http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/new_accom/index.shtml

700 Collins Street, Batman's Hill, Docklands
700 Collins Street is a new building proposed for Batmans Hill in the Docklands precinct. It will be the first building past Wurundjeri Way on the Collins Street extension. The building is a joint venture construction by Folkestone Ltd and Leighton Properties Pty Ltd and comprises a building of 12 floors above Collins Street (18 levels in total) with a total net lettable area (NLA) of nearly 31,000m2.

The Bureau would be the majority tenant, occupying just over one half of the building. The building is essentially an H pattern with a central core but the eastern and western sides of the building have large atria or "wintergardens" which act as passive thermal sinks. Typical floor plates vary between 2,100 and 2,600m2 depending on the use of the "atrium" or "wintergarden" zones.

The site is on the south east corner of Batman's Hill precinct of Docklands facing Collins Street which has been extended from the CBD over the Spencer Street rail yards. It is very well served by public transport with trams running along Collins Street and direct subway access to Spencer Street railway station. Vehicle access is via Collins Street and through the rear of the building on lower levels with excellent access to the Citylink road network. Ample on site parking is available under the building with Colonial Stadium's car park also close by.

The building is designed with large floor plates to allow for maximum flexibility in fitout options, with excellent natural light, inter-floor connectivity and 4 star energy rating for ecologically sustainable design (ESD). Space at street level has been allocated for the Central Computing Facility (CCF), the library and public education facility, although there is room for some flexibility in the layout. The inclusion of the atria in the design will provide good access to light for all occupants as well as connecting, both physically and visually, the northern and southern floor plates on each typical floor.

http://www.folkestone.com.au/develpage/imagesdevel/Docklands%20Perspective%20700.jpg

http://www.folkestone.com.au/develpage/imagesdevel/Docklands%20Level%2012%20251002%20700.jpg

Construction started last month:

http://www.folkestone.com.au/develpage/imagesdevel/Docklands%200575%20251002%20700.jpg

tays

Is it me, or are our shorter Melb buildings looking pretty ordinary?

i dont mind it, but i think id have to wait until its built

Gotta love those proposal pics... only two cars on the road both Porches with the new yarra tram as well!

Originally posted by MelbGold
Gotta love those proposal pics... only two cars on the road both Porches with the new yarra tram as well!

hehe yeah, and for the non-millionaire, theres the celica on the far left

Nice post tays..

Hmm I didnt know it was actually a diagonally slanted building shape, rather than just a square 'H' shape.. this as least makes the building a bit more interesting considering the boxy design!

A small but important addition to Docklands, I'll take it..

It's pretty blah IMO.

Looks like one of those many anonymous buildings down St. Kilda Rd.

Big floor plates in lieu of architectural merit. Pity.

Cheers,

Adam

My sentiments exactly Adam. Would blend anonymously into St Kilda Rd, but a real disappointment for Collins St.

As I said, pretty damn ordinary. Is this the type of Collins St we have to look forward to outside of the CBD?! Even buildings with big floorplates can make an archistatement, but this is just got mediocrity written all over it IMO.:bash:

most of the "new" Collins St. will be low-rise stuff like this, the tallest probably only up to 40 levels, so we shouldn't expect too many big proposals.

kinda hard to picture it when the road hardly exists and there's nothing down there right now but dirt and grass!

There is a crane around now!

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/DSC01069.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/700bom.JPG

despite popular opinion that this building's a waste, I'm really looking forward to it going ahead - simply due to all the other "good shit" going into it (IT perspective) heh :D

tays

Yeah look I've said it before and I'll say it again.. I think this building is far from a disgrace..

Yes the overall appearance is conservative but the slanted rectangular shape of the footprint will be quite interesting, the quality looks to be good..

And *MOST* importantly it kick starts some action along the new Collins!! Many wise people have said that the best mix of architecture is some flamboyant and some conservative (but still classy) and I think BoM fits in that category..

As I've said elsewhere, economic reasons mean if they did some incredibly fancy design it would be less practical and more expensive to build - hence it wouldn't be built at all!! Same goes for BHP, SxC, UWT and HWT ..

There is plenty more room at Docklands for some incredible modern architecture when there is demand and money for it..

The main door entrance to the building will on on Collins street won't it? And I assume the carpark will be off Wurundjeri way?

I was just wondering as Collins stree won't look like a bridge down the docklands end when everything is built around it! (Village docklands etc)

I presume that BOM will be moving thier supercomputer to this new building, so they would have some pretty specific requirments.

Originally posted by Grollo
I presume that BOM will be moving thier supercomputer to this new building, so they would have some pretty specific requirments.

yep, that's the thing I'm looking forward to - they may just be doubling up though - read somewhere about the BoM & CSIRO going halves....

"hrmmm"

tays

Give this one some time, folks. I think the horizontal streamlining's sorta sleek. It may grow on some. Collins street in Docklands will be self defining rather than referencing back to the CBD, anyway.

Blue

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There was alot of activity on the site today.

This is an impressive design because it obviously focuses highly on the needs and comfort of the tenants - what with the skygardens and all.

Every building can't be designed to meet the aesthetic desires of individuals, who will have nothing more to do with the building than looking at it. I think the client has to come first at least some of the time!

Besides, if every building were built in some incredibly "out there", bold style, then nothing would be a "landmark" because everything would be!

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Every building can't be designed to meet the aesthetic desires of individuals, who will have nothing more to do with the building than looking at it. I think the client has to come first at least some of the time!

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Ahhh the voice of reason at last !!

Finn I couldn't agree more.. *A* building is better than no building for Docklands - and this certaintly wont be the most boring buiding in Melbourne - particularly with its angled footprint design ..

Plenty of space left for landmarks at Docklands..

first core rise for 700 collins

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/700collins_20030312.JPG

good to see some progress in docklands, a definite change since i saw it from rialto in jan last year, still looks like afganastan though:D
is there any significant developments planed ie. 200m+ :? in docklands ?
what the expected completion date of the whole area ?
is there much pedestrian activity yet ?
what about streetscape have they started planting trees, and paving footpaths, and creating the promonades etc ??
are all the old pavillions coming down ? if so where will they host all the raves ?

no, no 200m towers......... yet, closest = 180m @ Village Docklands.

no, not much pedestrian activity yet.... it's still looks like Afghanistan remember ?

yes they've started planting trees.

no they're pulling all the pavillions down - the heritage listed shed that collins st now cuts through is getting converted to an international food market.

...sweeping construction shot... actually main point of posting it is the bridge

http://members.iinet.net.au/~tayser/bom1803031.jpg

:poke: :borg: :toilet:

Shouldn't be too long before the first Village Docklands residential going up.

Also, the Shangri La Hotel will be over 180m and could be over 200m. The 180m is the height of the roof of the highest habitable floor. Plant levels, LMR, architectural features and spires could go above this limit in the final design.

So they have had enough sails at Village for the first tower! That is great! I really like that development!

another core rise. Walk over the bridge this week, you can see what actually goes on in the core, interesting stuff

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/700collins_20030325=2.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/700collins_20030325.JPG

Its moving along! What is going to be ground level? Collins street or at the base of the building?

Another rise at 700 Collins - taken from Bourke St ped bridge.

http://www.zenid.net/upload/images/405.jpg

http://www.zenid.net/upload/images/406.jpg

very nice!

Phil: what camera have you got ? must have some from of optical zoom ?

tays

Philip those images are great - good zoom.

The second image should be called 'Red Poles' :)

The core looks pretty big. How many lift shafts does any one know?

Is this gonna have access from Collins Street and that road that goes under Collins St (some Aboriginal name that I won't attempt at trying to spell correctly).


James

Thanks tays & James.

A friend got me the digicam from Hong Kong only a week ago. It cost AU $300 but should have been more as it is a discontinued model in Hong Kong. It's Pentax 330 GS with 3 x Optical zoom. I find the zoom helps get closer to the many (all?) sites that are fenced off. Thankfully the lens is small enough to fit through the gaps in the cyclone wire, unlike the old big lens SLRs. But it still pisses me off when sites have that black/green shade cloth inside the cyclone mesh fence just to further hinder photos. Why on earth do they need it?

I got the cam because you guys have put up so many stupendously good pics since I've come onto the forum that I wanted to do my bit and contribute.

You're right James, the red poles beat "blue poles" - they're pretty kinky. The core is definitely huge, especially for a low-rise tower. It seems to be a sort of double-core, like FWP, but it's hard to tell how many lift shafts because it's hard to get close to it.

I'm no expert but it looks like there could be pedestrian access from Collins st. As for cars, the ramp under construction in the pic indicates that there's gunna be access from Wurundjera way (or however you spell it). I doubt that they'd interfere with the footpath on the Collin st extension to provide for cars.

Do you like the concrete bird perpetually watching over the construction?

Phil

Phil,

I think that bird is supposed to be an eagle. Not sure what it's supposed to represent though!

What do you mean by double core?

Either the lifts are goning to be humungous or there's goning to be empty shafts - a possible future need.

I wonder if the building been designed/built so they can add more floors in the future?


James.

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What do you mean by double core?

Either the lifts are goning to be humungous or there's goning to be empty shafts - a possible future need.

I wonder if the building been designed/built so they can add more floors in the future?


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James: If you look at silvermb's photos a couple of posts back you'll see that it looks like the core is being built in two totally separate parts with a big void in the middle without even any core floor in it - maybe they add that in later just like the outer floor. That's why I thought it could be a double-core (but I could be wrong).

When I look at tayser's diagram on the first page of this thread, I saw that it has eight lift shafts - maybe they're really big lifts, considering that more than your usual number of people would work on each floor. Tayser's floor plan shows that the core contains a fair bit of other rooms - toilets etc., which might account for its large size. The core seems to take up about 15% of the total site area, I'm not sure what the standard is.

They should put a webcam in the concrete eagle's (thanks for identifying the bird) eye!

Phil

Ah, that explains it! I forgot about that plan on the first page.

It seems that because of the post and beam construction they needed a ridged centre to the building to keep it from twisting. I would think anyway! Without the big core it would be a pretty flimsy building.

One reason for the large core is probably due to the curtain wall facade and fully open plan (bar columns) - ie no solid walls to act as verticle bracing.


James.

Perfect explanation James, now it all adds up. So it's actually a pretty unique building in one way with no internal columns etc.

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Well, it has columns on each grib point, but it doesn't have any structural walls to act as bracing. It's like a timber gate, if it doesn't have those diagonals then it's prety flimsy, so the bracing (in this case it's the core) stops the top of the building moving left and right and falling over basically :)

I reckon they went with this structure to make the floor plans as open as possibly (ie no walls and all glass facade) - which is a great point for leasing/selling office space.


James.

i actually have an apartment in watergate place facing the city, so i really don't mind if the developments around this area are low rise so i can keep my views of the city !

cheers

lozza

Noticed today that the first parts of the facade are visible on the North East corner of the building.. reasonably looking granite finish..

I think this will be a nicely finished tower.. if a little dull.. but a good filler for Docklands..

up to street level last week.
http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/700c_20030508=2.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/700c_20030507=1.JPG

corrr he's getting arty farty with his pics ;)

nice sunset :cool:

tays

A few posts back joed was asking whether 700 Collins will have access from Collins street bridge. Well it looks like it will. The concreting shot from the ever-arty A-brain above seems to be of a vehicle ramp leading onto Collins St.

See the diagonal line indicative of a ramp?

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didn't realise silvermb and A-brain looked so similar Phil :cool:

last night
http://home.iprimus.com.au/revlis81/700c_20030516.JPG

Sorry silvermb about that! I guess I didn't read the post properly, or else maybe I'm still in self-induced ecstacy/stupor from the afternoon's skyscraper walk.

Nothing worse than when you meet someone in the street and they call you the wrong name.

Phil

Thanks Phil.

Great pics btw!

a bit of action today at 700 Collins. One pumper was going for about nine hours today over a number of levels and the queue of concrete trucks was 10 long at times. Reminiscent of the Citypoint raft concrete slab pour a couple of years ago when 500 concrete trucks poured a 2.5m slab over the day. Could possibly have been the biggest pour in Melbourne since that day.
*shitty picture
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Mother Shiza !!

:eek2:

Yep that is *definately* the biggest single lineup of Cement Trucks since the City Point pour of 2001 ...

It's like the Hitchcock movie 'The Birds' except with Tip Trucks instead of Seagulls & Crows !

Moving on up.

http://pnavy.com/prburt/albums/album01/IMGP0345.jpg

http://pnavy.com/prburt/albums/album01/IMGP0346.jpg

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It's all good news, but this is a SHIT boring building! And will its front door "attach" to the Collins St bridge extension, or is it on the part of Collins St after the bridge? I assume it's the (unimaginative) latter.

I don't think I understand your question Blabby. I'm assuming there will be a front "door" on Collins St. What do you mean by the bit after the bridge, it's 100 m down the road?

The building will site right up against Collins Street. Collins Street between Spencer St and Stadium Drive is 90% bridge!

Bugger the question - this is bad news for the commercial property sector! From today's AFR:

Melbourne office block sale collapses
Jul 15
Mathew Chandler


Record Realty has pulled out of a 100 per cent purchase of 700 Collins Street. Photo: ERIN JONASSON


Negotiations to sell Melbourne's newest office tower, 700 Collins Street, have collapsed after the lead bidder offered to buy just 50 per cent of the building.

Record Realty is understood to have signed heads of agreement to buy the entire building more than a month ago but the vendors have now announced that a final agreement is yet to be reached.

Although Record Realty has not confirmed it is the lead bidder, its involvement in the sale negotiations with vendor Folkestone-Leighton is widely known among property players.

Sources close to the deal said Record had entered into discussions on the basis it would take 100 per cent control of the tower, which is being developed at the entrance to Melbourne's Docklands precinct. But, after completing due diligence and signing a separate agreement to buy an office tower in Brisbane for $30 million, it had cut its offer in half.

Sold in one line, 700 Collins Street could be worth as much as $135 million to its developers.

Keen to get the project off their accounts, the joint venture partners have now instructed selling agency FPDSavills to go back to the underbidders and attempt to negotiate a sale in one line or a partner to co-invest with Record.

Eleven buyers expressed interest in the property, and several bids were over the $130 million mark.

The new A-grade tower, to be completed next year, has been a success story in a tough Melbourne leasing market. Two major tenants have committed to the 33,800 square metre development.

On the address board will be the Bureau of Meteorology, which signed up for 17,000 sq m of space, and Australia's largest private health insurer, Medibank Private, which will take 12,500 sq m.

FPDSavills' national agency director, David Harrison, said the building came with guaranteed annual increases and mid-term market reviews.

Such an attribute, he said, was "very attractive within the national investment market, particularly as they are coming off net effective rents, which is an added feature compared with many other CBD markets around the country where incentives have risen".

The Bureau of Meteorology area comprises the whole of the low-rise portion of the building, while Medibank Private will take up all but the first level of the high-rise section office levels.

The building will be the first tower on the recently completed Collins Street extension and is near Spencer Street Station's massive transformation on a strategic link between the CBD and the Docklands.

Originally posted by Blabbyboy

Bugger the question - this is bad news for the commercial property sector! From today's AFR:

Melbourne office block sale collapses
Jul 15
Mathew Chandler


Record Realty has pulled out of a 100 per cent purchase of 700 Collins Street. Photo: ERIN JONASSON


Negotiations to sell Melbourne's newest office tower, 700 Collins Street, have collapsed after the lead bidder offered to buy just 50 per cent of the building.

Record Realty is understood to have signed heads of agreement to buy the entire building more than a month ago but the vendors have now announced that a final agreement is yet to be reached.

Although Record Realty has not confirmed it is the lead bidder, its involvement in the sale negotiations with vendor Folkestone-Leighton is widely known among property players.

Sources close to the deal said Record had entered into discussions on the basis it would take 100 per cent control of the tower, which is being developed at the entrance to Melbourne's Docklands precinct. But, after completing due diligence and signing a separate agreement to buy an office tower in Brisbane for $30 million, it had cut its offer in half.

Sold in one line, 700 Collins Street could be worth as much as $135 million to its developers.

Keen to get the project off their accounts, the joint venture partners have now instructed selling agency FPDSavills to go back to the underbidders and attempt to negotiate a sale in one line or a partner to co-invest with Record.

Eleven buyers expressed interest in the property, and several bids were over the $130 million mark.

The new A-grade tower, to be completed next year, has been a success story in a tough Melbourne leasing market. Two major tenants have committed to the 33,800 square metre development.

On the address board will be the Bureau of Meteorology, which signed up for 17,000 sq m of space, and Australia's largest private health insurer, Medibank Private, which will take 12,500 sq m.

FPDSavills' national agency director, David Harrison, said the building came with guaranteed annual increases and mid-term market reviews.

Such an attribute, he said, was "very attractive within the national investment market, particularly as they are coming off net effective rents, which is an added feature compared with many other CBD markets around the country where incentives have risen".

The Bureau of Meteorology area comprises the whole of the low-rise portion of the building, while Medibank Private will take up all but the first level of the high-rise section office levels.

The building will be the first tower on the recently completed Collins Street extension and is near Spencer Street Station's massive transformation on a strategic link between the CBD and the Docklands.

Bad news why?? If BoM or the other major tenant were cancelling their tenancy contract - *this would* be a disaster ..

But simply these guys don't wanna purchase the building outright .. so Folkestone will instead keep getting the rent from the tenants.. so what?

At least the building will be occupied when completed ..

haven't seen this image before, looking from Collins extension toward the western facade

http://www.folkestone.com.au/CurrentProjects/imagesdevel/Docklands%20V05E%20030416%20060503%20700.jpg

Looks nice. Again the renderings have the Arne Jacobsen chairs in the windows !

Hopefully this will kick-start some other commercial developments in docklands.

Cheers
Homer

A nicely designed low-riser to join NAB's low-riser new Dockland's HQ.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/510/483700c_20030823_5.jpg

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go bombers!!
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:rock: carn dons!

LLLLLLLLllllllllllloooooooooyyyyddddddyyyyyy!

turned out well mb!

:)

But is this development (700 Collins) part of the future Shangri la Hotel development?

nope, that's on the other side of Collins Street.

tays

Cheers Tays.

Latest 'up tha guts o' Collins St' pic ..

http://users.bigpond.net.au/speckled10/Docklands/DSC00546.jpg

Coming along well.. Village Docklands should help to form the 'wall' along Collins St in Doclkands that eventually should be tip top..

On the left hand side of the pic in front of 700 Collins is another massive, vacant docklands site just waiting for a 180m+ proposal :-)

Well, it's been a while since someone posted here and a pic so here's the latest.

http://homepage.mac.com/jbadcock/Docklands/Images/P1020060.jpg

nice pic!

last week on the train when you come around from Flinders To Spencer this one just stares you directly in the face, and comes around the Grand Hotel really quickly - extremely large presence for such a short building (well it's currently short!)

tays

thanks tays.

It's certainly imposing.

how close is it to topping out?

hrm, well it's 18 levels in total, and 12 above collins Street - another 6 or 7 levels maybe ?

Grollo's Comments:

On the left hand side of the pic in front of 700 Collins is another massive, vacant docklands site just waiting for a 180m+ proposal :-)

Lozza's comments : " God I hope not ! that would ruin my views of the city from my apartment at watergate !!! hehehe ! :rant: :bleep:

cheers

lozza :dooby:

it's certainly risen a level - was staring at its sheer mass from Spencer Street for about 10 minutes today.

Hey guys!

Looks like the first level of glass has gone up on the eastern side of the BoM! It's a wonderful light blue with a greenish tinge... very slick indeed. Anyone else seen it?

MG2 - Docklands Report

three different cladded sides, three different facades so far

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/483700.jpg

looking [remarkably?] similar to the rendering:

http://www.bom.gov.au/announcements/media_releases/ho/20020614.jpg

(or have my eyes failed me? hah :D) :cool:

great pics!

Originally posted by silvermb
go bombers!!
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Haha, cool pic! When I first saw it I thought for a split second that I was looking at the crowds of people who had gathered to watch 700 Collins being built! ;)

I know this project isn't really big or hugely daring in its design, but it is nice and I am really enthused about it! It's bringing some decent urban "bulk" (in terms of its floorplate size) and considerable commerical presence into the area (kinda like NAB HQ), and extending the CBD.

Even at 18 floors it will stand out like the proverbial in that area.

So this is 18 floors? I was trying to think about how high ti will be there...will look all out on its own for a little while.. until the SX stations stuff comes


Hasn't changed much since SMB's pics..the cladding reminds me of Q1.?!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/MelbourneNov/DSC00040.JPG

http://members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/MelbourneNov/DSC00029.JPG

Had a squiz form the Rialto today. Core is actually up to level 16 already, so only 2 more floors to go. That's one or 2 rises max, plus any LMR etc.

Looks good, but it doesn't exactly have much competetion. Come on Kuok and friends!;)

^^ Well, Ive com to the conclusion that if the vast majority of Docklands buildings are approximately this height, and are of a good urban form - then I'd love to see a forest of this stuff all over.

The bulk / massing is at its best direct from the Spencer Street Platforms!

http://metropolis.tayser.net/misc/bom2011031.jpg

Looks like this beastie has topped out now and the cladding is springing up faster then I can say Eureka!

Originally posted by tayser
looking [remarkably?] similar to the rendering:

http://www.bom.gov.au/announcements/media_releases/ho/20020614.jpg

(or have my eyes failed me? hah :D) :cool:

great pics!

When I saw this render, I just thought "It's like a really big version of the ABS Building"!

http://www.challenger.com.au/images/ABSCanberra.jpg

Actually, I guess it's kind of different. I think it's just the central glass feature (is that an atrium? - it is in ABS House) that reminds me of this building. This is a crappy photo of ABS House, but it has a similar glass feature that goes for the entire height of the building, which you can see towards the right (if you squint!).

This is a short building, i just cant get excited

Originally posted by fishcatdogbird
This is a short building, i just cant get excited
agreeed.

Originally posted by Blabbyboy
agreeed.

True but it actually makes quite a presence in the low-rise Docklands - I'm impessed at how much bulkier it looks in real than it appears in the renders.

A good bit of beef to get the Docklands going.. the talls will come later..

minus core box

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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/510/483700_20040112_6.jpg

Originally posted by A-brain
True but it actually makes quite a presence in the low-rise Docklands - I'm impessed at how much bulkier it looks in real than it appears in the renders.

A good bit of beef to get the Docklands going.. the talls will come later..
what shits me is the fact that it's so damn ordinary - like a 60s wallscraper. just like the AWB. WTF do the architects DO? sit around drawing square buildings with square windows?!

http://metropolis.tayser.net/misc/bom1501041.jpg

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http://metropolis.tayser.net/projects/docklands/batmanshill/bom3001041.jpg

nice core lol ;)

Want more pictures??? I like this building even thought it is a box!

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/500-1.jpg

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is that a huge mofo LMR they're constructing or just some architectural feature?

http://metropolis.tayser.net/projects/docklands/batmanshill/bom2603041.jpg

This building externaly speaking looks close to completion.
Any updates??

This building externaly speaking looks close to completion.
Any updates??

Nothing changed too much since Tays' pic, however i *think* the western crane looked as thought it was coming down? but not 100% sure!

Almost finished *yawn*:
http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~naharrison/700 collins.jpg

This has just ruined a nice skyline view, to think they could have built a 180m tower on the site:
http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~naharrison/700 skyline.jpg

This 'tower' is shite, old fashioned and is a waste of space IMO :no: The people who designed the facade have failed hopelessly to rescue this pathetic excuse for a tower. Is there a height restriction in the docklands district?

I know this is a skyscraper forum but you'd assume you were all girls with how much size mattered to you all.
I think its a really good looking building

^^ :lol:

are pisstake and I the only ones who love this building?

it's a modern day 440C, around the same height, and in its day was the biggest thing around it. Now look at what's around 440C!

are pisstake and I the only ones who love this building?

it's a modern day 440C, around the same height, and in its day was the biggest thing around it. Now look at what's around 440C!

I quite like it - it's a neat little thing, and has a very clean, modern, solid look about it. :)

And you couldn't realistically have built a 180m there - even if the height controls might have allowed it, the market demand (or lack thereof) would have never supported it. Especially not in the newly established Docklands market, where the corporate trend of large floorplates can be practiced.

Besides, if it does indeed have a 180m height limit on the site, the beauty of an office building is that it can always be redeveloped in the future if the market wants it - and at least for the time being there is a decent tenant in there to encourage other office dwellers to consider the location!

^^ ding ding!

Pacific Internet HQ / Mirvac-o-licious' car park on Southbank anyone?

Edit: however, I doubt BoM would want to massacre their supercomp that will be going in 700C for a bigger tower

:)

I like it! The more buildings like this the better! Bring it on!

Great pics there Grollo! I quite like the facade!

all done with the crane coming down soon, one of those that splits opinions
i'll give it 6/10

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/uploads/483/700200405.jpg

Hehe, very arty silvermb :)

Lemme guess.. standing at the South end of the Telstra Dome reflecting off the Live Wire Bar area??

I'd say so, he's getting quite good now isn't he? (he= silvermb) :D

6/10 is a bit harsh silvermb, I'd give it at least 8, the only thing that lets it down is its northern facade, but bearing in mind the nature of Docklands: it's gonig to change a hell of a lot over the next 10 years, 700C's northern facade is no different!

Maybe I'm too optomistic... ;)

Naming rights for this building have been sold to http://www.medibank.com.au/images/medibank.gif with their brand new sign on the top, NORTHwest corner of the building.

Medibank sure love their Collins Street spam ;)

no BoM symbol at all? :(

Nope. No BOM logo at all! Not even in the foyer, mind you, the foyer is still being constructed!

Nope. No BOM logo at all! Not even in the foyer, mind you, the foyer is still being constructed!

Very strange. I haven't gone back through this thread but are medibank Private going to occupy any of this building?

I guess so. Why else would they have their logo on the building they don't intend on occupying?

sorry...this building does absolutely nothing for me at all.
nothing to do with height either by the way. utterly uninspired.
pls don't stone me to death ok?

I agree, 5/10