CBD CENTRE - #PROPOSED: 115 Bathurst Street - 70st/236m/res

[CULWULLA]

details
site area= 4,000sqm
total FSA 50,000sqm
FSA-339 pitt st= 14,000sqm
FSA-115 bathurst st=36,000sqm
approx 40 levels above st, + 3 basements (80 car spaces)
2 floors of retail.
height= 150m (architectural features can be added above)
5 star energy rated
builders-MULTIPLEX
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model pix and concept renders.

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bathurst st atrium
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potential atrium facing bathurst st
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podium atrium elevation
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original waterboard
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modellers with 1939 building


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1965 box can be seen in this pic
/ new bldg will rise up and fill in void
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it will rise up infront of century tower in this view
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Multiplex wins city tower site
The Australian 7/12/07

BUILDER Multiplex has won the hotly contested tender for the Sydney Water Building, paying almost $150 million for the office tower site.

Several big developers bid on the Bathurst Street site, which could house a 40,000sqm office tower in Sydney's increasingly tight office market.

While a refurbishment would be a quick option as Sydney's office vacancy rate drops, it is understood Multiplex will knock down and rebuild the tower.

Just as the builder won the project, Multiplex's veteran head of development has resigned.

Mr O'Regan spent 25 years with the company and departs in February. He started with Multiplex as a cadet in 1983 and worked on some of the group's major projects, including the Wharf at Woolloomooloo, Luna Park, King Street Wharf and World Square in Sydney, and was a founding member of Multiplex's development business.

Mr O'Regan is the second senior Multiplex executive to depart since Canada's Brookfield effectively took full control of the builder. He follows the group's head of funds management, Ian O'Toole, who left at the end of October as Brookfield executive Brian Kingston moved to head of asset management.

Multiplex's founding Roberts family sold the last of its stock in the builder into Canadian suitor Brookfield Asset Management's $4.2 billion takeover bid in October. Brookfield, which manages $83 billion in property, power and timber assets in Europe and North America, struck a deal with the Roberts family for its 26 per cent controlling

[zulu69]

Not bad but really Sydney has enough of a dense undergrowth of 150m towers. It really needs to have a couple 300m towers jutting through to reset the skyline.

[Mornnb]

I really hope this one gets an increase. The skyline in this area is just too monotonous, and could do with a breakthrough 200m+

I'm fine with it. There's more things to consider than just the cities skyline. A 172m is still going to add a lot to the city, that part of George St is slowly becoming a small scale Avenue of the Americas (the ulimate skyscraper canyon) I would love to see a couple more 150m towers on George Street between QVB and Central.

Originally Posted by CULWULLA

waterboard is a such a great building. how could they want to demolish? lol
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That ugly grey thing, destroy it now! A hole would look nicer.

[CULWULLA]

^yes i concur. we will eventually get a 200m=
have to be happy with 500footers for now
larger atrium pic>
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/...e2b7ca47_b.jpg

[CULWULLA]

as part of stage1, the atrium will be a requirement for the winning design. much like the height and bulk.
the 1939 waterboard is part of design , thus the atrium entrance from bathurst street. you will enter from bathurst thru the atrium into the 1930;s bldg. very cool
sort of igniting its use again. it will have 14,000sqm of brand new office space.

[Inego]

Originally Posted by CULWULLA

as part of stage1, the atrium will be a requirement for the winning design. much like the height and bulk.
the 1939 waterboard is part of design , thus the atrium entrance from bathurst street. you will enter from bathurst thru the atrium into the 1930;s bldg. very cool
sort of igniting its use again. it will have 14,000sqm of brand new office space.

Thanks - I think my question was lost with the opening of this thread. It's always been a negative of the current design (well, one of the many ) that the interior of the old building was so difficult to access, where it was used. I understand that some floors of the old building were pretty much mothballed for number of years.....

Kent

[LanceDriver]

I think it should have a 500 foot atrium.

[Joelby]

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[outbackbox]

wow its actually quite tall! why the hell would you knock that down for a few more meters? that is absurd... who is this council?

[Muse]

Originally Posted by outbackbox

wow its actually quite tall! why the hell would you knock that down for a few more meters? that is absurd... who is this council?

There could be a few reasons for wanting to knock such a building down even if (for example) it was to stay at a similar height. One reason being that it may not be suitable for modern office needs. At the time the Bathurst St building was constructed, natural light and space for expanding infrastructure internally was not a priority. Open floor planning with larger floorplates are now the "norm" for wanting office space.

Unlike Melbourne where there is a healthy number, Sydney's CBD could do with a few more internationalist slabs. Hope it stays as the envelope now displays.

[MILIUX]

. lol. Good one.

[CULWULLA]

ah no bad one.
guys you have to stop spamming in new threads.
i open up these threads to read something intelligent ,but alas. more spam?

[outbackbox]

perfect location for a very tall building. That part of the skyline is very glassy so it will be good if the winning design is concrete or non-glassy

[CULWULLA]

yes, this rejuvination of the old bldg will bring it back to life. it is such a great building. Alot of poeple dont realise it has a large central lightwell which is a great feature


checkout the ground floor atrium
marble columns


such a great building for 1939



from the south in 65/
note how easily the bridge is seen

[Fabian]

I have a picture of it's dirty grubby southern side hidden somewhere in my collection of photo CD's.

Commenting on the possible atrium, it looks great. Opens up to Bathurst St very well and appears to make effective use of natural light. Should brighten up that stretch of Bathurst St, which particularly at this time of year can be fairly dark due to shadowing from towers.

What happened to the thread in the main section. I noticed it has been deleted???

[CULWULLA]

^ill repost it when this is a DA. instead of a white box we will have a competition winner. something to show everyone!

[CULWULLA]

waterboard is a such a great building. how could they want to demolish? lol
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[Gargarensis]

Originally Posted by CULWULLA

waterboard is a such a great building. how could they want to demolish? lol
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i wonder if the designers of the waterboard building kept that western side free of windows in the expectation that the future HSBC site would block out that side...

[CULWULLA]

Originally Posted by Gargarensis

i wonder if the designers of the waterboard building kept that western side free of windows in the expectation that the future HSBC site would block out that side...

its right up againts boundary so that may have somehting to do with it. but also eastern side is blank. gee really innovative back then.lol

[LanceDriver]

well there won't be many similar buildings left soon. as ugly as they are, it's a pity if we lose them all, but at least with the law courts refurb we've got that one for some time to come.