mmmm, yes, that's the gold YE5 should have been :(

:eek2:

Brilliant Panorama Shot Duke, what camera and wide angle lens did you use??

Looks like it finished the year off with 26 exposed.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/vicpoint2.jpg

http://members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/Vicpoint1.jpg

I love how it wraps itself around TD. Great stuff.

Not sure about those concrete walls though, maybe they're going to be used for advertising.

gonna look massive from the west.
http://www.melbournephotos.net/pics/2005-01-11%20Melbourne%20-%20Under%20the%20Bolte/IMG_5365.jpg

Amazing what happens to an area when a big corporate moves in - life!

http://thehoddlegrid.net/projects/updates/docklands/stadium/vicpoint1201041.JPG

http://thehoddlegrid.net/projects/updates/docklands/stadium/vicpoint1201042.JPG

wow, looking good. looks like lev27 in cores.? thats about 80m
gold looks great

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/drunkill/P1030888.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/drunkill/P1030877.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/drunkill/P1030879.jpg
taken around 4:30 this afternoon.

http://img153.exs.cx/img153/8359/P1214872.jpg

http://img153.exs.cx/img153/3649/P1214882.jpg

oh dear god that facade is just effing cool.

compare the facade to the sky in the last one

:eek2:

Wow these pictures are great guys. Thanks for the aerials/pans, just what I needed.

Yes fabulous pics guys thanks.

The facade on this is just incredible!... or at least the glass is I'll reserve judgement on the rest. It would be awesome to have something like that on one of the taller towers, but it'll stick out where it is so no biggie I suppose.

Stu

imagine if it was 351m

http://hyperhealth.customer.netspace.net.au/IMGP0840.JPG

nice updates. hey will the upper floors have views down in to the nearby stadium? talk about a cheap night out!! :eek2:

The facade is incredible - can't wait to see the glass with a bit more height. The ass-end is another story though. Do they think no-one will look at Docklands from within the city?

How tall is this one supose to be again?

42L / 128m

OMG!

Its just under 3/4 of the way up!

Its going to be a monster!

Yipeeee :D

Exactly Hyper - it's where nearly EVERYBODY is going to see it from and it's pretty lame-ass by comparison

Its currently 85m, so another 43m/14st to go. So half the current height added above!(maybe half way up tallest crane)?

reminder time.lol
http://www.vicpoint.com.au/images/rightpic_vicpoint_large.jpg

Here is the concrete wall I was talking about next to the stadium Tayser.

The concrete slabs make it look like cheap construction. I would assume they are going to paint this.

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

For anyone that watch the football last night you could see Vicpoint poking its head up when a goal was kicked!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_3551.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_3548.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_3544.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_3543.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_3542.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_3540.jpg

:eek2:

that office has come from nowhere!!!

bugalugs: go for a walk more often!

can anyone say quality?

What colour will the serviced apartments end up being? They're not looking to flash at the moment so i hope the concrete is covered well.

Anyways, this tower is awsome it will dominate docklands when completed. I can't wait to stare at it from the bolte bridge

As great as it looks, I will say this...F&$K!! Why the hell doesn't Devine build such great stuff in Brisbane?!?!

It's always nice when a building turns out even better than the renders :-)

The serviced apartments won't be left as blank concrete, they are going to get some kind of facade treatment:

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/quest/images/vicpoint3.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/quest/images/vicpoint2.jpg

Looking goooooood

yes great design and finishes for tower.
lowrise section not too good.
looks like a commi block in russia?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_3542.jpg

see renderings in my last post

yes, i think a paint job might save it.lol

Really looking forward to seeing Vic Point get topped off. It looks great and will make a nice dent on the skyline of Melbourne viewing from the west.

Topped off????????

Sounds like you want to send the Sopranos into it!!!!!!!

As great as it looks, I will say this...F&$K!! Why the hell doesn't Devine build such great stuff in Brisbane?!?!

This didn't start off as a Devine project, that's why. They had the good fortune to buy it out after it was designed & approved etc.

http://img222.exs.cx/img222/3553/P2260016.jpg

morning glory

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/vp 200503.jpg

Nice pics silver. Its going to be a stunner when finished.

What does a turtle on its back on top of a globe represent?

I like the new MAB piece!

...and this project ;)

yeah there's about 20-odd sculptures on display at Newquay, and for sale. not the artie type (suprise suprise) but these pieces are great. but for flat batteries i would have taken a whole lot more pics of all of them. i'll be back!

the sculpture exhibition was promoted by jeff kennett on good morning australia with bert newton yesterday!

Looks good ..........Now if it was only twice as high ......sigh !

What does a turtle on its back on top of a globe represent?

Um, maybe the sculptor has been reading too much Pratchett?

http://img114.exs.cx/img114/3581/atuin6we.jpg

Haha I love the sculpture! That's great... God bless Discworld!

A little night time action.

http://img152.exs.cx/img152/4778/img385926qu.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

doesnt look like much to go to main roof area is reached?
is it 30storeys now to floors?
http://www.vicpoint.com.au/images/rightpic_vicpoint_large.jpg

Sensational shot

A little night time action.

http://img152.exs.cx/img152/4778/img385926qu.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

For anyone that is interested, this is a Favco 750 Mk2, the most beautiful bit of gear to drive in the world!!!!!! :) :) :)

My personal favorite,for many reasons.

Is it just me or does it seem a bit out of proportion, too wide and not high enough. Don't get me wrong it is massive for docklands but it just seems to 'chubby' for me, it should be made taller :)

If each of us had a dollar for when we read a post of "should be taller", we'd be millionaires. :| Twice on this page alone. :nuts:

Looks great to me. The gold glass really is gold-ish (unlike YE5 pffft!)

BTW Great pics people. :okay:

....

http://img171.exs.cx/img171/2324/P3240297_edited.jpg

shot!

now get back to class, stop wagging ;)

Nah, I'm not that rebellious Tays ;). Lucky for me I have a 6 day long weekend, and I thought I'd use the first day by visiting the friend who owns the Port Melb apartment with that wonderful view.

Another night shot, anyone?
http://img114.exs.cx/img114/8210/P3240327.jpg
Pretty crappy but I post it anyway.

I'm thinking of a 7 letter word, begins with 'b' and ends with a 'd' and has the vowel 'a' occuring twice ;)

Looks like the core has topped-out for the floors, but then there is the rest of the fin on the northern side to bring it up to its full height of 128m/420ft.

....

hope everyone's still watching the construction cam (http://www.devine.com.au/webcam/index2003a.html) ;)

it's come a long way

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/september09_large.jpg
^ september '04

^yes, its a great pic, but its silly how the webcam only shows bottom 15 floors? it should pan out so you can see whole bldg?
so has it topped out yet?
i was just updating the April 1st construction diagrams.

It may have... but i think it has one more to go...but I am not sure!

This was taken a couple of weeks ago! (17/03)
http://members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/docklands-stitch.jpg

wow, thanks kasper. thats a mean pano!
i think the cores are about levl35.so its reached the base of curve section.or 107m.

geez this building has grown fast. it seems that only a month ago it was the height of watergate, but now it towers over it. I love it ! :bash:

Lozza

southern core box came down today (i think) and the whole thing is coming along nicely.

However i stick by my previous statement that it is not tall enough given how large the floor plates are.

Will the northern core rise twice more to service the apt's in the fin?

^ i think the site has a 130m height limit? Dokclands itself has 150m? i think?

southern core box came down today (i think) and the whole thing is coming along nicely.

However i stick by my previous statement that it is not tall enough given how large the floor plates are.

Will the northern core rise twice more to service the apt's in the fin?

The heighht of the tower on the original plans was 140m but Devine cut the floor to floor heights so it still has 42 levels but is now only 128m :-(.

The southern lift core services up to level 35 with a LMR above that on level 36. The northen lift core services up to level 41 with a LMR above that on level 42.

So still six levels to go!

The height limit for the site is 150m to the roof of highest habitable floor.

Batmans Hill has a height limit of 180m to roof of highest habitable floor, although you can apply to change the height limits and these applications are usually approved (YE5,6 and 8, Dock 5...).

http://img152.exs.cx/img152/4778/img385926qu.jpg

is it just me or are the heights of the floors in the building on the left absolutley massive or what!?

is it just me or are the heights of the floors in the building on the left absolutley massive or what!?

It looks like that because they are office floor levels with a floor to floor height of 4 metres. Victoria Point has low residential floor to floor heights of 2.975m. Eureka has floor to floor heights of 3.25 metres.

ahh ok cheers grollo. why is that anyway? u'd think more room from fllor to ceiling in residential would make more sense.....

Think false ceiling, cabling, ducting, access to such etc.

Update from Devine's website

Residential tower at Level 33
April 3, 2005

Builders in late March completed the Victoria Point residential tower to level 33 of its ultimate 42 storeys.

Curtain wall glazing in the 447-apartment building was then to level 21, ceiling services were installed to level 19 and apartment wall framing was at level 15.

The commercial building level 9 slab had been completed and the structure topped out. Lift installation had started, curtain wall glazing was at level 6 and services were at level 7.

The serviced apartments building is also now at its full height of 9 levels, while ceiling services are 10% complete on level 8 and the wall framing and services are at level 6.

Project Managers say Victoria Point remains on schedule, with settlement of the commercial building due in August this year, the serviced apartments in November and the residential tower in March 2006.

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_april01_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_april02_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_april03_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_april04_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_april05_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_april06_large.jpg

Very schmick tower this one. Really need a coat of paint on the serviced apartments though, the design is OK but the bare concrete is :puke:

Stu

its funny how there own website says its at lv33 when you can see its lev35 in corebox.anyhow, its coming to gether nicely.yes stu the commi lowrise really need a paint or something

Don't tell me they're gonna leave those concrete low rises as is?!

Nah, they are gonna spiff it up.... just gotta wait till they get around to it ;)

Stu

Both core boxes are being removed today :(

So the rest of the crown is just for show huh!

http://img70.exs.cx/img70/6729/P4130501.jpg

http://img70.exs.cx/img70/1525/P4130536.jpg

that last shot is ownage.

7 of those towers weren't present 2 years ago.

Hell ya, that last shot is fully sick, YE5 actually looks gold!

Stu

Tower V Rocks!!!

Fwoooaaaar!

Tower 5 is HOTNESS. :)

wow, tower V even looks gold in that pic. gee lozzas Watergate twins look like 60's housing blocks in THAT pic. they do look better in real life im sure.?

In person watergate looks fantastic, that pic just doesn't do it/ them justice ;)

Stu

http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs6/i/2005/079/e/6/Watergate_by_drunkill.jpg
Watergate looks good upclose.

Gday Cul,

I am a bit biased but in actual fact, Watergate Looks more modern than most apartment towers in Real Life, especally when comparing it to most other apartmetnts at Docklands.

Cheers

Lozza

A bit biased? :D
Back to VP
http://www.melbournephotos.net/pics/2005-04-15%20Melbourne%20-%20Rialto%20Obs%20deck%20and%20Construction/IMG_6431.jpg

http://www.melbournephotos.net/pics/2005-04-15%20Melbourne%20-%20Rialto%20Obs%20deck%20and%20Construction/IMG_6432.jpg

loz- remember i said in "that" pic.lol
Watergate does looks good from other angles.
excellent dan, lov the closeups .you can see levels ect.
i wonder if the northern core will keep going to lev42? cause atm the southern corehas stopped at 36.the big curve section should start soon.
great

I noticed at the footy on sunday that they have begun painting the side of the serviced apartments that face the Telstra Dome concourse. At the moment it is just white but there will probably be a few more coats?

The whole complex is now really visible from both SSS and TD however the side of the bendigo bank HQ that faces the dome is very bland. Couldn't they have just extended the glass facade around the whole building?

question. what does Vic Point look like from inside stadium? is much visable? mabe when fin section goes up it will have more impact.

^ When the roof is open(obviously!) cul you can see it quite clearly. I don't think you will be able to see the inside the whole stadium from the top when it is finished though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/barsby/DSCN1332.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/barsby/DSCN1445.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/barsby/DSCN1447.jpg

This tower has gone up quickly and can't be far from topping out.

fkn eh.

http://thehoddlegrid.net/projects/updates/docklands/stadium/vicpoint2304051.jpg

Looks good when the sun hits the gold glass mid-morning...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/mugley/vpointmorn.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/victoria point twisted.jpg

Nothing but Class :cheers:.

Stu

more gold for melb! with Eureka its reminiscent of 1860;s gold rush. lol
this is a great skyscraper. only one flaw is its height. i can just imagine it at 200m.

Does anyone know when the work will start on the fin section. Also when is this due for completion???

^ well there up to fin section now. should be finished by years end?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_4144_12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_4152_12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_4292_12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/sirbugalugs/IMG_4246_12.jpg

Hmmm The serviced apartments look nothing like the rendering due to Devine cost cutting, thank god they didn't do the same to the tower.

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/quest/images/topimage.jpg

Latest update from Devine.

May 6, 2005

Commercial building structure complete

Workers have completed the Commercial Building structure, removing the tower crane in early May, and are now well advanced on the interior fitout.

Contractors Multiplex Constructions, the Victoria Point team and Bendigo Bank, the proposed future tenant, are working closely on configurations that meet the bank’s requirements.

On the serviced apartments building, where the level 9 roof has now been topped out, workers are installing wall framing, services, ceilings and joinery.

The residential tower structure was at level 35 at latest report, with curtain wall glazing completed to level 27 and wall framing and services at level 22.

Settlement of the Commercial Building remains on schedule for August, with the serviced apartments scheduled for September (one month early) and the Residential Tower (March 2006).

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_may01_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_may02_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_may03_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_may04_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_may05_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_may06_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_may07_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_may08_large.jpg

Commercial building here looks fab too, 'cept for the concrete sides facing the dome :bash:. But once they are painted and prettied up I think it would have turned out very well!

Stu

Toronto's getting a few talls near its inner stadia:

http://img201.echo.cx/img201/1664/img18797lh.jpg

http://img201.echo.cx/img201/4427/img18737gg.jpg

I think it's fair to say ours will be more tightly packed and integrated though (with stadium and surrounding area).

Toronto's getting a lot of talls period. Great first pic.

Worth seeing your pics again 'bugsy'!! :)

yah, can't wait to go there, hopefully next year (Weee!)

On stadiums & more useless trivia: Skydome's apparently also held AFL demonstration/practice matches in the late 80s - getting a respectable 25 at one of them! (that might be full house and they'd have to tear out the lower seating (where they can fit more in for Baseball). Also 32k at a game in Vancouver.

Well enjoy Toronto tays - Skydome just got renamed! Its now called the ROGERS CENTRE. Its a shame they can never fill it though. That Aussie Rules figure is way better than the latest baseball crowds the past few years. Most times they are lucky to get 7-10,000 people watching. Poor stadium is so under used.

The hotel attached (Renaissance) still have you sign a waiver that you won't have public sex or display nudity since many of the rooms actually overlook the field. A few times they've had free displays on the jumbotron. Hummm, maybe thats why the crowds are so low lately. The Hard Rock there has a sweet view ...well of the Rogers Centre field action I mean.

Those flats around the Rogers Centre are being developed by the same company that designed and built Concord Pacific Place on Vancouver's former Expo lands. This was Canada's and maybe even North American's largest urban renewal project for some time - maybe still?? Anyway, now they're gone to Toronto to hopefully helps its waterfront which needs some work. Melbourne and Toronto have much in common. Where the waterfront is concerned though I think Melbourne is doing better with public spaces and greenery. Toronto needs to soften its waterfront more and loose the freeway and concrete factor. The federal government are always talking about throwing money at it but never do. Its more an election time promise that never happens.

Toronto's getting a few talls near its inner stadia:


Too bad they're uglier than yr arse Tays :bleh:

pfft, they're better than the CE muck that's been thrown up in Southbank - the Canuckistani towers probably have much better active frontages too.

Taken 16th not the best light!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/lukekasper/doclands1.jpg

Toronto's getting a lot of talls period. Great first pic.

Worth seeing your pics again 'bugsy'!! :)

Since when did Australians use the word "period" to describe a full stop? Next we'll be calling jumpers sweaters, or bonnets hoods.

Talk about cultural cringe - we spend a century and a half trying to define ourselves in the shadow of our British masters, and then happily replace them with new American masters. When I was last at home I noticed they were now calling 4wds SUVs FFS!

Let's be ourselves, that's the part people actually like about aussies - not when we copy others.

I've always said that. Try to stay on topic, huh? Not one word about Vic Point!?! :no: Instead a little patronising sermon rant. :|

Nice pic kasperluke. :okay:

Still no sign of constructing the glass fin?

..

^ yeah hes a bit of a worry. cant stand negative posts.but its seems increasingly the norm. which is a damn shame.

I've always said that. Try to stay on topic, huh? Not one word about Vic Point!?! :no: Instead a little patronising sermon rant. :|

Nice pic kasperluke. :okay:

Still no sign of constructing the glass fin?

..
A bit thin skinned hey - not trying to preach, just giving my opinion, if that's ok.

Please though, post do drift a bit here and there - your Toronto references while linked are one such example. But enough there, really no offence meant.

On Vic Point though, really like the gold glass, but not sure of it with those white balcony fronts - and yeah the service apartments are pretty ordinary although I don't think it's the concrete - it's just that the concrete is done badly. Look at some of the concrete used on QV - it's stunning, particularly the black low rise on the north west corner.

:|

yeah well anyway.

Back on the serviced apartments - does anyone know whether there is any insulation in these precast buildings?

Reason I'm asking is when I was studying, I went on a tour of that charming CE tower that's opposite the Prima site - the one with the red balcony details(which was a response to the planners saying it was too shit) - and the builder, who was basically bagging the place out said that most of the flats were unbearably hot in summer because of the cheap glass and all the concrete. With aircon being an added extra (around $5k at the time), only around 60 percent paid for it upfront, but he said after the first summer in any of those CE flats, the owner mostly end up putting in AC - which then costs around $15k to install because of the refitting that's necessary.

Anyway working here in europe, the locals can't believe that they're still not insulating buildings in Oz, not to mention double glazing - it's basically throwing money away, with the cooling/heating that's involved.

So does anyone have any info on what the trends are there - being that all small scale residential must be 5* rated from this year? I'd be interested to know what's being done in the larger scale stuff that's being built.

aircon an extra in a resitower? hahahhahaah! osj, what did you expect from el cheapo CE? Pathetic. ALL new construction should be 5 star environmentally rated from now on as far as i'm concerned.

has work started on fin section yet? im updating diagrams and it looks like it hasnt moved since May1?

I forgot to post this when I took pics this week:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/dasa/ssc/vicpoint.jpg

wow thanks Arunava! it was strange at first when i thought, gee they painted side red and what are those huge building supports? lol
so looks like fin floors have started . 2 floors above lev35 roofline, with lev37.
corebox looks like it has lev41 inside.so has it topped out or 1 to go??

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/quest/images/vicpoint3.jpg


cheers

http://img41.echo.cx/img41/7927/dsc000902rz.jpg

http://img41.echo.cx/img41/6659/dsc000918kr.jpg

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/vp200506.jpg

Gold, gold, gold for Australia!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/mugley/vicpt1206_1.jpg

Gold, gold, gold for Australia!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/mugley/vicpt1206_1.jpg


hey that looks cool as!! when did you take that picture??

didnt realise they had started the gold glass on this building yet!!

its all starting to look exaclty as the render said it would:

http://www.bestlinkworld.com/pic/Vicharbour1-large.jpg

hey that looks cool as!! when did you take that picture??

didnt realise they had started the gold glass on this building yet!!

It's from today - nice weather for it. The gold glass has been happening since late last year, or around page 12 of the thread.

It's from today - nice weather for it. The gold glass has been happening since late last year, or around page 12 of the thread.


that long!!! havent been to this thread for ages!! will have to go down there and take a look for myself!

These ones from last week.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/vytux/PICT1479.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/vytux/PICT1474.jpg

its all starting to look exaclty as the render said it would

was that one of those talking renders?

sorry, someone had to say it

was that one of those talking renders?

sorry, someone had to say it


hahahaha!! I should have wrote "it looks exactly as the render perceives it to look" or something :)

heres some pics of the beast i took yesterday (sunday):

http://www.snortperformance.com/docklands/gold_from_docklands_1.jpg

http://www.snortperformance.com/docklands/vic_harbor_telstra_dome_1.jpg

Latest update from Devine.

June 6, 2005

Workers finish commercial component

The commercial building within the Victoria Point complex is now complete and work remains on schedule for the residential tower and the serviced apartments building.

The 9-level commercial building contains 9,000 square metres, all of which has been pre-sold, and will become an important local focal point for shopping and business.

Representatives of the Victoria Point development team are finalising interiors with the major tenant Bendigo Bank.

Meanwhile plasterboard work is almost complete in the 7-storey serviced apartments building where work has begun on carpet installation.

The 42-level residential tower is at level 37, with curtain wall glazing complete to level 25 and wall framing and services at level 22.

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_june01_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_june02_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_june03_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_june04_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_june05_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_june06_large.jpg

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/update/2005_june07_large.jpg

ceilings look pretty low in that office.

:lol: @ serviced apartments.

judging by the angle of the frame that'll support the glass, thats a severe roof angle. way more than what i expected, will really catch the eye. like what they did with the precast
http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/vp200507.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/barsby/DSCN2426.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/barsby/DSCN2432.jpg

Vic Point looks great ! Also, slowly but surely, all the spare parcels of land at Docklands are filling up ! Still a while to go yet, but its well on the way !

I am so glad i invested at Docklands now ! It will pay off big time down the track !

Lozza

Love it! And I agree, what they did with the prefab on the commercial block is quite good too, I like it :).

Stu

wow, looks good. 41 levels built. only 1 to go.

going off render. the rest of fin is equal to 3 more levels.

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/images/rightpic_vicpoint_large.jpg


very imposing.great

heres a quick diagram showing vic points progress. not long before compeltion.
sorry about fin. i cant seem to get curve tool to work.lol but you get idea.

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1299/vicpoint0sv.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/jbadcock/Melbourne/misc/IMG_1394.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/jbadcock/Melbourne/misc/IMG_1404.jpg

great shots, streets are deserted? just like the render.lol

Cul, thats a bike path :P

lol, were are the bike riders? anyone? anything? must of been chilly day.

hah. I dont know, i didn't go out much today.

Just pointing it out =D

What are the red steps across from watergate?

Vic point really is looking awesome, especially driving over the bolte. Just a shame how boring its backside is given that it is from the east (CBD/SXS) that most people see it.

I was in Melbourne over the weekend and yesterday. Our hotel was on the corner of La Trobe and Spencer Streets and we had a good view of the whole docklands area. It was a little quiet, very few people at all walking about... except after the AFL match on Sunday, when there was a flood of people.. :p

But yeah, pretty much deserted. I suppose it gets busy in summer when it heats up.

Yeah, it does get quiet but if you head down to New Quay on the western side of Docklands it does get busy there, as there are numerous restaurants, cafes, bars etc and quite a few people living there.

It will take some time before it gets busy all the time. Dont forget, Docklands is bigger than the entire Melbourne CBD (Hoddel Grid).

And don't forget it's missing one key ingredient which Melbourne's love; shopping. As soon as Waterfront City is complete I think there'll be a hell of alot more people because at the moment all it's offering is restaurants, bars and cafes, which the CBD also offers, plus the shopping.

What are the red steps across from watergate?


Its actualy a public toilet block believe it or not ! !

cheers

lozza :rant:

You've also got to remember that at the moment Docklands resembles a giant construction site, including the major gateway in SCS... people would prefer a nice walk through the CBD and shopping there, etc whilst this is the case. Once a few more of these resi towers are complete, office developments, retail and so on... I can guarantee that docklands will not be deserted, but instead become a busy and vibrant part of the city.

Stu

It could only become more vibrant. There's nowhere else for it to go.

Historically as far as urban developments go, Docklands is a mere baby. Once all the towers and hotels are populated and brimming, people will be milling about.

Just atm there's still not much incentive to. When all the street furniture, trees, transport infrastructure are in place and restaurants/other entertainments are flourishing, you'll see the diff.

Nice tower. Always looks so bloody big (as in mass).

Throw in a couple of nightclubs and watch the murders, rapes and stabbings occur down on dock 5!

^^ hah way to be pessimistic

I thought that was already happening http://www.sayhey.co.uk/invboard/html/emoticons/closedeyes.gif

Throw in a couple of nightclubs and watch the murders, rapes and stabbings occur down on dock 5!
More like, throw in more nightclubs and bars and watch the place buzz and show more life.
Honestly, why that attitude dynamoultraclean?
One of the reasons I like the city is because it has life after dark in some places.
If you don't like nightclubs, pubs and bars you should maybe stay in the outer suburbs if that is where you are now.

I think its a bit of an overreaction....look at cockle bay and king st wharf, for the most part they're fine, now place them in Melb with the lowest crime rate of the mainland capitals and it should be even better...

Its actualy a public toilet block believe it or not ! !

cheers

lozza :rant:

A public toilet which remembers Waverly Park. It was part of an RMIT architecture students' design competition won by Beng Kiet Wee. It features solar powered lighting and uses rainwater for flushing.

http://web.aanet.com.au/sirbugalugs/21-07-2005%20tour/docklands/Picture%20205_1.jpg

ohhh yeah. Classy :bow: :applause: :cool: :cucumber:

probably my favourite of the ones going up at the moment, without taking height into consideration

you dont get to see much anymor on webcam. it was good 12montha gao when core was going up.

http://www.devine.com.au/webcam/vicpoint/devine2003.jpg

crane s'posed to climb this w'end!

The small building looks kinda purty after sundown...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/mugley/vpointsmall.jpg

that better be retail space laying dormant at ground level!

otherwise: wow.

Cranes supposed to climb this weekend, DOWN. I reckon one crane will dismantle the other, and then the second will spend the week climbing down same as what happened ay Central Equity City Rd.

BOTH CRANES at city rd 380 & 310 melb/city tower climbed down for dismantle by mobile crane. :bash: :eek2: :bash:

WTF, I watched one 310 pull down the other over the weekend at Vic Point, leaving a couple of ties and a handful of towers to go on the river side. Which leaves the final crane free to climb down.

And both cranes at City rd climbed down, read the post 'cause thats what it says. Quote "spend the week climbing down same as what happened ay Central Equity City Rd." Unquote. Full stop!

Looking really swish. Even from behind.
http://www.melbournephotos.net/images/2005-08-02%20Melbourne%20-%20Collins%20st,%20Rialto%20Construction%20Updates%20and%20RMIT%20Rooftop/IMG_6989.jpg

http://www.melbournephotos.net/images/2005-08-02%20Melbourne%20-%20Collins%20st,%20Rialto%20Construction%20Updates%20and%20RMIT%20Rooftop/IMG_6990.jpg

Love the colour at the docklands! Great pics dan!

nice danda. almost there.

http://www.vicpoint.com.au/quest/images/vicpoint3.jpg

Its going to be great having dinner and drinks at Vic Point before and after the footy at telstra dome once the whole whing is up and running ! It will really come alive !

lozza

Is it just me or did they add all that stuff at the back of the tower so it didn't look too much like Yarra's Edge 1. 2 Pics from today. Enjoy!

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4278/vicpoint4og.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/245/vicpoint24vg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://thehoddlegrid.net/projects/updates/docklands/stadium/vicpoint1808051.jpg

http://thehoddlegrid.net/projects/updates/docklands/stadium/vicpoint1808052.jpg

how is the top going with vic point. anyone been out there recently?

how is the top going with vic point. anyone been out there recently?
Saw it from the train coming out of the subway earlier this week and it didn't look any different from the last pictures posted. It hasn't seemes to change much at all the last month or two, atleast from the eastern view.

Another shot from the boring side...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/mugley/vp0905.jpg

I like to refer to it as the 'not trying to look like YE1' side.

I wonder of they will leave the top of the fin unclad, that would look really good :-)

lol

Ooh, looking shmick:

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/5681/vicpoint12zg.jpg
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4169/vicpoint27jv.jpg

I wonder of they will leave the top of the fin unclad, that would look really good :-)
snap

Lovin it, best looking tower (bar Eureka) that's gone up in a while.

Stu

for mine the beauty of this tower is the rear end, excellent colour scheme coming through

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/vp200509.jpg

Look what's coming to the bottom... Nando's... gives me even more reason to find an apartment there
http://members.iinet.net.au/~troneast/vp/000_1121%20(46).JPG

It was already a great building, but now there's Nandos which is just the icing on the cake.....

:okay:

*Welcomes the first new breed of roaches to Docklands*

plastic on the balconies are dissapearing! :D

IT's going to be awesome when all four corners around the stadium are developed with retail shops fronting onto the concourse. It will be a stadium completely intergrated into the urban fabric of the city, surrounded by offices, shops resaturants, bars, hotels, apartments it will be alive every day of the year rather than just match days like most stadiums.

Gold glass is starting to spread around the top section...

http://static.flickr.com/31/47091792_2a6971be14_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/33/47091793_a150b67365_o.jpg

nice photos mugley!

IT's going to be awesome when all four corners around the stadium are developed with retail shops fronting onto the concourse. It will be a stadium completely intergrated into the urban fabric of the city, surrounded by offices, shops resaturants, bars, hotels, apartments it will be alive every day of the year rather than just match days like most stadiums.

totally agree mate. the whole docklands thing is just shmick as far as i am concerned ! all class ! just wait to see wiat it will be like in another 5 - 10 years !

Lozza

Here's a view I stitched up from top of vp.

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9981/panoramasml0pz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

holy frak. :rock:

Central Pier is all cleared in that pano, can't wait until there is an announcement about what it going on it

Not all of it just sheds 10 &11.

I wonder of they will leave the top of the fin unclad, that would look really good :-)

now who's laughing?
http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/vp200510.jpg

now who's laughing?

Oh God no! Tell me it isn't true... :shocked:

Curvy and unclad's not so bad - much nicer than the glass shoebox look that's so popular up the other end of town...

http://static.flickr.com/30/53335127_93577500ff_o.jpg

I think Victoria Point is one pretty building.It is curvy yet squarish.I took this this evening.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v191/Lovejesse/DSC_2376.jpg

They are progressing pretty fast.Look at the difference in just 4 days

Nice updates. Yeah I also noticed how the rate had picked up particularly with the eastern (or backside) of the tower, probably because that's the only side I can see from the train.

Great pics Mug and D_y2k!

Docklands is going to be awesome, still worried about it at ground level. I guess that'll come with time.

Great pics Mug and D_y2k!

Docklands is going to be awesome, still worried about it at ground level. I guess that'll come with time.

Thanks man.Actually im pretty impressed with the way they have arranged the buildings.They are pretty neat!But just hope that skyscrapers will not overshadow each other.

At street level, Docklands will rock. But this will take time, you need people and things to attract them. Once more people are moved into the towers, and more cafes, nightclubs, restaurants and attractions (see: observantion wheel, thingy on central pier, etc) are opened it will be busy and vibrant!

Stu

fantastic. vic point my fav new scraper in melb besides Eureka. nice proportions, cladding.

This will be us soon:

http://www.urbantoronto.ca/Oct%2020,2005/418407413OvNkZN_ph.jpg

(Rogers Centre [Skydome] & the City Place development in Toronto)

Also don't forget Waterfront City is due to open next month (or so I'm told) which should create even more activity for the area, what with Melbourne's love affair with shopping, coffee and grub.

Vic point is a beast.

I really like this tower. It certainly makes the skyline along the waterfront colourful, instead of lifeless. Hopefully the building will be looking its best for the Volvo race and the Commonwealth games.

vic point= love child of Q1 & Eureka.

or vic point=love child Q1 & Yarra's Edge 1

More Watergate than Vic Point, but no thread on Watergate anymore.
http://homepage.mac.com/jbadcock/Melbourne/misc/P1000054.jpg

And Vic Point :)
http://homepage.mac.com/jbadcock/Melbourne/misc/P1000055.jpg

love vic point. ah Watergate, home of the infamous lozza.
thanks

...

Great pics Joed!
There really is no going back now with the planting of native species in Docklands, is there..........:-(
Sorry to harp on about it....I just think they look so suburban and will mean the area won't look so well integrated with the rest of the city in years to come.
Basically .....they look bloody awful

I disagree there. I think that the natives and the palms suit the more harbourside feel of docklands, which really is a different feel completely to the rest of the CBD. Don't forget they have planted plane trees down collins, bourke and latrobe, thus continuing the pattern of the CBD. I think a bit of difference in the streets that don't follow the grid and on the waterfront is quite good. The other benefit with evergreens is you don't get that sparse look in winter, like what London docklands has.

In terms of fitting in with the rest of the city, there are lots of natives mixed in with the plane trees in South Melbourne, Carlton, West Melbourne, etc, so it's not completely out of character.

I can't think of anything to write.

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/7361/vpoint5sx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/6449/vpointii5kk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^ how about its just about done with few more glass panels. looks fat straight on.
nice piccies
cheers

I wonder of they will leave the top of the fin unclad, that would look really good :-)

now who's laughing?


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/glass fin.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/victoria point 2 web.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/victoria point 1 web.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/victoria point 3 web.jpg

Lovin' it. Wonder what type of lighting we can expect on this beauty, I know it's a resi but I'm hoping for some light at least for the top.

Stu

I love the gold-tinged tesselated windows. Just great!! http://www.sayhey.co.uk/invboard/html/emoticons/wub.gif

Thanks for the pics Grollo :)

Classy building.

http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/quest docklands.jpg

really nice. Not eureka-gold, but still good.

VERY happy they're cladding the top!

This building is starting to impose itself on the area quite nicely.

This is just tilt up concrete painted. Very bad! I just hope the plane trees grow quickly to hid this very ugly building.

LOL! a.s.there are parts of this city where i wish at times i could chop down the plane trees hiding some great buildings, but in this instance they couldnt grown any sooner! bring on the bags of Dynamic Lifter and get those babies growing!!!!!

the tower has turned out excelent. not so for the lowrise bit.
thanks

The serviced apartments are looking 100% better for the coat of paint they received... but yeah they are shockers on the whole. A nice 'roof' or anything to cap it off would have done wonders instead of the pure brickage of what they are...

Stu

Photos from this arvo. Framed up a shot of the serviced apartments as well, but after I cleaned the vomit from the viewfinder I kind of lost interest :)

http://static.flickr.com/24/65032544_c4b486b3b1_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/24/65032994_261e0aa225_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/35/65033790_eba6545404_o.jpg

for a second there in your 2nd pic I thought those 4 levels had balcony doors with no balconies ;)

weeeee, splat.

for mine the rear crown is the best aspect of the tower, really caps off a great building. nothing left but the crane to climb down and a decent clean. must go down and get a few pics around sunset

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/vp200512.jpg

unless there's any objections it'll be archived once that crane comes down

Now *that's* a crown!! Well done Devine!!

Now *that's* a crown!! Well done Devine!!
You might even say the crown is "devine".

I'm sorry, I'll go away now.

^ :lol:

"golden" all round ;)

I love this building! Was at Greenday on Sat night and if you were at the top of Vic point you could almost see the concert! They opened the roof!

Looks very good! :)

crane on the way down>>>>>>>>

http://www.lss.com.au/webcam/webcaml2.jpg

put outrigger in there and thats one quality line up

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/vp20051220.jpg

& Ericsson building.

shot.

put outrigger in there and thats one quality line up

I can do that.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4104/outriggerphotoshopped2gw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:rock:

sensational.

http://web.aanet.com.au/sirbugalugs/20-12-2005/pics%20002_1rs1.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/sirbugalugs/20-12-2005/pics%20036_1rs1.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/sirbugalugs/20-12-2005/pics%20028_1rs1.jpg

farrrrrrrrrrrrking beautiful.

i've never heard of the outrigger building, what is it, where is it?

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