taken minutes ago from the top of 101!

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tayser/11e1.jpg

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tayser/11e2.jpg

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tayser/11e3.jpg

tays

latest pic from 101:

nothing much really lol :D

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/w.jpg

tays

Something's happening here... http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

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heh derf, love the Avatar too man, can't wait until that becomes a reality :D

good work with that flash thing too!

TAYSER: every pic u ever post i cannot see..it always appears as a box with a red cross....how do i overcome this problem...ur the I.T expert
:guns1:
:)

lol thanks Steve, I can't wait either ;)

@ CoLL0, it's not just you, those pics aren't visible to anybody. I think Tayser has changed his internet plan so Telstra Bigpond have stopped hosting the pictures.

Thanx derf for the answer :)
ur Avatar kicks some fucking ass as well:okay:
good stuff :D

lol was wondering if you've been watching the 11E cams derf ;)

you happen to use raw HTML code a lot, or ??

good work :D

tays

What is actually going up on this site?

silvermb or SteveMElb have the rendering (just checked to see if I had backed it up, but I hadnt)

it's a ~15 storey office tower, black, the South facade (Above the roof) is supposed to have some ultra-modern advertising board - think laser lighting etc etc ;)

tays

yes, "SteveMElb" has the rendering ;)

http://users.bigpond.net.au/stevemelb/101collins_acrosslane.jpg

Originally posted by SteveMelb
yes, "SteveMElb" has the rendering ;)



Ahh.. wonderful! Thanks for that....

It's actually 19 levels, 15 office floors, ground floor and three levels of car parking.

It's 93m to the top of the skysign (the white square at the top) which will be a really cool transperant video screen.

on ya Stavros, always on key ;)

lol

is the expected completion date this time next year ?

I wouldnt think it'd take more than a year to go 19 levels up ?

tays

11E just had a core rise this morning. :) It was the first time in nearly seven weeks, no wonder this thread got lost.

http://au.internations.net/derf/11e/11E030115.html

heh, that's great, love your work derf! welcome back btw ;)

tays

Brilliant stuff again derf!!

Yeah I had noticed yesterday the core had risen - its now just poking above ground level as you drive past ..

A very nice little addition this will be to the Flinders St Wall view from south of the Yarra..

From query in parallel (now closed) thread, the SKYSIGN should be visible from Flinders St, Birrarung Marr and other southern CBD edge skyline shots (including possibly Melbourne Park). STATE OF THE ART!

PS. The skysign will be taller than the Medina apartment building in front of it.

17/01/03

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/11e17.JPG

another grocon site which will undoubtedly lay dormant for xxx amount of time.... :(

tays

nice pic silver

the building on the far right of that pic is where ernst&young tower is being build isnt it?

just infront of the one you're thinking of ;)

tays

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You can see from Silvermb's pic that the other half of the basement concrete slab has not yet been laid. Well, over the weekend I can confirm (through the smoke) that another QUARTER (the exposed part that you can see in this pic with the steel reinforcements) of the concrete slab has been completed. They appear to be preparing to do the remaining quarter of the basement floor concrete slab.

Correction - the quarter of the concrete slab they've just done is not complete - it hasn't dried yet. There's a guy running his machine over it to smooth it (looks like a giant floor waxing machine). It's a fresh, poo-wet looking concrete pour.

No activity on the core, though.

They are preparing the last quarter of the concrete slab for pour, but not sure when they're pouring!

The last quarter of the concrete slab has been poured and is still looking wet. They're preparing another quarter now (they are pouring concrete slabs in a clockwise fashion, a quarter at a time, around the core). There is also some activity on the core, so perhaps that will start pouring once the basement levels reach where it is now.

Hey Derf, just wondering, which programs do you use to compile your time-lapse seqences?

Blue

I used two programs to make the time-lapse sequence, Blue. The script that captures the pics runs on a program called Macro Express, and the program that turns the jpegs into a flash file is called Flare SWFlet. You can download free versions of both, although you might have to start changing the date on your PC's calendar to use them after their trial periods have expired. :)

This page shows where to download those programs, and has a script that should work. :)

http://au.internations.net/derf/howto/howto.html

Concrete pour for another "quarter" of another basement level is happening AS I TYPE THIS.

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haha talk about LIVE updates!

i wish this building would hurry up, ive gotta see this sky-screen or whatever its called

There's just been a core pour at 11E, so hopefully we'll see a rise soon!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid51/pafcbe0f4bcf909e88f261df71357e0e3/fca67759.jpg

Lots of concrete pumping action today... lol, look at it go! http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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lol great work again derf :D

so glad someone has the time and effort to do that sort of cool shit lol :D

tays

Yesterday there was activity in the core, which has not risen since. The concrete pouring has been on basement levels only. Two mini cranes have been half-erected on the basement levels but are not functioning yet (in fact they're not fully erected yet).

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/11exhibition_2003_02_23.JPG

off topic: never noticed how large 101's podium is.

on topic: if you average the incline from Flinders ST to Flinders Lane, the 11E core'd be above ground now yeah ? or ?

tays

There was another core rise yesterday! I can't say for certain what level it's at, but from the webcam it looks like the bottom of the corebox is definitely above ground level now. :)

I can't tell what level it's at until it casts a shadow, and that ain't happening anytime soon! hehe

smile boys, well maybe not.
http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/11exhibition_20030318=3.JPG

the core is well and truly above ground now, you can see the bottom of it top left. A good level above ground Flinders end, the bottom of the core is about even with Flinders Lane though.

the DEATH look....... what'd they say ?

LOL! classic.

tays

Looks more like a slave labour shot. Build those pyramids!!

Before and after
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looky looky:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/w.jpg

shot up another floor (or 2 ?), I havent been anywhere near it for the past few weeks!

tays

Yeah, I went for coffee in that little laneway called "Hidden" (becos it is!) and noticed that the core jumped quietly while we were sleeping!

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D'oh! Forgot to post this yesterday - another core rise happened at the start of the week.

Baby update: another "floor" pour today for half the site, as per usual (ie floorplate for basement levels, floorplates have not yet started to rise above ground level.

here you are blabbyboy

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/11e_20030528sub.JPG

There are now 2 floor plates about ground along Exhibition St. This building is going to be great once its finished.

almost lost all its leaves.....err ;)

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/11e2406031.jpg

getting bigger

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/11e2406032.jpg

Looking from the top, there's some activity in the core...looks like they might be preparing for a core rise soon.

I'm pretty sure there was a core-rise today:

http://pnavy.com/prburt/albums/album01/IMGP0387.jpg

http://pnavy.com/prburt/albums/album01/IMGP0390.jpg

nice

thanks for your photo updates philip

Progress since Sep/Oct 2002...

From 101 Collins roof:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/paa49215a83b5c7c4d2d2c70d07c2c0df/fb95f89d.mpg 5.04 Mb

From tower podium:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pd3e45af244bcd789c620a100f4609e14/fb95f8bc.mpg 4.69 Mb

:)

A core rise ?

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/11e0108031.jpg

Is it just me or is this even slower then Eureka!!! I think it is!

Originally posted by kasperluke
Is it just me or is this even slower then Eureka!!! I think it is!

I'd say it is - BHP's taking up most of Grocon's resources (manpower / equipment etc) AFAIK.

Originally posted by kasperluke
Is it just me or is this even slower then Eureka!!! I think it is!

Don't think any tower could be slower than the big E kasper.

BTW, what is this tower going to be - res, office? And how high? Couldn't see any description of it so far on any of the posts unless I'm going blind!

Can't actually picture where this tower is in the CBD either. Exhibition St is one of the streets I keep on forgetting about. Isn't it at the eastern end of the CBD. Before Spring St?? :?

Office, 15 something levels, not very big, just bulky for its size. Best thing about it is a supposed new high-tech advertising screen which will appear above the Medina facing South. There's a rendering of the building in the last set of pics (a few posts up), last picture, on the right.

CBD W-E: Spencer - King - William - Queen - Elizabeth - Swanston - Russell - Exhibition - Spring

CBD N-S: Victoria - Franklin - LaTrobe - Lonsdale - Bourke - Collins - Flinders

:)

Thanks for the headsup tays! You're a wealth of knowledge!

There's another vacant lot on Flinders St but I can't remember what street it's on the corner of. When I was working in the CBD about 18 months ago, there was a sign saying a new apartment was going up but the last time I drove past, which was within the last month, the sign was gone and it was still vacant. Anyone know the site I'm referring to? :D

Originally posted by ciaobellaxo
Thanks for the headsup tays! You're a wealth of knowledge!

There's another vacant lot on Flinders St but I can't remember what street it's on the corner of. When I was working in the CBD about 18 months ago, there was a sign saying a new apartment was going up but the last time I drove past, which was within the last month, the sign was gone and it was still vacant. Anyone know the site I'm referring to? :D
Ciaobellaxo, my understanding is that 11E is being built by the same owners as 101 Collins to ensure that the views of 101 Collins are not blocked out. The site was bought at a premium for precisely this purpose after another property developer got approval for a 30+ level tower on the site. One of 101's key tenants, Mercer, I think, will move out of 101 Collins and into 11E, which will be near premium grade commercial space, although premium grade classification is rarely given to buildings of such small scale. The RAIA bookshop is also directly opposite the building site, and across the road is E&Y @ HWT construction site. It's the corner of Exhibition and Flinders Lane, and it'll be the first two things people see when they drive up the new-ish Citylink Exhibition St extension into the CBD - E&Y on the right, and 11E's digital "head up display" on the left! Coolness, baby! :D

I'd like to hear more about this holographic display...will it really be see through/how much is is costing?

Blue

Floorplates are now well above ground level. I think it's about 2 levels above ground, but hard to tell from above!

they were at level 2 or 3 at the lower part of the site last time I went past two weeks ago.

Anyone know the height difference between the lane that borders thesouthern part of the site and flinders lane ? 5m ? 10m ?

Originally posted by tayser
they were at level 2 or 3 at the lower part of the site last time I went past two weeks ago.

Anyone know the height difference between the lane that borders thesouthern part of the site and flinders lane ? 5m ? 10m ?

They just finished pouring the whole of the second or third floor above ground. As I said, I could be wrong - I just can't tell what level it's at. As I've said, they pour floorplates a quarter at time, in anti-clockwise direction (I think). You can see the colour difference from the part that's dried to the part that's still drying!

I don't know what the height difference between the lane that borders thesouthern part of the site and flinders lane, but I can tell you it's steep!

any renderings of the tower ?

Originally posted by chrisaus
any renderings of the tower ?

look closely at Phil's 2nd pic

http://www.11exhibition.com.au/

you won't be disappointed with that site :D

http://www.11exhibition.com.au/images/pic_screen.jpg

http://www.11exhibition.com.au/images/view_04.jpg

http://www.11exhibition.com.au/images/view_03.jpg

will have some impact
http://www.11exhibition.com.au/images/pic_localarea.jpg

If anyone is wondering why 11E is going SOOOO slow it is mostly because Grollow has been having having huge union issues on site. There was a time when they NEVER had these problems.

EDDIE

Bloody unions! :bleep:

Originally posted by eddie
If anyone is wondering why 11E is going SOOOO slow it is mostly because Grollow has been having having huge union issues on site. There was a time when they NEVER had these problems.

EDDIE

That sounds a pretty far fetched thing to say..got any proof?

Grocon workers all work under the same agreement and all generally strike for the same reason.

I can't think of what site specific issues would throw them out here..

It's true A-Brain - got it from all sides... the EBA's aren't the main thing actually... apparently the shop steward on site was real nasty about certain work practices and had continuous battles with the Grollo site PM - it got really personal. The PM was moved off-site and has subsequently left Grocon.

Grollo are selective in the battles they will fight with unions (and vice versa). But this just shows that when it is not one of their own developments Grocon don't really care as much (which is pretty rational) and they have too many B- and C-teams. They get them to cut their teeth and make all the mistakes on 'other people's projects'. I miss the days when ALL Grocon had was A-teams (and only 3 of them). Sad to say but Grocon is now just another builder...

There are other reasons for the delay which are contractual disputes - another thing Grocon never got embroiled in before... but don't get me started!!!

I don't why you think it's far-fetched, though? You obviously have never worked in construction before....

EDDIE

G'day Eddie, evidently you have the insider's word, how does it work with these B and C teams and how do they relate to Grocon's projects? Are these teams some sort of skilled hierarchy? My profession is architecture not building/project management, but I do hate the unions and their treating of Victoria as their own personal lair. More info requested!

Blue

There is no official designation of a teams 'experience/capability' status using A, B, C etc we just use this kind of thing in the rating and the selection of a construction team.

Generally an A-Team is the site management team that has been together for at least 1-2 major projects that have been successful (i.e. on time, no major safety or union problems, not very litigous etc). In addition, they usually have a very senior PM who has the respect and ear of the building company directors as well as the respect of the industry e.g previous architects etc...

Also, builders are notorious for put up an A team to get the project but after the deal is done suddenly a few of the key personnel disappear !!!! (choosing a builder isn't ever just on price) - key man clauses usually help here but these get negotiated out during a boom period.

EDDIE

from 101

http://melbournephotos.gotdns.com/pics/2003-09-11%20Melbourne%20-%20Swanston%20st,%20Collins%20st%20and%20101%20/IMG_2708.JPG

Great shot uewepuep.

I don't think I've seen a better shot of the intricacy and complexity of a core taken from above like that before. It's almost like the skyscraper equivalent of the nervous system of a human!

Originally posted by uewepuep
from 101



What do they normally have in a core? The lifts and stairwells maybe? From this photo looks as though the core will be big enough to fit 8 lifts and 4 stairwells! It's bloody huge!!

Rotate this 90deg clockwise:
http://www.11exhibition.com.au/images/plan_typical.gif

Originally posted by derf
Rotate this 90deg clockwise:
http://www.11exhibition.com.au/images/plan_typical.gif

Aha.. Silly me has the big E on the brain and didn't realise 11E is an office tower!! Of course it's going to have toilets, etc. as well :D

http://metropolis.tayser.net/misc/11E1.jpg

http://metropolis.tayser.net/misc/11E2.jpg

Originally posted by tayser
http://www.11exhibition.com.au/

you won't be disappointed with that site :D Correct!!, not disappointed. I thought Concept Blue's site was kinda funky till I kliked into 11E's :) Very 'cute' teckno-graphs.

_______________http://www.11exhibition.com.au/images/pic_ext.jpg

clearly visible now from big R - the roof's going to be somewhat near the height of The Hyatt, no?

http://metropolis.tayser.net/projects/cbd/11e/11e3001041.jpg

Great shot of Shell house there Tays, I think that's it's best angle :-)

It certainly will be in a year or two's time ;)

Is the Hyatt the brownish building on the left? Was hoping 11 Ex was going to be alot taller than 19 floors. I'd forgotten what the tower is going to be like. Nevermind. BTW tays, the 11 Ex link in the '300ft+ / 91m SKYSCRAPERS' thread isn't working. Does that link show a render of it?

Yes the building on the left (Gold not brown ;)) is the Hyatt. Skyscrapers.com is probably up sh*t creek - read up 4 posts for render for 11E.

11E is that size as its being developed by the owners of 101 Collins Street - so as it preserves 101C's views & subsequent rents in the tower.

You're a wealth of information tays - thanks again :D

Must say the render a few posts up shows a very 'funky' tower. What's with the fixture on the top of the roof?


PS - tays

Are you having problems with your host tays? Noticed a few of your pics aren't showing and we're getting those dreaded X's.

Originally posted by ciaobellaxo
You're a wealth of information tays - thanks again :D

Must say the render a few posts up shows a very 'funky' tower. What's with the fixture on the top of the roof?


It's going to be a giant virtual billboard - the first of its kind in this country at least- should look good.

i also think that the 92m height is to the top of that billboard so the roof will be a little lower than the Grand Hyatt.


P.S. is that E&Y Plaza starting to pop out the top of HWT???:D

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

Originally posted by Dean
It's going to be a giant virtual billboard - the first of its kind in this country at least- should look good.

i also think that the 92m height is to the top of that billboard so the roof will be a little lower than the Grand Hyatt.


P.S. is that E&Y Plaza starting to pop out the top of HWT???:D

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

One More rise Dean! i had a look last week and you can see the core through the windows... I think one more rise and it will be above the facade!

Great Pics again tays... I still haven't got my VIP rialto pass! soon though!

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/E811.jpg

http://metropolis.tayser.net/projects/cbd/8e/ey11e2402041.jpg

Hot off the press...

http://www.iffd.net/scott/11Exhib060304.jpg

woohoo!

someone finally updates a project other than Eureka, SX Station or MCG - keep going, dont stop there! LOL

nice, thanks for that.

whatever the material is that is just above street-level: I don't like it.

hurry up with the glass Grocon!

Nice pic again - so with about 8 floors above the podium laid - it's about half way into the 'regular' floors - with a total of about 15. Plus the big sign at the top.

It's making quite the impact from any of the river angles with it's bulky base. It's obviously not tall but a very solid support act to the big boys up Collins St.

Can't wait to see the virtaul sign. Melbourne needs more big-ass signage on the Yarra facing side. Not over-the-top like other cities do with Neon but just good classy stuff like this sounds like it's gonna be.

Glass is up. On the back (West) side visible from Rialto today. SOrry no pics, but theres not much to see yet.
Nice dark glass, with the current exposed concrete like finish between floors in between the windows.:happy:

http://metropolis.tayser.net/projects/cbd/8e/8e1903042.jpg

http://metropolis.tayser.net/projects/cbd/8e/8e1903043.jpg

http://metropolis.tayser.net/projects/cbd/11e/11e1903041.jpg

low profile for a classy tower, left hand side same to that of big brother 101 Collins while the Exhibition/right side is all patterned glass. This tower might well put Ernst & Young over the road to shame when completed. Only lamenting the fact 11e was to have been 35-levels, still very good

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/11e.JPG

There was a putzmeister flapping around late friday morning from memory - SS.com has 19 floors for this building, I'd say another 4 or 5 floor(plates) and then that's it.

We need more of these in the Northern and North Western parts of the CBD. Massive bulk, big profile, and they're (fortunately or unfortunately - you be the judge) increasingly what tenants want - big floorplates.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadad/mypic40.jpg

Sad, but true, I think this building is about to top out in a few weeks time. Pitty, as it is a great building. It couydl have been an amazing building if it was 3 or 4 times its current height.

Yeah but you know what this building - along with Watergate @ Docklands - has nonetheless turned out looking much taller & imposing than I thought it would be - given we knew in advance that it's not a big one.

And remember there is also the big sign thing to go on top of the roofline to add - what was it - another good 15-20m to the height?

Should look very nice as a supporting act to the new E&Y@HWT which should look B33FCAKE ..

mmmm Holographics :guns1:

So definitely holographics huh? This has to be unique and a first for Australia (on such a scale).

I hope it displays a multitude of images and not just one twirling logo - that would be a bonus.

It's going to look fantastic!

More new Millenium style on a huge scale, as opposed to nearly every 'typical world city' which just has a flood of tacky neon plastered all over it's City Walls, something Melbourne thankfully is not overdone with.

Can't wait to see it!

I am in LOVE.......with the facade of this little purla.

I just caught a glimpse of it from the train just before going under Exi Street extension, and on the other side, you look up at it and voila you have the perfect density (with repsect to 8E across the road, and the Medina building) - more more MORE of these little purlas in future if you please!

Anyone else really keen to see this little purla completed? :)

I knew this one would be a top quality building since it is basicallly extra office space for 101 Collins which would have the highest quaility finish of any skyscraper in Australia.

this tower rules!

they could have gone 35 levels, i prefer this height as a lead-in to 101

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/uploads/483/11e200405.jpg

^^ makes me wanna go :guns1:

:guns1:

quality all round. :)

still though, next time you're up at the G silvermb, get the train back from Richmond, you won't be disappointed :)

This building does look good, but it would look even better if it was taller.

taken on saturaday...

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~wadad/mypic86.jpg
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dang! makes cable useless! j/k same with searches lol... this to kept the site fast? and stop spikes?

Mercer will be leaving a few gaps in 101C:

http://www.101collins.com.au/images/101BuildingTenancy.gif

how long you reckon it'll take to re-fill them?

EDIT: WTF Johnny has an office here? I thinking of a word starting with A and ending in E and it's 8 characters long :rant:

EDIT: WTF Johnny has an office here? I thinking of a word starting with A and ending in E and it's 8 characters long :rant:

lets go up and find out... :)

She's all topped out she wrote - waving her wooden leg in the air.. Corebox is nearly pulled apart.

I must say I'm fairly impressed how much taller this actually looks than according to renders. With the apparently big sign on top should have great stature as support act to the big boys behind it..

Facade - as noted - is top quality too..

Core box no longer she is topped out! (as A-brain pointed out!)

http://members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/E81.jpg

:banana: this one's also looking good from Southbank Promenade - and will be even better with 8E rising behind ;)

view of tower from 101 Collins st OmniCam> taken today!

from 200m up

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/exhibitonbldmg1uC.jpg


from 60m up
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/exhibucshot3.jpg

Nice reflections:
http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~naharrison/11ex web.jpg

http://www.thehoddlegrid.net/projects/updates/cbd/11e/11e0607041.jpg

Not much change from tays' pic...

http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~ciaobella/Scott/11ex110704.jpg

http://www.melbournephotos.net/pics/2004-07-15%20Melbourne%20-%20Eastern%20CBD/IMG_3923.jpg

the winner round three!!!!!!!! :nocrook:

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shithot facade eh.

what'd I tell you? :D

shithot facade eh.

what'd I tell you? :D
Tays, I recall you saying that it was crap! :D

Say, it looks a lot like FWP, don't it?

Say, it looks a lot like FWP, don't it?

yeap except they dont run those alloy window fixings all the way and instead have breaks

only top plantroom and horizontal feature at the front to go.
http://webcam.omni.net.au/OmniCam/Images/t00/DE3CA0E18C/25/w.jpg

OMG, saw this in the city today and just have to say, its facade is stunning! Can't wait to see the big screen go up, how much do you think it will add? 20M maybe or a bit more?
stu

Seems very classy indeed.

Any sign of the screen making an appearance as yet?

no screen for a few weeks yet i'd say

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/11e 200409.jpg

the base where the screen will sit is forming on the roof. scaffolding has been removed as of this morning at street level. from the flinders st level, it looks quite plain, but all up, it's a functional, very "corporate" building.

better reserve judgment for the screen!

hows this one going?

Its getting there . they are fiddeling around with shit on the roof etc.

Still be a while till the screen goes up me thinks :rant: :wallbash:

cheers

Lozza :bowtie:

:speech:...yadda, yadda...but all up, it's a functional, very "corporate" building.We like that!!.....and Melbourne so delivers.

looked average up until the roof structure was assembled, gives it that nice hard-edge look

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/11e 200410.jpg

I don't know where the Ernst & Young thread went, but there is glass on the tower!!!!

^ fixed the links.

11E is just perfect for that area, loving the bulk. :banana:

I don't know where the Ernst & Young thread went, but there is glass on the tower!!!!

I just noticed that myself! Got all excited! :D Looks nice and blue!

MG2

Also nice and blue is the support for the big screen atop this building. Vertical framework now in place. Screen could be coming soon.. watch this space

Ouwh, the screen will make this one pretty special....unique!!

Oh, oh! Need a new photo with the vertical framework up then! What size are we talking for this screen, about 15-20 metres?

Stu

why dont you check out the pic i posted of it yesterday one page back

why dont you check out the pic i posted of it yesterday one page back

Lol, whoops silly me, didn't spot the verticals in your pics when I viewed them the first time ;). Great pics by the way. But yeah, anyone still know the size of the screen?

Cheers,
Stu

Mercer / whoever else is going to have a purla view

http://www.eurekatower.com.au/photos/oct04/16.jpg

:banana:

http://www.thehoddlegrid.net/projects/updates/cbd/11e/11e1011041.jpg

http://www.thehoddlegrid.net/projects/updates/cbd/11e/11e1011042.jpg

I just don't understand what that big bit there is? Is it some architectural feature? I must admit, I havn't been following this thread very closely.

MG2

it's going to be a holographic-like advertising schema - btw, that was mentioned 1 page back (if you're viewing with 25 posts per page).

Nice Pics in all threads tays!

I think that advertising board/screen is going to be pretty cool..something different! I wonder if it will become something like the Nylex sign or the VB sign, in 40 years time?

Hrmm, initially it looked as though the screen was going to be relatively flat. However, as we can see it's forming a cubed-shape.

Wonder if there will be holographic advertising on the other side, being visible along the northern end of Exhibition St too?

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Muse, you can't see the other side of that sign past Flinders Lane because of the buildings between Flinders Lane and Collins St being a hell of a lot taller. So I guess there is no need to put anything on the back.

That's understood Aussie Steve.

I was particularly meaning the eastern side of Exhibition where vehicular and pedestrian traffic alike is heavy....and imagine standing on the corner of Collins and Exhibition (more so on the northern side of Collins) looking up - It should be visible.

If it were to be a single screen alone, why would it need a full on cube-like structure. Surely a single screen alone wouldn't need such bulk (even for the behind-the-scene's mecanisms). Unless the other side is going to be a nicely patterned feature. Surely for such a classy building, the northern side of the cube wouldn't be left blank.

Melbourne is fantastic @ night for neons, illuminations 'n lights, and the more, even better!!

I did (rhetorically) ask in my last post "Wonder if there will be etc, etc.......?". It was just a thought/hope....yet I DO pray there will be.

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Hrmm, initially it looked as though the screen was going to be relatively flat. However, as we can see it's forming a cubed-shape.

Wonder if there will be holographic advertising on the other side, being visible along the northern end of Exhibition St too?
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The screen is going to be translucent digital display so you will be able to see it (and see through it :-) from both directions.

http://www.11exhibition.com.au/images/pic_screen.jpg

Well, that would be obvious from the render's flat screen render, but why the solid cube structure? If it were to be just flat, understandably it would be visible from both southern and northern directions....however....

Time to make a couple of phone calls later and try to get an answer. *sigh*

Good to see the horizontal overhang on the south-western side atop taking shape.

BTW A couple of renders of the entrance & lobby area:

____________http://www.11exhibition.com.au/images/pic_entrance.jpg__http://www.11exhibition.com.au/images/pic_int_04.jpg

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Looking at the almost completed building, I must say that it is a very disappointing ordinary looking nondescript office block (apart from the screen). In 30 years time we'll look back and think about as highly of it as we now think of 1960s office blocks. ((shudder))

oh blabby, is there any pleasing you? lol
ok. what new scraper floats your boat

I don't mind this one. Its bigger than I thought and matches 101 C very well.

The eastern half of the buildings looks very nice but the western half is crap, I have no idea why they made it that way especially since the western half is the most visable side.

Well, that would be obvious from the render's flat screen render, but why the solid cube structure? If it were to be just flat, understandably it would be visible from both southern and northern directions....however....


Ok, Ok, Ok settle everyone. The screen needs to be built first. To build it, the blokes need to get up, in, through, over and under it. the bulk of the screen at the minute is scaffold. Be patient and all will be revealed.

I for one am not the type to "settle" petal. I'm on the case!

O.K.

Spoke with Dianna, the project manager form Mercer (not the Grocon equivalent as when I spoke with him, he was pretty clueless).

She told me that Mercer will now not be advertising on the screen and Mercer is looking for a client or 2 or 3 or....to advertise on it.

At this stage, she wasn't sure if the holographs will be visible from the northern aspect as talked about in posts on the previous page.

Yes, indeed. Time will of course tell. :yes:

Why on Earth is there only one screen !!!!!!! :rant: It doesn't look balanced at the moment !

There should be one on the Western side too ! :rock:

Cheers

Lozza :tongue: :toilet:

I was in Melbourne in the second week of October, and I just missed the screen framework being erected on this. I wish I was still down there so I could see this. From the pics, it looks awesome.

oh blabby, is there any pleasing you? lol
ok. what new scraper floats your boat
not too many at the moment unfortunately. Maybe Prima, actually.

I was in Melbourne in the second week of October, and I just missed the screen framework being erected on this. I wish I was still down there so I could see this. From the pics, it looks awesome.
not really. it looks like the MCG scoreboard and i would be surprised if they delivered on the translucence. Is it just going to end up like the Coke sign in Picadilly Circus?

not really. it looks like the MCG scoreboard and i would be surprised if they delivered on the translucence. Is it just going to end up like the Coke sign in Picadilly Circus?

Or the Coke sign in Kings Cross? :)

Or the Coke sign in Kings Cross? :)
Nah, the Coke sign in Picadilly is a whizz-bang TV-like screen. The one in Kings Cross is heritage neon.

externally complete, fitouts will start next year. this thing started moving upwards way back in august 2002 - what a shocker for only 90m! can anyone say union influence?

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/11e200412.jpg

union influence

pic thanks to salamagd

http://img122.exs.cx/img122/9136/ey30th.jpg

god damn 11E's a little tank!

how is the projecting thing going to work through the white square - there doesn't look like any screen is going up?!

it's meant to be a holograhic billboard. so there's supposed to be nothing there.

Is it going on both sides or just the one?

Only on the eastern side, never on the western side.

this turned out ok. so its complete? straight to archives>> lol

it'll be complete when I or silvermb move it to the archives.

^ lazy bastards.lol

http://www.fitzroys.com.au/upload/images/66_20045x2531831.jpg

What's the thing circled at the bottom?

not complete until we see the hologrambabies!

That photo is from a realestate site that was advertising commercial areas in the ground and first floor of the building that are available for lease. The circle is indicating the areas available for lease.