The rendering & details:

http://www.vicprojects.com.au/searchresult_details.asp?ProjectID=42


A 24 storey four-star hotel will be built featuring 3 suites, 18 studio suites and 444 rooms.
This second hotel tower will be built on the southern side of the existing Crown Entertainment Complex with a pedestrian bridge linking the new hotel to the complex.

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tayser/crownpromenade.jpg

At level 15 as of today - updated pics (&info) to come when silvermb gets on the forum

tays

I've been watching it for a while and it looks fantastic. Haven't taken any pictures though, sadly.

Clem and others, let there be glass!
http://users.bigpond.net.au/tayser/markspics/crown2.jpg

they've craned the bridge in as well
http://users.bigpond.net.au/tayser/markspics/crown2_1.jpg

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tayser/markspics/crown2_3.jpg

I will reserve judgement until we get a little more glass, could go either way.

hoping it's going to be a similar facade to Crown Towers

had to keep looking at Crown Towers then at that little smidgen to "compare it" not looking identical at this stage, but still hopeful!

tays

the rendering looks pretty bad
hope it turns out well though
southbank it really bulking up
it will be bigger than perth soon

I don't know why they use such a crap rendering, even Crown Towers looks crap in that rendering :-) I don't think it will be 90 metres anymore, we should find out a more accurate height figure, probably around 80m looking at that rendering.

Just some stuff that hasn't been posted.

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From www.crownpromenadehotel.com.au (http://www.crownpromenadehotel.com.au):

Crown is pleased to announce the addition of a new hotel, conference and convention facility to the Crown Entertainment Complex, expected to open in November 2003.

The Crown Promenade Hotel will feature 465 contemporary guestrooms, a brasserie, lobby bar, well equipped leisure facilities and a dedicated conference and convention level. Linked to the existing complex via an airbridge, the new hotel will be have a relaxed yet stylish ambience, and offer comfortable surrounds and friendly service. The conference and convention level features a plenary space for up to 750 guests and 10 meeting rooms. The modern and well appointed meeting rooms are abundant in natural light, and clever design allows for different configurations including theatre style, boardroom and classroom set up

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Nothing new, just thought it should be put here.

Clem is that your name?

Sounds like a silly question i know... but...?

MG2

Originally posted by MG2
Clem is that your name?

Sounds like a silly question i know... but...?

MG2

Why? Is MG2 your real name?

Here's a rare shot of the building when the core was just beginning to rise - from the Melbourne webcam:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid37/p1c350b577c6cf0cee0c3f8f6a518a91a/fd18c263.jpg

heh that's a great shot, I wish the OMNI people would move the current Crown Hotel Cam position to the left again, so it looks like that ;)

Good angle on Clarendon towers too :D

tays

heh, cool! must of been one of those days where the omnicam has been moved by the strong winds! once their view of Port Melbourne was looking at Govt. House!

wouldn't it be cool if you could move the omnicam cameras...

Originally posted by Grollo
I don't know why they use such a crap rendering, even Crown Towers looks crap in that rendering :-) I don't think it will be 90 metres anymore, we should find out a more accurate height figure, probably around 80m looking at that rendering.

Actually it should be 92m which seems about right and it will just be a bit taller than southbank towers.

Here is a pic of the model:

http://www.vicprojects.com.au/ProjectImages/CrownHotel1.jpg

Originally posted by Grollo
Here is a pic of the model:

http://www.vicprojects.com.au/ProjectImages/CrownHotel1.jpg

Sorry to say this, but it looks as though somebody has modelled the tower on the Perth City Council building in Perth W.A...
It's just taller...

It looks so sixties...

hey im pretty excited about the second crown tower. but i was just wondering if it will look as good as the first tower?
from the pics it looks as if the second tower will be the first one. wont that look pretty shitty.

just wondering!
:?

Looks pretty average from those pic's.

i'm actually coming around on the facade. Like Grollo's pic, the darker sections are black glass and the areas in between are a range of greens.

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tayser/markspics/crownex.jpg

Originally posted by chrisaus
the rendering looks pretty bad
hope it turns out well though
southbank it really bulking up
it will be bigger than perth soon

When I read this, I could imagine Chrisaus saying it in a really sad way...:D

Crown Promenade's coloured glass cladding and brickwork patterning will make for interesting added featurism.

To be sure, it will be an attractive structure. Similar yet different to compliment the Crown Tower Hotel. This is extremely clever design work happening here!!

Originally posted by jcocks Sorry to say this, but it looks as though somebody has modelled the tower on the Perth City Council building in Perth W.A...It's just taller...It looks so sixties...

..............................http://www.vicprojects.com.au/ProjectImages/CrownHotel1.jpg

Perhaps Crown Promenade will have a 60s retro look about it. Kool! :cool: It just won't have the small shades above the windows as the P.C.C. Building has. C.P. will also be a 2000s "smart building".

The Perth City Council Building. 48m at 13 floors. Opened in 1962.

http://www.ahc.gov.au/cgi-bin/rne_photodb/rne_photodb.pl?action=get_photo&photoid=23991&phototype=P&indigenous=

th facade in the building shot looks better then it does in the rendeing.. just with that perth photo..is that a rendering or a photo it looks stange

Dorgey, get with the program!!

If the Perth City Council Building was completed in 1962, how on earth could it be a rendering!

Anyway, down below is a rendering of 3 of the 7 planned Duxton Plain residential towers in Singapore. All 7 towers are anticipated to be completed by 2007. The lower green 24 floor structure on the right hand side, is looking stangley similar to the model/renderings of the Crown Promenade Hotel. Just wider and without the roof features of C.P..

Gee, C.P is also going to be 24 floors!!!

..............http://www.akitektenggara.com/ideas/duxton/duxton%20image1.jpg

dont think there's too much doubt about the facade now, looking good. the white panel is a pane yet to be put in

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tayser/markspics/crownph.jpg

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tayser/markspics/crownph2.jpg

good pics steve, likewise for the other threads

i still really dont think im going to like the whole glass colouring!

definitely getting a better picture of the facade nowadays :D

tays

yeah it's begining to look like Crown 1... also really loving the curve in the building, certainly adds some character

loving the glass :)

:D

:D

You can see Crown Promenade rising behind Crown Towers in these pics:

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/3144/1543144cl1037593333.jpg

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects/props/0547/1550547ml1038177180.jpg

love those views, they're pretty much just what you get from the train on the viaducts, all the more reason to keep the viaducts - not that anyone would dream of demolishing them anyhow (seems to be too many looks-obsessed memebers on here cant stand em, you know who you are ;))

tays

more glass has gone up, seemed taller (core and floors) and not to mention they've in effect made the skybridge "double-dekcer"!

tays

imagine if you lived away from melbourne for 10 years



and came back and saw CROWN

Originally posted by lenicrombie
imagine if you lived away from melbourne for 10 years



and came back and saw CROWN

imagine if you lived away from melbourne for 10 years, and came back and saw Crown, and then happened to gaze to the left right and background of Crown, and saw - SOUTHBANK!!! :eek:

Originally posted by finn


imagine if you lived away from melbourne for 10 years, and came back and saw Crown, and then happened to gaze to the left right and background of Crown, and saw - SOUTHBANK!!! :eek:

...........moreover imagine if you lived away from MElbourne for 10 years and came back, went to the roof of IBM, like I did this evening, and saw the whole freaking city ?

pant-wetting MATERIAL!

rofl :D

tays

....you been drinkin' Tays?? How was the meet?

Originally posted by Meldon
....you been drinkin' Tays?? How was the meet?

no drinking whatsoever, unless, well yeah I drank coke :D (still on Ps and had to drive from station to home etc)

yer was great, the Melbourne meet thread on the mainpage will slowly but surely get people's responses (btw me, stevemelb, silvermb, grollo, property investor, richo, lozza and williampitt & his GF turned up for both IBM and at the Zest Bar)

cheers

tays

Cool. Now get some sleep.

Up to level 19 as of today

stevemelb's pics (more record keeping purposes)

http://users.bigpond.net.au/stevemelb/tour_20021130/pic10.jpg

tays

CORE RISE TO 20 TODAY

HOW MANY FLOORS AGAIN?

Another view of it.


http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/DSC01078.JPG

hah you've taken some purlas from the Rialto! (FWP, 700 Collins and this :D)

tays

Yeah! Sure have.. haven't been up there for a while so i thought i would have look at all the amazing stuff that is happening! :D

the more I see the facade the more I like it.
http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/cphe.JPG

big brother, little brother
http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/cphs.JPG

what's the core up to now (floor ) ?

tays

Still at 19 exposed and 20 cored.. probably see another rise soon maybe this week..

Also noticed a couple of the facades glass panels have come off.. One of them I saw last week actually smashed! I wonder if they've had trouble adhesing them or flexing in the wind..

Ha.. I was right!

Core rise yesterday so now 20 exposed and 21 in the core.. 4 more floors to be poured!

I thought the corebox looked a little higher when gawking at it last night :D

not long to go!

tays

looks cool

the facade has got some character, I think it looks great; really sets itself apart from the other towers at Southbank, considering it will be one of the few all glass towers there (for the moment).

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/201202cph.JPG

Now that the glass cladding is well underway, as suspected, it WILL compliment the first tower beautifully.

I dont think this tower will be as spectacular as the first one.00mel01

how do u put ur own pics in here?????

has anyone noticed that the other side of the 2nd crown tower (i.e. the side facing the freeway, not the yarra) has a totally different facade pattern? I just noticed it today. It is kind of a grid like pattern between green and white tinged glass.

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Is it loaded on a photo server or just on your hard drive?

Cheers,

Adam

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did you notice if the core was exposed on the "backside" (King's Way / FWY side) ?

was in the Crown Car park just off King's Way in December, don't remember noticing anything different about Crown #2's backside facade!

Time for another trip to that car park methinks! :D

tays

Yeh yeh...bring on Prima. :D

Blue

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/crownprom3101031.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/crownprom3101032.jpg

tays

I must say.. I think I've found the best view of Crown 2 ..

Driving or standing on the north bank of the Yarra right opposite the Casino (basically at the Aquarium) .. it's starting to look *really* nice with the facade finish .. I quite liked it from this angle I must say..

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/prom2302031.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/prom2302032.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/prom2302033.jpg

Again, nice pics tays.

the building looks alot bigger from the rear than is does from the city.

I heard ages ago that there will be a 'sky bridge' linking the two crown towers. does any body know if this is still going ahear and will it actually be a sky bridge or just an elevated pedestrian bridge? Or will there be one at all?


James.

...it's a full blown skybridge connecting the two towers - very similar to the skybridge up the other end that links the car park (where Galatic Circus and the food court is) to the cinema area, it's been there for about........... 4 months now I think ?

tays

I was so worried about this building in the beginning but having seen the pictures and driven past it a couple of times I am relieved to say that it is gonna be a stunner and complement crown towers beautifylly.

MG2

Yesterday they were pulling down the core box folks.. so thats it for height for Crown Towers.. at Level 24 as expected ..

What I'm not sure about is whether Level 24 is a full floor or just a small plant box room.. I recall from the diagram there was a small box room at the top, or could have just been the crown sign..

Either way.. as people have mentioned the lower half of the facade is fully done and all polished up it really looks shmick!!

Being the Crown towers they will keep it in good nick.. and I think this is a classic example of a scraper that will look kick ass brand new but look shocking if left to rust and weather over the years..

It has topped out now with the core box removed and facade work in progress as well as the large podium and skybridge.
The multi coloured glass is looking awesome as well.

Still a long way from completion though.

Cheers

Dean - Melbourne

For those that haven't viewed the FWP thread (all 2 of you) .. heres a pic that has the topped out Crown in the background..

http://users.bigpond.net.au/speckled10/DSC00383.jpg

Here's a view from a different webcam, at the base of 120 Collins I think. If you look carefully you can see the CPH corebox disappearing. :)

http://au.internations.net/derf/LSS/030301-030306.html

What's everyone thoughts on the speed Crown #2 rose ?

It took about a year didn't it ? Very much the same with BHP-G-HQ ?

tays

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/sx_crownph_2003_03_06=1.JPG

I absolutely love this tower, it just gets better and better

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/crownph_20030312.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/crownph_20030312=2.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/crownph_20030312=3.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/crownph_20030312=5.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/crownph_20030312=4.JPG

definitely be the best angle, like BHP, still waiting to see how its roof will look though (I dont trust renderings :D):

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/crownph_20030312=2.JPG

:guns1:

tays

Will there be any retail in this tower?

Or will it just be conference rooms and extension to the hotel? The reason for asking is because of the 'sky bridge', where does to start in the main building?


James.

how many stars will it be rated ?
cheaper room rates ?
crown is always to expensive to consider staying at

It will be a 4 star hotel, so definitely cheaper than the main Crown Hotel, which is what, 5 - 6 stars I think?

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/crownph_20030325.JPG

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/crowntwo0904031.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/crowntwo1704041.jpg

I think this tower is very very ugly, but not as ugly as Central Equity. The design is poor and they could have spent a lot more money on it.

i dont mind it. the only thing i dont really like is the green glass, i would have prefered a nice rialto shade of blue (like i would on most buildings hehe).
i hope to see something good when crown3 comes along though

I like the new tower. It's interesting and works well behind the current development, although doesn't look part of it. I think that's good because I tried to imagine the original design when looking from the train today and I don't think it would have worked as well.

Could someone give me an idea of where crown tower 3 might go and how tall it could be? (Possibly with the aid of a pic or diagram?)

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location:

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

that warehouse behind #2 - right up against the second tower and Kings Way etc

Height: silvermb / grollo know (can't remember what they said the envelope was)

cheers

tays

Thanks for that Tays - much appreciated.

Looks like they don't have much room to move for the third tower. I guess if they wanted to have something that matched the height (or went taller) than the first tower they should have done it where the second tower is standing now.

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Looks like they don't have much room to move for the third tower. I guess if they wanted to have something that matched the height (or went taller) than the first tower they should have done it where the second tower is standing now.</td></tr>
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I dunno, grollo / silvermb will confirm this (I hope! lol) but I think #3's height envelope = BIG (big as in at least 150 - 180 metres).

probably tall and slender ?

I dunno I'm just speculating atm :)

tays

Here's the site (from Crown Car Park)

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/eg1.jpg

but I'd also like to see a triangular building (sort of like a Flatiron) on the site here which has the MElb fashion festival billboard up:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/eg2.jpg

or even this would be nice: (the "gateway precinct" on Clarendon / City is similar)

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

the numbers = no of floors.

imagine that 6 decent towers all looking at each other only seperated by roads...... mmmmm defining a different part of Melbourne

OH THE POSSIBILITIES! :guns1: :D

tays

The Southbank Structure Plan 1998 shows a great gateway for that intersecton. They have called the intersection "City Road Circus" witha huge round-about in the middle with buildings facing inwards.

#35 is on the Victorian Heritage Register. So no demolition there.

J H BOYD GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
207-229 CITY ROAD and 122-136 KAVANAGH STREET and 41-49 KINGS WAY and 2-26 BALSTON STREET SOUTHBANK

http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/doi/hvolr.nsf/LUDL/H769/$file/1_j_h_boyd_girls_high_school_city_road_south_melbourne_front_view.jpg

What is significant?
The J.H. Boyd Girls High School was constructed in 1884-1885 to the design of the Education Department's Chief Architect Henry Bastow. It opened as State School No 2686, replacing No. 222 St Luke's South Melbourne Church of England School in Clarendon Street, Emerald Hill. In 1929 it was amalgamated with the Eastern Road State School No. 1852. The building was reconstructed in 1930 by W.H. Bolger to become the South Melbourne Girls' School devoted to the training of girls in domestic arts. In 1932 it was renamed the J.H. Boyd Domestic College after its patron, a successful grazier, who bequeathed a large sum of money to establish a school of domestic science so 'that women should be taught to manage a home correctly'. The school occupies a prominent corner site on City Road, and is a two storey brick building with a third storey of one room and entryto a tower. It was closed as a school in 1985 after 100 years of operation. The extant section of the original school is a commanding Tudor Revival design executed in Hawthorn bricks, embellished with bands of cream brick and render mouldings. The Tudor influence is repeated in a castellated parapet and octagonal turret.

How is it significant?
The J.H. Boyd Girls High School is of architectural and historical significance to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?
The J.H. Boyd Girls High School is of architectural significance as one of the most ornamental and distinctive of the Education Department schools of the 19th century. It was the only 19th century State School to have a three storey central block, reflecting its prominent location in full view of the railway line from Port Melbourne to Flinders Street. The school's size and style are evidence of the rapid growth in population and wealth in Melbourne's suburbs as a result of post-gold rush consolidation and prosperity.The J.H. Boyd Girls High School is of historical significance as a reminder of earlier philosophies of educational provision, especially for girls. Domestic Arts schools developed in the years during and after WWI, at a time when there was a wider concerted push for "scientific" mothering education. It was considered that mothering skills were not innate and needed to be taught, in the same way that domestic skills needed to be inculcated at school. The school's emphasis on the domestic arts demonstrates the different approach to girls' and boys' education that characterised the school system for much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Less emphasis was placed on academic achievement than on domestication, to produce young women who would find their place in private rather than public life. Nevertheless, these domestic arts schools were the predecessors of the Girls High Schools and, despite the emphasis on domestic skills, they were a means of expanding secondary education to girls at a time when State Governments were reluctant to provide post-primary education.

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#35 is on the Victorian Heritage Register. So no demolition there.

What is significant?
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What's significant? Not much. I can't see it as any really commanding architectural building, other than the fact that it was built in the late 1800s and shows the style of building built in those days. I'm sure if there was a good enough development proposed and enough money on offer the school could be demolished. After all, many schools these days are being converted for other uses (as this one obviously has been/will be) but demolishing it and building something better in its place might be the better option.

Well, as far as I know, this is an amazing style of school building, and from memory, the only one of its type in Metro Melbourne and possibly Victoria, hence, that is why its on the Victorian Heritage Register. Even if a "great" proposal does come along for that site, does not mean the historic building can be demolished.

What's this Southbank Structure plan 1998 A. Steve ?

A roundabout / circus sounds interesting! got any renderings / can you source any ?

cheers

tays

Looking at the pics as we speak. They are great and give you some sort of idea as to how they woudl like Southbank to look like, but I need to get the document to work on Tuesday to scan the pics and I will send them to you as soon as I can.

fantastic

looking forward to it!

tays

tays, you're dreaming, mate.

but yes, the potential is there...

more likely, they'll build a theatre or something like that on crown 3, not a tall. and of course the question is also...who owns the other sites?

bumped so as thread wont get deleted

this is it!
some of my best pics
http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/500flinders_20030501=2.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/500flinders_20030501=3.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/500flinders_20030501=4.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/500flinders_20030501=6.JPG

Crown 3 is a green site facing Clarendon St and is slated for residential. Min height of 72m and minimum recommended 161m from memory.

I'm the one who started up the talk on the site behind Crown 2. All I said is that Crown 2's rear design seemed to lend itself to linking up with a future tower on the land owned by Crown. The tower would basically face Docklands and would be tall in order to get some views. So dont get too excited about it, maybe in a few years.

Nice pics mb.

That Fire really is bright in the camera isn't it! I have tried to capture them it is quite difficult!

So on that sight there actually is a minimum heighty level? I didn't know there was such a thing!

those heights were what Grollo told me way back when

flammage = cool

:cool:

nice one 'mb :D

tays

oh so close to completion, doesn't scrub up too badly? If only they had built it at its intended height equal to Crown 1.

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/crown_20030516.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/crown_20030519.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/crown_20030520.JPG

Top shots silver.. that 2nd last one full frontal with Crown 2 really shows how nice the facade can scrub up ..

Also in the same pic.. check out how they're constructing a steel staircase on the outside of the building all the way up !! Hope they're gonna enclose it.. or maybe thats the new schmick.. have it all exposed..

This is a very ugly and sad building. It does nothing for Southbank and nothing for Crown. Oh well. :(

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Yeah I agree not much better than the CE dross all around it!

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I think that's a bit harsh. It could have been A LOT worse.

What do you all think of the external stairway?

http://pnavy.com/prburt/albums/album01/IMGP0332.jpg

http://pnavy.com/prburt/albums/album01/IMGP0333.jpg

would it be temporary ??

What do you mean you forgot to put in stairs??? :D

I presume these will be clad sooner or later.

those stairs dont appear in the rendering i dont think

yes i worked out how to use telstra!

http://users.bigpond.net.au/dduffy/crowntower22.jpg

I have to say guys, i hope they are covered. I walke past there the other day and they don't look pretty. They ruin the look of the tower. I was actually talking to a woman from Crown the other day (she offered me a job as her assistant - she is the manager of VIP events at crown - I'm bloody still at uni though). Anyways, she said the tower would be fit out with a contemporary design. Still a top quality hotel, but more modern inside as oposed to the European granduer of Crown Towers.

MG2

I must say it looks much better now that it's almost finished. Hopefully the inside will be nice as well, the internal renderings on the web site look great. It's on track for a November opening!!

http://www.crownpromenade.com.au/cphFactSheet.pdf

Cheers
Homer

forgot to post this a week ago, they're gradually building up the what-looked-like-to-me temporary walkways ( :cool: )

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/crown21607031.jpg

sorry for the crapness of the pic, I now remember why I didn't post it ;)

about time for this thread to bite the dust, a few finishing touches remain and thats it

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/510/483cph_20030814_4.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/510/483cph_20030814_5.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/510/483cph_20030814.jpg

nice to think what it would have looked like had the design been built at its original height equal to Crown 1

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/510/483crown152.jpg

SHAME that it was meant to be at Crown's height!!! :bleep:

But about those external stairs, my reaction would be:

WTF?!!!!!!! :? I sincerely hope that they cover it up!!! (more glass, please)!

I don't think it's a bad building, compared to so many others...Aussiesteve, I can't believe you think it's that bad!

love the first pic..... oh wait, where have I seen that before ?

*gets back to browsing Silvermb Co. pics CD* wee :D

tays

hopefully its more affordable than crown 1... might stay there one day:cool:

Stayed @ Crown Towers last weekend after the Capri Cocktails D&D Ball..... :) and took some photos of all the buildings surrounding the hotel. Took some photos of some other things as well, but they go in the private collection heh heh :D

Who can host them for me?

Anyone?

This baby is *finished*...well all but...there is furniture inside, plants on the outside i'd say weeks.....if they work there!!

As for the stairs! They are all covered up you wouldn't even know they were stairs! My guess fire escape..

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

even the curtains are up!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/Southbank/DSC00079.JPG

This one should be moved to the completed projects forum. I was in the city the other day and very surprised at how good tis tower has turned out. Take a look at it from the north bank of the Yarra, it looks awesome.

Despite its size, this one beautiful structure.

Amazing huh?? only 18 months ago or so we were still panning it from the renders saying it would be one of the worst/most boring designs ever..

But I agree - it's small but very classy ..

Posters are up around town advertising it's opening in December 2003.

Saw ads for the hotel on TV!

Originally posted by DrDan

Could someone give me an idea of where crown tower 3 might go and how tall it could be? (Possibly with the aid of a pic or diagram?) [/B]

Another possible site for a third tower is the disused Ultra Tune Service centre on Clarendon Street and the adjacent empty block of land behind Triple S Motors which back on to the West End Carpark are owned by Crown. A site that combined is rather large.

A third tower may only be a pipe dream as Crown seem more interested in building more Car Park Capacity.:bash:

Well this baby was lit up like it's bigger brother (Chrismassy colours) the other night, it's either open / on the verge of opening :guns1:

it's 4 star, right? (as opposed to Crown Towers being a 5er?)

tays