 200sq m triangular outdoor roof deck on the tower's northern apex.

Sea views are a major envy factor here. No tenants in the neighbouring Vero Centre on Shortland St or the PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower on the waterfront get a deck, let alone at such a dizzying height. (The $170 million PWC tower, completed in 2002, and the Vero Centre, valued at around $215 million and completed in 2000 are the Lumley Centre's nearest rivals.)

"We won't be leasing our function room out for 21st birthday parties, but we do expect to hold company shareholder meetings and corporate launches or functions there," said Simpson Grierson partner Greg Towers.

The level-28 deck spans a full quarter of a floor plate and is the first of its kind in the city.

No safety worries on that breezy outdoor pad. Peddle Thorp Architects designed a 1.1m-high glass and stainless balustrade to protect the stumblers from themselves.

If the top deck is full, the lawyers can always move down to the staff deck on level 27 where a 7m by 7m by 9.5m triangular-shaped area has been built for more intimate parties.

The decks are highly unlikely to sport family-sized barbecues. Food will instead be prepared discreetly in vast high-spec commercial kitchen areas towards the core of the floor plate on level 28.

Those not invited into the lawyers' lair can walk around the public entry foyer off Shortland St on level nine to admire unusual features. A river, 30cm at its deepest point, will run 70m, the entire length of the building, and end in a weir.

Artworks by Stephen Bambury, Len Lye and others will grace the foyer. An aluminium-clad, drum-shaped stairwell will allow access from the foyer to the floor beneath.

The air-conditioning plant at the top of the tower has multiple control chillers and a condenser water loop to give 21 different temperature zones on each office level. Central air handling stations are the top and bottom of the office tower and will feed cooled or heated air to the floors via vertical risers.

And the cost? Simpson Grierson will pay more than $3 million a year in rent. But as well as the views and technical brilliance of the new building, they get 17 client carparks and about 40 for partners and staff.

Full electronic security, copper and fibre communication systems and extensive storage space tucked onto carparking levels are further features of the tower.

Not all the office levels from floors 14 to 28 are leased yet. So far, the seating plan stacks up like this:

Level 23 to 28, Simpson Grierson; level 22, barristers will sublet two-thirds of the space from Simpson Grierson; level 17 to 20, law firm Minter Ellison; level 14 to half of 16 and all of 21, Lumley Insurance.

Interesting facts about the new Lumley tower include:

* Developer Manson Securities sold

the partly built centre this year to Australia's Deutsche Office Trust for $110.4 million.

* Simpson Grierson is the anchor tenant, taking seven floors, but insurance giant Lumley got the naming rights for a secret sum late last year.

* During construction, the tower had a pseudonym: NRM Tower, standing for Northern Roller Mills, due to its location on the former milling site, spanning the hill-top rise at the intersections of Fort St, Shortland St and Emily Place. The historic Northern Roller Mills building facade has been retained and restored on Fort St.

* Richard Goldie, of Peddle Thorp Architects, designed the tower, which is being clad in two tones of blue high-performance glass. The twin-coloured facade has been designed to accentuate a split angle, a feature which represents sails to link into Auckland's nautical past and present.

* Consulting firm Beca designed the building's high-tech services, was the lift consultant and acted for Simpson Grierson in managing the relationship between the lawyers and the developers.



Related Links
• www.nrmtower.co.nz
• www.pta.co.nz

It would look great when finished.

Can anyone confirm the presence of the twin spires? Tom? There was an article in the NBR which showed a pic of the roof- with what looks to be spires, and they looked quite good.

I didn't see any when i was in town on Sat night, but then again it was quite dark :P I did notice though that Harboucity is a few levels above ground now. I might go back in in a few days time so i'll take some pics.

Ah ok, cheers Sam.

I didn't see any but they could be there.

I made a scan of that NBR Article, shows the spires are definitely there thats for sure..
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid157/p2af7127f697b6ee56c8473f35469835a/f536222d.jpg

Cool pic yep they are definately there.

The level-28 deck spans a full quarter of a floor plate and is the first of its kind in the city.

This really does sound awesome!

Yeah the spires are there alright. I was in today and got a few quick snaps, but i can't get them on the computer yet 'cause my smartmedia disk reader isn't working. It's looking pretty good though.

Flashbacks...

when it was only a few weeks old, July 2003>>>
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/Flyin_higher/NRM_July03.jpg
And last August:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/Flyin_higher/emailpic1_nrm.jpg

http://img205.exs.cx/img205/3388/nrmblaa3xx.jpg

Taken 2 days ago.
Almost finished (from the outside). Just a few more sheets of glass around the top and it's gonna be all sealed off.

Oo, pretty pic Sam :cheers: I wonder what it'll look like at night? Is ther any lights on it at present? They'll be lighting up the spires for sure.

Yeah nice pic.

The flat side if facing South East and the back of it with the kink in the roof is facing North West.

I sent you the plans of the tower back in 2003, so I thought you would have known what side faced which direction? Anyway, the 'sail' facade features face Rangitoto and the SkyTower, or north-east and south-west respectively

from a position on the harbour bridge (North West) you are looking straight at the back of it. In the mock-up we made with the renders it wasn't facing that way. From stanley point you are looking side on.

Yeah, but I always knew that the spires were to be on the north east and south west corners of the tower. Some of the early renders for the tower done by Manson actually have the tower facing the wrong way (see first page of thread), which may have made it confusing.

This was taken today:

http://img185.exs.cx/img185/244/nrm303052yl.jpg

Not much has changed i know. But is that a mistake in the glazing? About 2 thirds the way up you can just see the white patch. Strange how that should appear now.

Nice pic Sam.

Yeah, i don't think that's a mistake, i've seen it before, and i think its just an air-con vent or some such thing.

They need to fix it.

Hm i never noticed it before. You might be right todd but i think it looks a bit out of place.

Nice looking tower. I think/hope that patch is just during construction.

thanx sam . nice tower, nearly done!

Nice height comparison between Vero and Lumley:

http://img116.exs.cx/img116/3661/verolumley5pq.jpg

Love that pic! So u went up Oracle I take it? Good views eh?

Yeah that was my first time up Oracle. I never knew it was so easy to get up there. I think i'll be up there more often now.

Wow, can't believe this is almost finished. Last time I read anything on this it was just a render. Looks good.

http://www.bullergeorge.co.nz/content/images/portfolio/commercial/nrm%20050210%20sml%201.jpg :)

yuo get an awesome view of it down at britomart too, makes it look like 40 stories tall :)

it is a cool building i never liked the pre-construction renders of it.
it looks very cool now and theres that wiked sardine can building :) lol

It does looks alot taller from the harbour side. That's probably because it is taller from the harbour side. I'll see if i can get a pic from there some time, Mark.

http://img127.exs.cx/img127/5926/dscn24324em.jpg

Took in the car the angle is quite bad. But from this place the building looks beautiful :fiddle:

What r u talking 'bout? Thats a great angle, probly the best!

cos i was in a car it could have been taken even better. i know its still good tho

Damn cars! lol ;)

That's a quality photo - really shows what a pressence it's making - the cladding is beautiful just the right colours - shame about the missing sections - hopefully they're going to be put in - it just looks a little odd with those three little squares!

I agree. That's a very nice photo!

http://img51.echo.cx/img51/9814/dscn2446edit7jj.jpg

I retook the one above because the last one was taken in the car. :eek2:

http://img51.echo.cx/img51/9292/dscn2447edit7si.jpg

^ Above: Probably one of the best shots of the lumley (with another building)

http://img51.echo.cx/img51/5250/dscn2450edit1vv.jpg
http://img51.echo.cx/img51/2804/dscn2444edit1jw.jpg

Beaut pics man.

cheers

Yeah those pics are awesome. It looks as though that mark in the glass is actually a lack of panels.

I reackon that those small translucent rectangles you see on the very top of the glass curtain wall are there to stay. The 4Seasons in San Francisco has the same thing. As for those two missing spandrel panals they probably have been removed for temp access.

That second one with Vero in it is superb, really gives an impression of the height in relation to the surroundings.

When is the crane being removed?

The crane off this building is actually up for auction,if any of you guys would like to make a bid. :)

Some others..
From the Metropolis Penthouse>>
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/p4112d3e3abf1556b78da8eccd5bb5960/f46a4116.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/pcfb6eb76b5adb195cea6ef49d50eaa1e/f46a411a.jpg
From Britomart>>
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/p34fa99ecee577cf6f2a1fd1c954a3749/f46a4114.jpg

Awesome man. You went to the Metropolis Penthouse again! Nice pics. The blue sky looks great.

another beautiful day in paradise cool pics man!

Wow, almost finished. Tower looks sensational. Although I admire any efforts to incorporate heritage listed buildings into new skyscrapers the NRM building does look a bit awkward just sticking out the corner there - is that part of the tower pretty much finished? Anyone have a recent pic showing the base where NRM is.

not really this is the closest to seeing the base
http://img51.echo.cx/img51/5250/dscn2450edit1vv.jpg

I think he means the old Roller Mills base on the other side.

Yeh, the old Northern Roller Mills building just visible in your first pic aucklandman. I assume Northern Roller Mills is where the orginal name of the development (NRM Tower) comes from?

Yeh, the old Northern Roller Mills building just visible in your first pic aucklandman. I assume Northern Roller Mills is where the orginal name of the development (NRM Tower) comes from?

Correct, that is what the project name of the tower was until recently when Lumley brought naming rights, hence Lumley Centre.

Some more pics>>>
From the Auckland City Council Building:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/p580469f7b09d25a8e586d2fcc0c6f9f6/f4683c98.jpg
From Quay Park:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/p01e99699a5a93d5795c8ccc5ca7800c7/f4683c79.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/p0d3eb6850603980650294c6308eccbb8/f4683c8b.jpg

Correct, that is what the project name of the tower was until recently when Lumley brought naming rights, hence Lumley Centre.

Some more pics>>>
From the Auckland City Council Building:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/p580469f7b09d25a8e586d2fcc0c6f9f6/f4683c98.jpg
From Quay Park:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/p01e99699a5a93d5795c8ccc5ca7800c7/f4683c79.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid165/p0d3eb6850603980650294c6308eccbb8/f4683c8b.jpg

That first picture is so sweet. The others are nice too.

Here's a larger version of that first pic;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/Flyin_higher/Auckland_trip_april050031.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/lumley01.jpg

absoluttly fucking brilliant tom!!!

lol you can see through the windows on what must be the the 27th floor.

awesome pics there dude :) yeah if you look really close u can see a girl picking her nose on the 27th floor

The glass at the very top on the right looks like it has little spikes on it.

of the Lumley Centre LOL :)

lol you can see through the windows on what must be the the 27th floor.
Looking at the plans I was sent back in 2003, that is the rooftop function/ conference room, and you can see the outside deck too, with the doors opening out onto it

of the Lumley Centre LOL :)


:hahaha:

You have to admire it ! :) I showed him your reply and he was rolling on the floor. Very cute ;)

:hahaha:

You have to admire it ! :) I showed him your reply and he was rolling on the floor. Very cute ;)

You must admit it does look abit like a Dental Drill LOL :)

Looking at the plans I was sent back in 2003, that is the rooftop function/ conference room, and you can see the outside deck too, with the doors opening out onto it

Yeah I was reading about that functions room in the paper. They have special kitchens and stuff and they can hold massive parties out there and go out on the decks on either side. Sounds awesome.

Yeah I was reading about that functions room in the paper. They have special kitchens and stuff and they can hold massive parties out there and go out on the decks on either side. Sounds awesome.
Kiwiscrapers meet :cheers:

It looks great. A high-tech design with appropriate cladding....and a huge BMU.

It really has turned out better than the renders.

Kiwiscrapers meet :cheers:

or perhaps my 21st;)

Turned out senstational. Does the BMU just stay out there or does it retract into the tower. Anyway I chucked some pics into the BMU thread - hope you don't mind flyin & atkinson?

Well I hope that it retracts cause it will look silly otherwise, as its quite big. No worries about using the pics either! :cheers:

It looks to me like it might retract. And yeah sweet as with the pics lol.

It might just end up having an outie.

edit:

Taken Today... just a few more panels of glass to put in place.

http://img280.echo.cx/img280/1986/nrm245052ex.jpg

Great photos.

I kind of think the Vero and Lumley buildings complement each other. An angel (with a halo) and a devil (two horns).

yea yea that shot is pretty cool
there is another amazing place that i havnt taken from yet and im not going to tell u where it is. YOU WILL FIND OUT

yea yea that shot is pretty cool
there is another amazing place that i havnt taken from yet and im not going to tell u where it is. YOU WILL FIND OUT

I know where it is ya bogan

ok where then?

lol i was waiting for that.

If I write it on here then NZer might find out.

yea text it to me 021 048 3808 and yea anyone else can text

I was just in town for something very breifly and snapped this while I was there. The lights are on now:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/lumleynight.jpg

wow

The blue lights will make an awesome addition to the night skyline!

Yeah it looks pretty good from the Motorway. The lights are clear but the glass is blue so it's slightly blue. Looks more clear from a distance.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/towers.jpg

Those blue lights look wicked!

Looks good from the East:

http://img248.echo.cx/img248/660/nrm315058wg.jpg

The stadium looks good in that pic too.

Looks good from the East:

http://img248.echo.cx/img248/660/nrm315058wg.jpg

Which building is under construction to the right of the Lumley Centre (a rather tall crane is up) ? any idea ?

Could be residences@harbourcity. It's just across the road from Lumley and about 30 storeys high, under construction.

Yes thats the one, but its 37 levels isn't it?

Yes that's the yellow HC crane... and yes i think it's about 35ish floors.

wonder if the harbour city would have got throught the new urban design restrictions; i doubt it would have.

I think I can actually see harbourcity from the North Shore now! I remember that first day when I could see Lumley lol. Exciting times.

wonder if the harbour city would have got throught the new urban design restrictions; i doubt it would have.

I'm not so sure it wouldn't have. The apartments themselves would need to be bigger though i think. But it does interact with the street like none of the other apartment developments do. And it does atleast have some aesthetic qualities to it.

Aucklands first large commercial building with transparent windows - horray!

http://img154.echo.cx/img154/5734/lumley160512gk.jpg

http://img96.echo.cx/img96/4307/lumley160526en.jpg

They're putting cladding on what i'm assuming is the carpark in the base of the tower now. The metal mesh is looking very nice:

http://img24.echo.cx/img24/1167/lumley16053fy.jpg

Oh very nice Sam! I love how they have fixed up the old NRM facade, very swish- very Auckland to combine the old and new like that;)

haha, it looks like they forgot to put in a couple of windows!?!

Awesome pics man. It's shaping up quite nicely.

this has turned out fabulous!!
real batman/gotham city feel!
10/10

Yeah it's on of those few that has turned out better than the renders. Well the renders weren't all that detailed in the first place i spose... but i think it's a valuable architectural asset for Auckland.

The thing I love the most is the party room on Level 29 which opens out onto 2 decks. Great level.

A modern version of 11 Diagonal Street in Downtown Johannesburg:

The photo (http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=239653)

Wow yeah it does look similar. There's also a very similar (but higher) one in Melbourne too.

A modern version of 11 Diagonal Street in Downtown Johannesburg:

The photo (http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=239653)

You are right :) At least one of us is awake ;) The building is looking great and a great asset for AKL. Now we would like to see MORE of the same - but naturally taller :)

A modern version of 11 Diagonal Street in Downtown Johannesburg:

The photo (http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=239653)


Wow they look so alike its just not funny :cheers:

I took these while I was at the Lumley Centre:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/net01.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/net02.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/net03.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/net04.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/net05.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/net06.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/net07.jpg

Cool to see those pics, the foyer looks very similar to the Vero foyer. Got any more pics taken from the road? Interested to see how it all looks from Shortland st.

Under Auckland Pics also but thought better under here 2

http://www.aucklandmotorways.co.nz/arc%20img%202.JPG

http://www.aucklandmotorways.co.nz/arc%20img%203.JPG
Above: Base of Lumley

nice building... i quite like it... im glad it turned out better than the initial renders in the end :)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/2005_0403city0078Large.jpg

The top floors look a bit empty - is is mixed use?

No it's basically all offices apart from the basement floors which are carparking and the top floor (the empty one) which is a function room and location of the first ever kiwiscrapers meet.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/atkinson1/2005_0403city0022Large.jpg

cool pic where did u take it?

Haha one guess.

I love the new lighting -

http://i.pbase.com/o4/37/50837/1/58444800.akl10.jpg

that is a wiked pic

Classy building. Think it has a cousin in Melbourne Central.

http://img46.exs.cx/img46/5796/p92421564lj.jpg

great pic enigma!!!

Yeah awesome pic enigma! The lighting is so cool - really looks like flames.

I know this is an old thread and the building was completed quite a while ago, but I thought I'd share this dramatic viewpoint, which I haven't seen anywhere else. When going from the parking garage into the lobby, this is your first glimpse of the tower:

http://static.flickr.com/33/55794529_ba70913c39_o.jpg

Wow that great photography Rob excellent photo! - i love Lumley

thats great, and dont let an old project stop u from taking pics!