time to start a new thread. the first 20 pages/500posts can be found here>
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8185&perpage=25&pagenumber=20

the core is currently at lve13.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/02/242442.jpg


a small reminder of what Foster has in mind!
no of storeys-38.
height to roof-148m
height to service core-160m
height to top of cage-196m
height to spires-242m
#will be Sydney's 3rd tallest bldg to structural top in 2005.


http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2003/10/225398.jpg

Those twin spires are going to be best lightning attractors.

Watching a storm from Mrs Macquaries Chair will be great!

(There was once the *best* render of BT very seen viewed from Mrs Macquuaries Chair - it even had a completed WT - but with a white lantern. Does anyone have it to repost, as I think it'll give you the best impression of the tower and how shoulders up to the Chifley Talls Club)

Ya mean this?

http://home.veridas.net/matixvolta/futuresydney.jpg

Okay peeps. Here are some updates. (I rarely take contruction photos)

http://home.veridas.net/matixvolta/IMG_0016-1.JPG

http://home.veridas.net/matixvolta/IMG_0017-1.JPG

http://home.veridas.net/matixvolta/IMG_0010-1.JPG

Ping! Give that man a dollar! That's the one!

It's awesome!

Thanks for finding it Matixvolta!

Originally posted by Matixvolta
Ya mean this?

http://home.veridas.net/matixvolta/futuresydney.jpg

Thats a great render !
not seen it before

Hey guys, credit where credits due. I made that render / photoshop ;).

Thanks for the kind words about it too. I thought this one dropped off the earth and no one cared about it anymore. I put a few good days into that one.

Actually, I did plan to eventually get around to fixing a few things in that. I made World Tower and BT a bit too big. I also wanted to darken World Tower a bit. But, I'm lazy, and never got around to it ;).

Awesome render there Mar. I've never seen it before!

Look at the quality there... GPT, Aurora, Chiefly and now BT. Cool.

Originally posted by fro
Awesome render there Mar. I've never seen it before!

Look at the quality there... GPT, Aurora, Chiefly and now BT. Cool.
the thing that strikes me is the extreme heights there spires reach above Sydney Harbour.
GPT-271m (888ft)
Chifley-270m (885ft)
BT-270m (885ft) UC
Aurora-244m (800ft)
thats bloody impressive for any world city!

Mar that render is amazing!!! Wins my 'Best render i've ever seen award' *applause*.
You should post that one on the Rate our Skyline thread so everyone can enjoy it... Finally am getting an idea how amazing this tower would really look.

So Mar, it was your render.

I remember seeing it over a year ago now... and it's been a long time fav of mine.

I couldn't remember which thread the render was in when Ozscrapers moved to the new skyscrapercity structure (shows you how long I'd been reading the forums before finally registering).

I even searched the forums a few times, but thought it was done by larven for some reason.

Credit where Credit is due, it's an awesome render. Well Done!

If you like, I can provide you with high res versions of some pics I did from Mrs Macquaries Chair if you're up to going a new night render.

http://www.redwoodit.biz/ozscrapers/mac_chair/mac_chair6.jpg

http://www.redwoodit.biz/ozscrapers/mac_chair/mac_chair1.jpg

http://www.redwoodit.biz/ozscrapers/mac_chair/mac_chair2.jpg

Originally posted by Mar
Hey guys, credit where credits due. I made that render / photoshop ;).

Thanks for the kind words about it too. I thought this one dropped off the earth and no one cared about it anymore. I put a few good days into that one.

Actually, I did plan to eventually get around to fixing a few things in that. I made World Tower and BT a bit too big. I also wanted to darken World Tower a bit. But, I'm lazy, and never got around to it ;).

Wow, fantastic pictures there gazmo. Well done. They are the sort of pictures I've always wanted to take but never got around to it, or had the photography skill ;).

In regards to doing a new photoshop with those photos, I doubt I'd get the chance for a long time now. Uni is about to start back, and I'm going to be very busy (I do tech support for students / staff at UNSW). I'll let you know when / if this situation changes!

Oh, and on the subject of credit where credit is due. I forgot to mention that I don't know who the photographer is who took that fantastic panorama that I edited. It's one of the best photos I've ever seen, and the guy / girl deserves some credit! Now if only we knew who it was ;).

No sweat. Let me know if you need a hand with that tech support, I run a IT computer doing the same thing for small business.

If you the high resi's for your own collection let me know, or have a look in city images "One night at Mrs Macquaries Chair" for more of this set.

Originally posted by Mar
Wow, fantastic pictures there gazmo. Well done. They are the sort of pictures I've always wanted to take but never got around to it, or had the photography skill ;).

In regards to doing a new photoshop with those photos, I doubt I'd get the chance for a long time now. Uni is about to start back, and I'm going to be very busy (I do tech support for students / staff at UNSW). I'll let you know when / if this situation changes!

Oh, and on the subject of credit where credit is due. I forgot to mention that I don't know who the photographer is who took that fantastic panorama that I edited. It's one of the best photos I've ever seen, and the guy / girl deserves some credit! Now if only we knew who it was ;).

Core Rise - level 14 exposed

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p136f57dda065ad129a0e7dd35682d7c1/f99927e4.jpg

I got a pic from pretty much exactly that spot at lunch Fab. I'm still going to post it l8ar.

go you rabbits

http://web.5inet.cn/hyfj/auspic/PIC00198.JPG


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Originally posted by Fabian
Core Rise - level 14 exposed:master: Heart felt plea! :master:

Please stop announcing every time there is a core rise on the Hunter Street side. We can count - so just your great pic/s will be adequate with perhaps something of a more substantial and observant text post accompanying the pic/s post. We know you're capable more so these days.

Hope you see this post Fabian, otherwise I'll just quote myself if you post Core Rise - level 15 exposed.

So spires will reach about same height as MLC antennae or about 70 more metres higher than Aussie Square.

Originally posted by climbing_crane
So spires will reach about same height as MLC antennae or about 70 more metres higher than Aussie Square.



the 15m antennae atop MLC reach 243m above ground, so 126 phillips will be 1m lower, BUT will reach 5m higher above sea level!
MLC antennae RL-265m (above grd-243m)
126 phillip st spires RL-270m (above grd-242m)

Amazing pics CC. Your photo's are adding a new dimenison to the way we see this tower built. Well done. I hope Marshall Gerometta and the other editors enjoy having them in their construction section :okay:

Thanks Fabian.

I find the area surrounding the Colonial Centre to be even more better and more unobtrusive. Once it gets to about level 12/13 in terms of floorplates, The Domain or anywhere east will make for a great vantage point. Even a ferry ride will provide for some great views.

Another core rise guys

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/pfcb92a783ad25eedaa31e3654c22bddc/f984fd27.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p14d0ef44795487e27c9922a391d0f0a0/f984fe04.jpg

The floorplates are now at level 6

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/pe08b966b10dd2c4bf7a2079a5c6d32a7/f984fd48.jpg

Close-up of frame

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/padce55d1c0a2d5c76396fcc2f9c97afe/f984fdcf.jpg

On the whole i quite like this one

However im not a fan of the building stopping so soon and having this huge ridiculous spire on top.

I spose it will look cool once finished (as shown in that cool rendering of it)

Originally posted by demanjo
On the whole i quite like this one

However im not a fan of the building stopping so soon and having this huge ridiculous spire on top.

I spose it will look cool once finished (as shown in that cool rendering of it)
It had a 150m height limitation on the site due to gardens and historic precinct to the east where the shadows would fall. So cheeky Foster designed a structural element to crown the roof which would carry its bulk up to nearly 200m and spires a further 40m to total 242m above street! brilliant i think!
150m height zone = 242m steel & concrete landmark!:guns1:

Yeah well I think this site proves the hardest to get decent pics.

Originally posted by climbing_crane
Yeah well I think this site proves the hardest to get decent pics.

Your right because it's being built in a major scraper precient while the other developments are being built in not so major scraper areas eg World Tower and Latitude in a predomiantly low rise area.

It should become easier to grab pics as it rises even further from areas such as the Domain and Macquarie St. You always have the harbour which will make for great pics.

Yeah I was going to say that it was very boxed in. Chifley open area is good but there's too many trees there.

I took the ferry to and from Manly today and the core is now about as tall as the Goodsell Building across the road from it.

Originally posted by Fabian
I took the ferry to and from Manly today and the core is now about as tall as the Goodsell Building across the road from it.
the RL of the core box is currently 112m! or 84m above ground. The adjacent Goodsell bldg is RL112m or 84m above ground, so its same!.

Such a playful core.

march 2, 2004
http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/03/247911.jpg
march 2, 2003
http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2003/03/185121.jpg
weve come along way in 12 months!!

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2003/03/185120.jpg

Core Rise - level 16 exposed!!!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p70d603931849ee9e69f0986203eb156e/f970c35f.jpg

The floorplate for level seven is currently being laid

Originally posted by Fabian
Core Rise - level 16 exposed!!!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p70d603931849ee9e69f0986203eb156e/f970c35f.jpg

The floorplate for level seven is currently being laid
cool! lucky floorplate lev7 is!:naughty:

silly pic from Hyde park south today. the core and crane are becoming more imposing on the north/eastern skyline.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/03/250364.jpg

Yeah , i love this building !

i can't wait to get to sydney late may to c it again !

at least in sydney the constuction is a faster pace than in melbourne ! Things seem to take forever here !

cheers

lozza :dooby:

[/size=4]Core Rise - level 17 Exposed[/size]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p7ac24b0ccaafd6db3a24ff20a40d35e7/f95ebb4f.jpg

Floorplates have advanced another level this week. Also the lower two levels of the floorplates from the Hunter St side are also visible. Here's a close-up of it

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid107/p59f37a4d07bbb28889f395d08630fc17/f95ebb33.jpg

Sorry to jump on your aussie wap-space but I'm never sure where to post non austrailian projects (i.e. uk stuff)

Anyway the reason I'm posting on the 126 Phillip Street thread is that Foster has just announce a project for Manchester (where he was born and bred as it happens, so it's about time he built something here!) which is remarkably similar to your gorgeous tower.
Should hit the 500 ft mark, which along with the Beetham tower (571ft, 48 storey) is big news for us guys here. Anyway take a peek (yet to be approved but fingers crossed):


World-renowned architect Lord Foster is set to transform the face of Manchester with the city’s tallest office building.

Property Week can today reveal Allied London Properties’ plans, designed by Foster & Partners, for a 35-storey tower that will form the centrepiece of the company’s Spinningfields development.

The tower, 1 Hardman Square, will include 575,000 sq ft (53,419 sq m) of offices, and forms part of Foster’s four-building masterplan for the third and final phase of the scheme. 1 Hardman Square will be almost 10-storeys taller than the city’s existing tallest buildings, the Arndale, Sunley and CIS towers.

The plans show Allied London’s determination to use the highly successful Spinningfields to help turn Manchester into a location for international office occupiers.

The four Foster-designed buildings will provide 1.5m sq ft (139,353 sq m) of offices and retail space set around a public square that will be at the heart of Allied London’s £1.2bn masterplan for the 22 acre (8.9 ha) city centre site.



Sorry about the crap renderings:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/derekjbates/images/manchester/misc/04-03-08MEN-small-hardman.jpg

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/derekjbates/images/manchester/misc/04-03-08PW-hardman.jpg

This will site next door to Aussie firm Denton Corker Marshalls (just about u/c) Law Courts building (which is stunning):

http://www.photoways.com/photos/0/6/063090/zoom/64063090.jpg

Northbeach, I checked that skyscraper out in the world forum and there is definately a resemblance. Norman Foster is a God, definately one of my favourite architects.

Manchester is really going through a transformation. I like it :D

Cheers fella! :cheers:

Originally posted by climbing_crane
[B]Such a playful core. As architecturally brilliant as Aurora Place yet it won't even be visible from parts of the Harbour Bridge.


Well, I can see the core everytime i cross the harbour bridge (twice a day)

BT

Good one CC. It's a much better spot than just up the street outside the Colonial Centre. It's going to make for a vantage point to view it's southern side when it's done.

I've been dying to fix c_c's pic that he tried to post on 1 March. Here we go....No 126 Phillip St, however great pic :)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid105/p0737fcce1b7ca0fdea1483f41966ff0a/f979591c.jpg

Forgot about that one.

Wow. My first ever large pic. It was something Culwulla mentioned in some thread. Thanks Richard. :)

Looking at the diagram below, the core has just passed the halfway mark. The core including corebox is at level 19, meaning that there are just another 15 core rises to go before topping out. The core should at the current rate top out by mid july. :)

http://www.126phillipstreet.com.au/images/projects/building01_2.gif

that diagram is a bit wrong fab. ive got a "proper" elevation and theres 39 levels from street.

Odd how the Bank is not taking the top floors
who will take those nice ones ?

She's getting up there

BT part 2.

Core Rise - level 18 exposed!!!.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid108/pb8a7c6bcef90982e902f27a108385fc7/f94c8b3a.jpg

It's just as tall as the adjoining Investec House

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid108/p0d8c7556d5336b0e5f075575e0ec0faf/f94c8637.jpg

one of the great skyscraper wall streets in Australia must be the Hunter Street vista. heres a view today looking up towards BT.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/03/254314.jpg

Level 18 now, eh?

The floor to ceiling heights for the standard office floors are, let's say, thrifty!

Apart from the overall look, I feel the external elevators, the entrances and perhaps the 'goal posts' will make this one!

Originally posted by CULWULLA
one of the great skyscraper wall streets in Australia must be the Hunter Street vista. heres a view today looking up towards BT.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/03/254314.jpg

Well, great with the exception of all those butt ugly 70's office blocks!! Can anyone say REDEVELOP??!?!?! Please? ;)

Wonder if this works

Originally posted by climbing_crane
Wonder if this works from jbaplanning.com.au

http://www.jbaplanning.com.au/images/pic_bttower.jpg

the only negative thing i can think of about BT Tower is the blocking out of Colonial Centre behind. I really liked its siluette against MLC

http://www.lauter.co.uk/gallery/australia/nsw/sydney/wallpaper/syd1big.jpg

Picture taken from centerpoint tower 22/3/04 :cheers:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid108/pc376e58e087ef35834ba50cfca8115f3/f93f1ce0.jpg

great shot chrisso! its really going to fill that gap up!

from king St today. should completely hide Chifley by end of year.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/03/254566.jpg
the floor plate is really getting up there.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/03/254567.jpg

The floorplates have made a very dramatic leap in height over the past few days jumping two levels from level nine to level 11.

cant wait to watch the lifts go up and down!

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/126bttowerlel.jpg
the main service core has now reached half way!

No late week core rise as anticipated. There should be one early next week

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p5630eeb642ba4f59c6774d463db9a735/f93993ed.jpg

Here is a picture of the massive entrance so far. This one is going to be very good. The guy in the hardhat was taking a pic as well.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid109/p968b7df6e2b7364a30fcb2495ced6e6f/f93993cb.jpg

View from Centrepoint was good

just press the reply tab at top left of page and then post your pix or are you talking about posting on Imagestation?

Oh wow that shot from centerpoint is great
you forget how the core is placed on the floor plan ( well i do some times )

The site last friday as viewed from Phillip St. The core is now at level 19 after core rise last week.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/04/256887.jpg

A closeup of the floorplates

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/04/256888.jpg

at level 19 the core box is exactly 100m above ground!!!! time to celebrate!! :cheers: :drunk: :rock: :carrot: :banana: :righton: :pepper: :banana2: :cucumber: :cheers1: :booze:

Gee, the cucumber's still dancing slower than the others. ;) . I just noticed that the pepper has this intense crazed look on its face.

I haven't been down to the site for a few weeks now. I think I will be pleasantly surprised next time I get down there and will do the funky-jig like Cupey the Cucumber. :cucumber:

BTW According to the construction schedule @ http://www.126phillipstreet.com.au Bovis Lend Lease are well on-time. Apparently from now to June, "facade installation begins as typical floors in the mid-rise continue construction".

It will be exciting to see for the first time ever in Australia N. Foster cladding!

:cucumber: :cucumber: :cucumber:

You've said that well, Muse, it will be excellent to see Sir Foster's facades gracing Sydney's (and Australia's streetscapes) for the first time, we all wait with baited breath for that to appear.

And keep on the pics guys, great work!!! PS nice to see Rotterdam on the ssc.com header....

llllllllll

Images

Does anyone know when the first phase of glass will be sticked on?

Does anyone know when the first phase of glass will be sticked on?

From the website:

July - Sep 2004 glazing to the atrium is sticked on. :)

see the whole timeline http://www.126phillipstreet.com.au/projects/project_03.asp

It will be interesting to see this Norman Foster scraper rising up...and the cladding, lol

Good shots from Sydney Tower. It's a shame we cannot see the entire site from up there thanks to the Colonial Centre. It will only be good for watching the roof go up :bash:.

It will be interesting to see this Norman Foster scraper rising up...and the cladding, lol2 x LOL....but it's N. Foster & Partners' specialty cladding. You just don't understand :(

I know, I know, im a silly out-of-towner :dizzy:
Say, whats Norm's email? I might try and get him to do something over here

Fabian the view from Centrepoint aka Sydney Tower is better than you think.

i noticed lev20 is exposed!!!!! wow a core rise and fab didnt post!
this one is going at a nice pace!
top pix cc.

It's well worth the wait.

My whole point is Lend Lease take aons to clad a building. Could this be why they are all look spectacular. It's well worth the wait.Oh c_c, you're becoming a bit of a worry. I think you meant Bovis Lend Lease takes "eons'" not "aons" to clad a building.

In the case of 126 Phillip Street, I'm sure you haven't read the last page of this thread where the N. Foster & Partner's with its construction schedule @ http://www.126phillipstreet.com.au/projects/project_03.asp, where it states from Apr - June 2004, "facade installation begins as typical floors in the mid-rise continue construction"

Recently, you've been too preoccupied with you pic. post dilemma climbing_crane.

I was able to get down to the site yesterday to get my shots following the core rise.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/04/258440.jpg

It's starting to look huge on the Phillip St streetscape.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/04/258442.jpg

Looking into the foyer - I saw a worker in there sitting down, doing virtually nothing. He could of been home instead on this holiday.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/04/258441.jpg

I was able to get down to the site yesterday to get my shots following the core rise.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2004/04/258440.jpg



Is that some kind of cladding happening there on the concrete slab at the bottom of the pic?

Is that some kind of cladding happening there on the concrete slab at the bottom of the pic?Seems to be. Looks like panels are being clamped into place.

Also it falls right into the construction schedule that's on the 126 website.

What interests me is the current all concrete construction, including the load bearing column elements at the corners.

I wonder how they will integrate these with the massize oversize roof truss and masts.

I know, I know, im a silly out-of-towner :dizzy:
Say, whats Norm's email? I might try and get him to do something over here

If you send an email to enquiries@fosterandpartners.com, they might be able to help you. It's a good idea to even ask for the postal address.

I also need to keep my eyes and ears for anything new. I was pretty oblivious to the sight of cladding.

lol, i think Flying higher was kidding fab?

Fabian wasn't.


Dear Mr Foster,

We know you are a very busy man indeed, but please, oh please could you just drop everyting from one of your many projects around the world, where you have to send lackies anyway, and come and do a design for one of our cities in New Zealand as it is a very beautiful country and as you may know we had a clean sweep of 11 Academy Awards and you we can take you on a Lord Of The Rings Tour and show you our stunning landscpaes and interesting cities while you are here and perhaps you can drop by over to Sydney and see how the fabulous 126 Phillip Street project is surging ahead and as you may have heard right on time with its construction schedule, that is if you remember that one as you are desperately trying to break into the New York development market where your design for the WTC Freedom Tower was not the chosen one. Please consider.

Thanking you for your courteous attention,

flying_higher


*Foster and Partners' Correspondence Department sends spam e-mail straight to Recycle Bin*

http://it.wce.wwu.edu/344/manual/glossary/pix/recyclebin.gif

More importantly (for me), I'm going downtown and check out it out later. Can't wait :)

HAHAHA... lol.

Muse, always with quality humour. LOL. :D :D

On topic though, this is rising quite quickly. I like the look of it alweady.. looks "robust"

A nice pic by pas of the core from the footpath along the Sydney Harbour Bridge. BT should look great from the NW along with it's Chifley Talls Club counterparts.

http://img50.photobucket.com/albums/v154/paw_bobcat/Sydney%2027%20Mar%20-%203%20Apr%202004/Better_views_of_scrapers_fr_Hrb_Bg.jpg

Fabian wasn't.


Dear Mr Foster,

We know you are a very busy man indeed, but please, oh please could you just drop everyting from one of your many projects around the world, where you have to send lackies anyway, and come and do a design for one of our cities in New Zealand as it is a very beautiful country and as you may know we had a clean sweep of 11 Academy Awards and you we can take you on a Lord Of The Rings Tour and show you our stunning landscpaes and interesting cities while you are here and perhaps you can drop by over to Sydney and see how the fabulous 126 Phillip Street project is surging ahead and as you may have heard right on time with its construction schedule, that is if you remember that one as you are desperately trying to break into the New York development market where your design for the WTC Freedom Tower was not the chosen one. Please consider.

Thanking you for your courteous attention,

flying_higher


*Foster and Partners' Correspondence Department sends spam e-mail straight to Recycle Bin*

http://it.wce.wwu.edu/344/manual/glossary/pix/recyclebin.gif
:)

Hahaha! nice one Muse! well i was obviously joking, but u never know what might happen! lol.
"Norman Foster to design a lord-of-the-Rings-style tower in Wellington, after becoming big fan of movie trilogy and New Zealand" ;)

Core Rise!!!! Level 21 Exposed

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid112/p0f3a3669a26b442f419cbd4007a90411/f8fe501c.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid112/paf012e1397da23f05c39638bd01c2a27/f8fe4298.jpg

And I managed this from George St in The Rocks. This one is getting more visible on the skyline.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid112/pcd5e60580d53c9bd01fecf8086bfa5bd/f8fe520a.jpg

And it's interesting too how people walking along Phillip Street have been looking up and watching work progress as they walk past. I counted about three or so people doing that today.

wow, this tower is fast! Top pics fab!

top pic there fabian! 126 is really gonna be a special sight from the Bridge! And in regards to the people look up at the tower, I've noticed a lot of people doing that down at the World Square site... I noticed at least 5 people in 1 mintue looking up!!

Also, the floorplates appear to be around level 11/12, meaning that they should now be visible from the east and from the harbour. Get snapping if your on the harbour or out east.

Thanks for the update pics Fabian :) I sat opposite on Hunter St the other day and realised that the floorplates are just reaching a 1/3 of the main tower. The lobby looked (rather IS) massive.....I've noticed a lot of people doing that down at the World Square site... I noticed at least 5 people in 1 mintue looking up!!If you stand there and look up @ 126, people will eventually do so with you.

(Yes...they're doing it down on George St too, opposite Latitude. A good place to do it at is KENS. Look through the peek-a-boo and just say "Wow" or "Faaaaaaaark" and people will join you.)

Thanks for the update pics Fabian :) I sat opposite on Hunter St the other day and realised that the floorplates are just reaching a 1/3 of the main tower. The lobby looked (rather IS) massive.If you stand there and look up @ 126, people will eventually do so with you.

(Yes...they're doing it down on George St too, opposite Latitude. A good place to do it at is KENS. Look through the peek-a-boo and just say "Wow" or "Faaaaaaaark" and people will join you.)

Certainly a nice tower to admire in it's construction phase.

am i

Thanks for the update pics Fabian :) I sat opposite on Hunter St the other day and realised that the floorplates are just reaching a 1/3 of the main tower. The lobby looked (rather IS) massive.If you stand there and look up @ 126, people will eventually do so with you.

(Yes...they're doing it down on George St too, opposite Latitude. A good place to do it at is KENS. Look through the peek-a-boo and just say "Wow" or "Faaaaaaaark" and people will join you.)

LoL, I think Eureka Tower will be a neck-snapper. Eureka just dwalfs Latitude.

Back to the topic: Anyone know when the glass will be put in place? I'm assuming that the glass is as same colour as Govoner Philip Tower, if not sky colour like the skyscrapercity theme colour (blue).

I don't wanna be a paranoid or anything but wouldn't BP Tower be much easier to knock down be collided with jumbo jet since the core lift is 'outside' the floorplate? Looks to me that the skeleton of the floor plate is pretty thin. Does anyone have a photo of the interior section of floorplate horizontal view wise?

Rip off my photos, if you may dare;
I have the film photos to prove I was there:
Try to make money from my ideas,
You are a loser, so say your peers.



Mate! WTF is going on?!?!?!

It's a song lyric or a poem.

It's a song lyric or a poem.

I don't wanna be a paranoid or anything but wouldn't BP Tower be much easier to knock down be collided with jumbo jet since the core lift is 'outside' the floorplate? Looks to me that the skeleton of the floor plate is pretty thin. Does anyone have a photo of the interior section of floorplate horizontal view wise?

I dunno know. The thing about BT's construction is that the floor plates are enclosed in a self contained structrally integrated "cage", and the lift-wells are on the outside.

If you look at the NYC furom, you'll see llots of all-steel towers being constructed with no concrete cores, and then there was WTC that *DID* survive the collision, but the heat of the burning air-fuel and patchy fire-proofing melted the floor plate supports.

Also remember that BT's spires and spaceframe on the roof are part of what give the structure its integrity - adding to its overal stength.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid112/p848f36a19ff12652eabd60cec7839a1d/f8fb99eb.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid112/p7aaea4e97b6ae45a02e815f0a20838fe/f8fb9a8d.jpg

I spy cladding!

Is it aluminium like we were promised?

from qantas roof today!

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

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

from sq-
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/btfromsq.jpg

Good shots. They confirm the first appearance of cladding. It looks very shiny, but nice.

Man this is already dominating street AND skyline wise. It has exceeded my expectations on filling that little gap after Chifley when you view the skyline from the bridge..
could this be my new fav in Sydney?? stay tuned.........

just a pic to remind you guys whats getting built.lol

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

those spires sure are tall!

yes they are arent they! 242m above ground to be exact or 96m above the main roof!!

heck, thats like almost another whole 100m scraper on top, lol

Core Rise!!!! Level 22 exposed

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid113/p6db229b2090a5b17a7eee5b0819b31da/f8ea68a5.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid113/p7cf3fc4338fee6a8bf7a6a20caa30748/f8ea6804.jpg

The view from our new vantage point just outside the State Library

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid113/pa1e8297c9065f68bd1639a24886680dc/f8ea6842.jpg

And the first windows have been placed as well on the lower levels. Don't they look good?

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid113/pebe915f5d18f6b118ea3c25d10c40803/f8ea68c9.jpg

In this same picture, I think the actual cladding is wrapped up in paper. I wonder what sort of cladding lies under there? Can You?

wow black reflective windows! very classy, and also surprising, as in the render the glass looks blue. I am experiencing De ja vue (spell?) (same thing happened with rialto apartments- blue/green glass render, black glass building).

Yes fab that cladding for the corner pillars is wrapped in protective plastic, it is aluminium i think. Black reflective glass with aluminium bordering should look fantastic.

this really will be probably Australia's finest office tower on completion next year!! The design/materials/concept everything will produce one of the great office towers! It will defianlety make top 10 skyscrapers completed in 2005 for the ss.com awards!
Fosters mary axe tower of London (the egg) won the 2003 award, mainly due to its awesome design and use of materials which is what Sir norman is achievin with our BT Tower!!!

That is quite a tricky photo from the state library mr fabian because the front crane isn't a part of BT Tower as you know. Try a horizontal shot from the same place, I reckon it will look nicer:)

Passed the site today and checked it out for about 20 minutes. Saw the black glass for one floor so far. Also the heavy duty blue & white contact protecting the metal underneath.

The 9 external lift frames along Phillip St are altogether starting to look like a giant mechano set.

Love the qantas shot there Cul. This tower fill the void. I can wait to see if from the domain. Is it visable from there yet ? But I am kinda sick of that render ! I want the real thing.

Love the qantas shot there Cul. This tower fill the void. I can wait to see if from the domain. Is it visable from there yet ? But I am kinda sick of that render ! I want the real thing.

It's been visible from The Domain for some time now. You should now be able to see the floorplates.

View from Macquarie Street today. No core rise this week:(

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid114/p2ad147d7b741f3284dc24c577de96611/f8d5be0f.jpg

And more windows have been installed along the eastern face of the tower. It's turning out quite black.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid114/p6885651703a2688561a001eededbf1a7/f8d5be4d.jpg

This looks like it is turning out to be one classy tower, black reflective glass with aluminium borders....yummy!

Damn why does our greatest living architect have to do all his best stuff abroad....well apart from Swiss Re that is?! :wallbash:

Well I dunno, will look pokey. SUrrounded with white/blue skyscrapers, and this is black.

I don't think it will be bogged down or hemmed in i.e. pokey. The neighbouring Goodsell Building & Colonial Centre are dark in colouring. Besides being outside the building itself, the gap from Chifley Sq and the view from The Domain won't let you down.

Don't forget that the floorplates will rise higher than both the Colonial Centre & Westpac Martin Place Building.

I have every faith in this one.

BTW Poor larven.

View from Macquarie Street today. No core rise this week:(

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid114/p6885651703a2688561a001eededbf1a7/f8d5be4d.jpg

What is also interesting is you can see the shape of the facade in the above pic. It isn't going to be flat!

Look at the horizontal and vertical elements close to the tower crane truss - they are angular.

When you then consider that its reflective aluminium under the protective covers, all those different angles in the facade are going to be make a stunning play of light and reflections.

It's going to look amazing!

The SMH's commercial property section has a very good report on this tower, discussing the features and services this tower will provide.

Firstly it is being touted as "Sydney's first major skyscraper of the century", an honour it certainly deserves, and is a move from the skyscrapers that we as Sydneysiders are accustomed to.

BT Tower promises to provide a very high level of security with security doors being provided at ground level and to access floors will require a hand or eye scan. It means those who like sneaking up can forget going up :bash: This is in response to demands by tenants for higher levels of security, particularly in a post September 11 environment.

Some features at ground level will include some shops, a bar, cafe and public walkway.

The article also mentions use of natural light and column free space.

This looks like it is turning out to be one classy tower, black reflective glass with aluminium borders....yummy!

Damn why does our greatest living architect have to do all his best stuff abroad....well apart from Swiss Re that is?! :wallbash:


We in Sydney are getting spoilt..we are going to another Norman Foster rising soon...just to add to your misery (but have to say Swiss Re is my fav building that has been built is a LONG time - purely innovative)

Looks awesome outside the Qantas building.

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hey i think i spy a core rise!!! hasnt anyone noticed from cc's fab pix the core is up to lv23!!
cool find cc! ya beat fabian! lol

It looks like CC had made two trips to the site, some of the pics were taken just before the core rise and some were taken after it. I noticed that more windows have been added on level five, which weren't there when passing the site on Sunday, enroute to the State Library.

i was stuinned by the progress of BT when i walked past today!
its rising bulk from Mitchell Library today!

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

i cant wait til they peel the cover sheeting of the aluminium panels to reveal the verticals
(checkout the worker attaching panel.)
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/btfacade.jpg

rising above St Stephens!

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

Thanks CULWULLA. Great update pics today on 126 Phillip :okay:

Quoting Tayser esp. in the Melb. Southbank threads "crane porn" LOL

Looks like a very tidy construction site.

Good ones Cul. Like at Civic Tower, there is no time to muck around and therefore it is coming along quite nicely. I have to admit that I have been quite oblivious as to how this one is rising, opting to be up close instead.

It shouldn't be too long either before I can spot this one while heading west.

In culs second pic, do I spy a white facade stripe??

i was stuinned by the progress of BT when i walked past today!

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



Checkout how the facets of the facade already catch the light differently. Imagine when they're reflective aluminium!

In culs second pic, do I spy a white facade stripe??

I see the white strip too! This facade is going to be something else I think. I thought the facade for Latitude was something special, but I think 126 will be the new champion for facades. I mean, black tinted glass, white horizontal stripes, shizy silver aluminium vertical elements.... :drool:

We need this Foster bloke on the SCC. Foster for Mayor!

What on earth do you mean by a white facade stripe? I see that heavy duty protective blue & white contact-type of covering over the metallic material underneath. Aluminium perhaps.

LOL though at the workman popping out of the tube on the left-hand side just to the right of the crane in the foreground.

What on earth do you mean by a white facade stripe? I see that heavy duty protective blue & white contact-type of covering over the metallic material underneath. Aluminium perhaps.

LOL though at the workman popping out of the tube on the left-hand side just to the right of the crane in the foreground.

Muse, the white stripe on the facade is directly above the black windows - it looks as though it will be repeated every three floors up on the external facade. It is covering the concrete slab separating the floors.

Muse, in Culls second pic above (and reposted by Gazmo) you can see the workman standing on top of the 'white' horizontal stripe. It could be protective contact type material but unlike the the other protective material covering the vertical aluminium beams, this one has no blue writing on it.

Time will tell!

I was on the Rivercat heading to and from Parramatta today and I could see the core nestled between the scrapers of NW corner of the CBD as it was making it's way through the upper parts of the harbour. This one is going to be one of the few talls that will be hard to spot from most angles unless you are viewing the skyline from the east or west.

Also the core today is still at level 23 and the floorplates are up to level 17

yay my turn!!

CORE RISE!!! - LEVEL 24 EXPOSED!!!

haha sorry no pics, just saw it as i was driving past.

just 15 levels to go!

yay my turn!!

CORE RISE!!! - LEVEL 24 EXPOSED!!!

haha sorry no pics, just saw it as i was driving past.

It must of been done on Saturday.

no kiddin.lol

height of current core box if anyone interested is RL140m or 112m above street. this means another 48m to go to RL188m or 160m.

Sydneydude, you must keep your eyes on the road when driving. :nono: :no: .... We don't want to lose a contributing forumer due to a silly old skyscraper |:

So if now 112m above street level, 160m to roof/LMR and 242m to spires.......48m/130m respectively to go.

Not quite 2/3 way to roof, not even 1/2 way to spires.

With this is mind, I could see the cranes from my mum's place in Camperdown yesterday (Mothers Day :) ), so I'm sure 126 Phillip will be easily visible from certain parts of the west too.

today-
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/btmay13core.jpg

i can see Bondi>
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/bondithruBT.jpg
love how this bldg will be black! with silver trims!

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/btfacademay13.jpg

The black facade at the moment is looking even better than the grey as suggested in the renderings. It looks much more sleek and the silver trims enhance it.

yes be careful on the roads
lost count of the number of times i have almost got run over trying to get shot of building or canyon.
Thos glass pannel are so cool can belive how far it has come in!
They look great imagine that all the way up !

With this is mind, I could see the cranes from my mum's place in Camperdown yesterday (Mothers Day :) ), so I'm sure 126 Phillip will be easily visible from certain parts of the west too.

You can see the Chifley Talls, including Auroa from Leichhardt, and even the flag pole on top of Capita. So I'm certain BT will make an impact from the West, no problem there.

The core of this tower is also very noticeable crossing the Harbour Bridge. I have been keeping an eye on it from the train. It is definately going to become a gap filler from this vantage point crossing into the CBD from the north .......

I reckon the most impressive view of this tower is driving through the eastern Distributor and coming through the Botanic Gardens into the city... very nice vantage point there, sitting in your autocarmobile.

The site earlier today

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid116/pcd30fa805fe3befba2c6ce047c19411d/f8ad0897.jpg

shit ive beet fabian to it twice in a row!! here I go again :) (and even bigger this time!)

CORE RISE!! LEVEL 25 EXPOSED!!!

So this core is rising a steady 1 floor a week, as the last core rise before todays was exactly 1 week ago! This babys core should top out in 14 weeks.

:)

cool, yeah its been right on schedule on either the friday or saturday each week! the c0re is now 116m above phillip st! only 44m to go! the next rise will go higher then the 119m Westpac bank which is adjacent on martin place!!

BP Tower is pumpin' !!!!!!!!!!!!

What a building eh??

Some distance

view from Park street today

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/btcoremay20.jpg

Talking about core rises, I know I'll beaten to the next rise as I have exams next week and maybe next weeks. I will be back in two weeks for sure to see this one continue it's rise.

Meanwhile here's a recent pic of how it's going from "the Cross".

http://www.sydneylinks.net/images/props/flan_city%20views.jpg

Nice shot from "da cross". Makes you realise how sparse the CBD is around centerpoint. There should be no reason why 180 towers cannot be built right under centerpoint tower.

Talking about core rises, I know I'll beaten to the next rise as I have exams next week and maybe next weeks. I will be back to see this one continue it's rise.

Meanwhile here's a recent pic of how it's going from "the Cross".

http://www.sydneylinks.net/images/props/flan_city%20views.jpg
thats fine fab, its ok to beaten to the next core rise.lol
hey good pic from the X. the core is getting up there. its hard to believe even the core will be 20m higher than Colonial bank!
Rl of Colonial bank is 170m and RL of core will be 190m!

All you forumers should get to this site. The 2 fully exposed external lift cores just makes this building one of a kind. And a rare tip from the cranester. Get to the top floor of the westpac building during the day. It is a perfect photo at the moment if you manage to beat off the window glare.

Thanks for the tip CC

I was watching Ten News and during their weather report with the skycam, I was able to notice BT's liftcore between Colonial Centre and Capita. The core appeared to be about 2/3 of the way up the height of the towers. I think I saw the core go up yesterday while they played the video so is it a case of

Core Rise - Level 26 Exposed!!!!!

Should be finished in a few weeks:)

Good shots yet again CC. Looking at these shots, it's begining to look colossial no matter what angle your looking at it from. Those shots also suggest how much cladding has been done this week which is quite alot. It's looking quite nice too.

CC did you grab these on Friday? Was the core at level 26?

This is Foster's work, right?

it sure is! his first venture down under! his next is also in Sydney, a residential complex called Regent Place>

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=1641886#post1641886

Core was at Level 26 last time I looked. Does anyone know which contracting companies are being used.

Core was at Level 26 last time I looked. Does anyone know which contracting companies are being used.

I beat everyone then.

Good work Fabio! :)

Core was at Level 26 last time I looked. Does anyone know which contracting companies are being used.
the tower is being built by Bovis lend lease.

the tower is being built by Bovis lend lease.

Thanx Culwulla. Lend Lease are the major firm though which sub-companies are also working.

Impact from the Domain !
Thanks

being level 28 in corebox, the height has equaled the nearby Westpac at RL148m or 120m

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p9d28db25df51e00a2aab4b635481437e/f897f6dc.jpg

I was at St Leonards today and BT was clearly visible. Sorry I didn't have my camera with me, but it's going to have a huge impact on the talls club when looking from the North West.

I was watching the Ten news skycam of Sydney during the weather update and I focused my eyes on 126 Phillip St....
but no Core Rise yet :wallbash:

Fabian!! :?

@ gazmo - haven't you learnt yet! Always, always, always have your camera with you ;) You just never know when the ideal money-shot is just around the corner....waiting.

Let me share. I went down to the site today and shit-a-brick!! Its construction process is just amazingly amazing! I was watching for about 15 mins and the afternoon sun was glowing on the protective inclad contact. It gave an impression of the "finished product" - a silver glow with the black windows almost around 9 levels. Bloody great looking....and the growing external lift shaft supports are like nothing else I've seen.

Moral of the story - get your arses down there if you're a construction nerd (like your's truly) esp. when they're working on it!!

Thanking you for your time :)

That skycam can be so deceiving. I saw work atop the corebox while they were fastforwarding it and it just appeared to be going up.

So therefore there was no corerise at all this week!!!!

But however I have some photo's that should compensate for this error which I sincerely regret

Here's one from Chifley Square. They are now painting the liftcore black.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/pc182a814dee16b006bd8550de1e0a045/f87f23e6.jpg

A nice looking up shot.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/p4350444260e47bd1a4ceca208ef14c42/f87f2417.jpg

From further up the street

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/pf2c07d620237dd7e8c6cc5b6ab12483e/f87f2425.jpg

And here's one of the eastern side taken from the site of 185 Macquarie Street.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/p8e6421729b7d80f13977261d98a48c18/f87f2454.jpg

cool photos fabian!

I am guessing that black paint on the core is a waterproofing layer, as it is an external core. A bit like a bathroom, where waterproofing material has to be applied before tiles.

cool pic fab, man the black glass and silver frame work is goung to look super!

Those lift cores are sick man.

Yay!! climbing_crane is back!! ...and his pics are really sick!

Thanks for the great shots c_c and Fabian. The other thing that's really sick are the external lifts supports.

Sick! Sick! Sick! in the greatest sense of the word.

Even better shots from Westpac CC especially the one showing the pouring out of concrete. Thats truely sick!!!!

I cannot get enough of this site.

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Love this shot. This would have to be the best skyscraper canyon taking shape in the CBD at the moment, and when BT is done, it sure will be amazing. If they had of built Chifley a bit more to the west, it would of been even better. It will give an NYC feel for sure.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid119/p1c2e1e2a8dc5ebb7df8f6dbdfb9a7b83/f87cc2e6.jpg

It will give an NYC feel for sure.Givin' a big bad arse Sydney feel is the "way to go" for BT & Co.

Yay!! climbing_crane is back!! ...and his pics are really sick!

Thanks for the great shots c_c and Fabian. The other thing that's really sick are the external lifts supports.

Sick! Sick! Sick! in the greatest sense of the word.


guys i believe the technical term is 'fully sick', and yes this site is worthy of the use of the 'fully sick' word to describe its fully sickness.
i swear it.

i love how the eventual height of 126 phillip st (242m) will be exact same height as one of the worlds most famous skyscrapers-NYC Woolworth Building! (obviously its roof height -160m is little lower,lol, but still)

http://www.likeanorb.com/wtc/later/woolworth.jpg

today from Goulburn street
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/btfromgoulburn.jpg

You have to love the Woolworth Building!

I was driving in to the city over the Anzac Bridge this afternoon and 126 Phillip's cores are now making a major impact looking from the west.

:dance:

The cores are making a major impact in a few places. These cores really bring home how huge Chifley and GPT really are.

Core is at Level 27 on northside.

wow superb shots cc! just watching this one grow is an awesome thing! it is progressing so quickly, if you blink you might miss a rise! it seems that the floors are already as high as adjacent Goodsell bldg which is 84m high! i love how the middle of this one is missing! its such a dif style of construction then any other scraper around oz!

so high already seems to be moving so fast and glass and all wow
how will the spires be put in place

What will the cores be clad in eventually?

What will the cores be clad in eventually?

Judging by the render, silver aluminium clad!:

http://www.3designarchitect.com/images/gallery%20office/3%20126%20Phillip%20St%2001.jpg

But this render shows the glass as being blueish, when its turned out shiny black. But I am confident the aluminium framing on the building (every 3 levels and on the sides) and the core will be a silvery colour. Very classy.

some from today
looks massive from Domain
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/btclosedoma.jpg
i hate winter . the sun is low and all pix from now on look to dark orface into sun.
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/btfromdomian.jpg

from library its going to look fab
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/btfromlibr.jpg

wow superb shots cc! just watching this one grow is an awesome thing! it is progressing so quickly, if you blink you might miss a rise! it seems that the floors are already as high as adjacent Goodsell bldg which is 84m high! i love how the middle of this one is missing! its such a dif style of construction then any other scraper around oz!

You said from the outset how different this building would be construction wise. This is why I've always paid close attention. Those cores present endless photo opportunities.

I decided to grab a few distance shots from The Domain as well. It's looking quite nice

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p3d82bf13f870b72886a52583f25aa762/f86902bb.jpg

Closeup of the corebox

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p713fc4614a07b6695fb94b5d0ea04553/f869029d.jpg

This was taken from just outside the Mitchell Library

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/pa7d0ecb86bfbb3911aa7cb189b5bfeec/f868fd0d.jpg

I'm not a big fan of distance shots although here's one from Kings X today as I was walking down to get some weed. :)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p09b25d745230b861f2fa8a52d5b8773d/f868c74b.jpg

126 Phillip's cranes are now clearly visible from my east facing kitchen window. I'll try and get a shot soon.

You gotta get close baby oh yeah.

I was walking down to get some weed ?
hmm ok

Wow
Cul, your most recent posted pics show how big this building really is! It makes Chifley look skinny and small next to it! Very Nice

I'm back....

Core Rise - Level 28 exposed

I had to do it extra big this time

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p92c4b53032bd322d5a589a725e93d67d/f854613f.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p774650cf40a8940ef07028ce017b44a8/f854611c.jpg

Closeups of the framing that will support the lifts

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p6fa107f4c8039d987988a0498b4ef915/f85460f9.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p6fcb16e9f06f84add572ec098aeeffa8/f8546166.jpg

Ben Chifley looking at the tower. He was impressed with the tower and it will be getting his seal of approval.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p846d4f970125290851d42893c3a5a869/f854619a.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid121/p2a59d4708b6f520415dea2ae2ec2a576/f854617e.jpg

NEW RENDER OF 126 PHILLIP STREET!

Nighttime view from across the harbour.

http://www.fosterandpartners.com/internetsite/images/News/109/syd01.jpg

Taken from the Foster and Partners site. It looks as though the spires are illuminated from below. Please explain.

Looks hot.

I like the way the tower will be illuminated at night. It will be a standout.

I like the way the tower will be illuminated at night. It will be a standout.

I think that's an "all lights on" scenario Fabian, or as I like to call it an "office cleaners convention"! Won't be like that every night.

NEW RENDER OF 126 PHILLIP STREET!

Nighttime view from across the harbour.

http://www.fosterandpartners.com/internetsite/images/News/109/syd01.jpg

Taken from the Foster and Partners site. It looks as though the spires are illuminated from below. Please explain.
The lighting of the spires actually come in as a DA!! Council asked the developers that since the 100m frame will be such a dominant structure, it will have to "rules" for the illumination at night. It wasnt allowed to be "inappropriate" - as in too much enphasis or not enough light. So im sure it will look superb! it will be light from roof looking up focusing on its vertical columns.
@Fab- good pix fab. so lev28 is approx 120m high. so 40 more metres or 10 floors, so maybe 10 weeks to top out (first week of Sept?)

Also that last render looks way, way to small for BT Tower aka 126 Phillip St. i.e. the one posted by Gargarensis. Both the spires of BT Tower and Chifley Square Tower both reach approximately the same heights - 242m. Take a retro gander.

Chifleys spire reaches 244m and BT Towers will reach 242m but both reach 270m (ABOVE SEA LEVEL). the antenna atop GPT reaches 271m RL. Aurora's spire reaches 244m RL. so all reach over 800ft above Sydney harbour! thats impressive!

The lighting of the spires actually come in as a DA!! Council asked the developers that since the 100m frame will be such a dominant structure, it will have to "rules" for the illumination at night. It wasnt allowed to be "inappropriate" - as in too much enphasis or not enough light. So im sure it will look superb! it will be light from roof looking up focusing on its vertical columns.
@Fab- good pix fab. so lev28 is approx 120m high. so 40 more metres or 10 floors, so maybe 10 weeks to top out (first week of Sept?)


I saw this site yesterday at night and it looks MASSIVE, solely because there are no set backs it just rises vertically, i cant imagine how this would look with 40m to go!!!!

I totally agree Muse that render makes it out too small, it looks 3/4 size.

sweet cul

whoa! sweet one to the highest! ca't wait to see this in the flesh in the not to distant future :runaway:

today
http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v158/culwulla/btcorejun15.jpg

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

^ Belliiiiiiiiiiiisomo^ *Does Italian kiss with fingers closed to mouth then throwing kiss to the air*

Perfect time of day to catch it basking in the sun as it disappears into shadows by mid-afternoon this time of year.

Looks like the skyworkers (the external ladder-type apparati) are busily assisting in helping construction workers adhere the interlocks to the north-western core for the cladding. Yippo!

just a quick diagram showing progress

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

Hey Cul! Are these fangled diagrams the result of your new-found Corel skills? Very spiffy mate! They look great! :okay:

Just make sure you don't forget your very impressive hand drawing skills in the meantime! Would be a real shame if you stopped hand drawing those fantastic diagrams - your style is superb! :)

lol, yeah its corel stuff again. a collegue asked me if i will "give away" hand drawn diagrams i said its hard to stop something you have been doing since i was 5 !lol
but corel sure is addictive and produces great results!

Gday

Being a Melbournite , I had the priviledge of being in Sydney 2 weeks ago , and i must say that this building is coming along really well ! ( Its currently my favourite Sydney Project ) :rock:

I love the idea of the glass elevators facing the street , and because the building overlooks the botannical gardens , it will provide spectacular views for the tenants ! ( It is really a prime real estate site in Sydney ! ) :rock:

Once 126 Phillip Street is finished , it will certainly enhance the views of the city from the harbour , especially when coming back from Manly on the Ferry ! :rock:

Cheers

Lozza :rock:

BT from Sydney Tower - looking good

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid122/p89efd21c601f5c149baeaaa26518292c/f83c12c9.jpg

Good shot Fab! The black looks great! Especially compared to the chocolate brown of the Colonial Centre and Westpac HQ :tongue3: Black looks nice and sleek and very corporate! :D

@ lozza :rock:

@ Fabian. Great shot dude! It's going to look fantastic from Sydney Tower. It will be a nice variety of styles down there :)

@ finn. *Muse puts his dukes up* C'mon I'll take you on....C'mon! You leave 52 Martin Place and Wetpac alone. IM(arrogant)O 52 Martin is a nice looking building and Westpac is one of the better examples of late 60s design Sydney has. C'mon! *Muse knocks himself out by his own mis-directed punch* :nuts: - ;)

...and 52 Martin Place was featured in Matrix Part 1 if you recall.

Great Cul so we see more of these Digrams Love it

...and 52 Martin Place was featured in Matrix Part 1 if you recall.
I do. The helicopter flew over that building and we got to see all those lovely reflections... then the rooftop scene actually occurred on a building on the other side of the city, near where Cove is now...

I do. The helicopter flew over that building and we got to see all those lovely reflections... then the rooftop scene actually occurred on a building on the other side of the city, near where Cove is now...

...MSB on Kent St I believe.

Core Rise - Level 29 Exposed!!!!!

It's now as tall as the first setback on Colonial Centre (Ten News Skycam). It's becoming very visible from George Street as well at the intersection with Hunter Streets.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid123/p212bd70649755f4bec53c57fba61f276/f8230108.jpg

A closeup of workers pouring the concrete for the next floor.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid123/p4df1750f82d47149da051feef8c81129/f8230062.jpg

29 down, 10 to go! This construction site has, and continues to be an absolute pleasure to watch. It is very tidy, and never before in the history of Australia have we seen so much exposed core (i think?) Its phenomenal from street level.

It's phenomenal that's for sure.

Great pics CC!! I have been missing ur updates, glad to see ur back!

it is evident from CC's pics that this is a case of... wait for it.....

CORE RISE!!! LEVEL 30 EXPOSED!!! :)

Image crazy whats that last image
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid123/p803209c0fb89962502270600acd6b542/f82abf88.jpg

Let's wait to see who guesses it first.

is it the eveleigh rail yards??

Thanks for the pics climbing_crane, some of them make the tower look a hundred storeys tall, and love the view of the exposed framework for the elevator shafts.....that last pic, cool stuff, is it in the site of the new development about to take place near Brewery Hill (if that's the name/forgot the name....?), near Anzac bridge?

Cheers

You are right Parra Man. It is what I believe to be Distillery Phase *C*.

Great pics CC!! I have been missing ur updates, glad to see ur back!

it is evident from CC's pics that this is a case of... wait for it.....

CORE RISE!!! LEVEL 30 EXPOSED!!! :)

Had of I decided to go to town yesterday, I would of beaten him as well as yourself. I'm going today as I have a job interview at DJ's at the Elizabeth Street store (I'm dong it in the Market St Building).

Thanks CC for the pics. It's becoming a bit of a challenge to fit it all in , and we still have another 25 % of the core to be built and the steel cage to go.

Time to confirm the core rise

Core Rise - Level 30 Exposed!!!!:D

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid125/pefccd0858729d56e1553151cec33d460/f8072e42.jpg

And the first cladding has appeared on the liftcore itself. Looks very nifty

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid125/p46ff76c80245a29fb34f103f7580fdbc/f8072ea2.jpg

A closeup of the framing for the lifts

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid125/p91e3f8883fef8779e9f48198afe1bfa0/f8072eb0.jpg

^ Yeah, I passed the site yesterday.

I like the core cladding (Fab's 2nd pic post). It's a nice matt-finish metallic material.

The floorplates ate just reaching level 25 now and they've started the black glass clading on the 5 section.

The black material that the metallic material adheres onto the cores is well advance on the smaller southern core as well.

Lookin' good!

Core Rise!!! Level 31 Exposed

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid127/pd93887ce210d6583c0e31673c53a6edd/f7f03dbf.jpg

Congradulations fabian, you have been lacking in form lately but its great to see ur back! By the looks of your pic, it looks like the shorter core has topped out and the box is being disassembled!

Did u take any more pics?

Congradulations fabian, you have been lacking in form lately but its great to see ur back! By the looks of your pic, it looks like the shorter core has topped out and the box is being disassembled!

Did u take any more pics?

I couldn't grab anymore as the battery was dying.

I think your right about the southern core as the first setbacks in floorplates begin at level 27.

my first train trip into Sydney from Central Coast this morning and the view from harbour bridge was unreal! I get a 20 sec window to view BT tower and its looking perfect.The top of core box isnt much lower than Colonial bank. my plans indicate a height of RL164m or 136m above Phillip st! the floors are at lev25 or RL136m or 108m abobe street.