CBD > 568 Collins St > 68L / Resi / 224m

***silvermb*** · July 22nd, 2011, 09:34 AM

new thread for 568 Collins St (due to my fuck up)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Will737

Courtesy of ooh

Courtesy of slivermb

Thanks to silvermb again: http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/Planni...5?OpenDocument

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...15916501765926

Planning application lodged last month. Apartments already being sold. Going to be approximately 60 Levels

People in the Vic forums have been saying its a nod to the Rockefeller Center in NY, probably is.

Please correct me if I've gotten anything wrong.

The thread from Ozscrapers: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1130541

website: http://www.proalliance.com.au/projects/collins.htm

One of the newer(?) renders:

and plans
http://www.adinprop.com.au/Off%20The...68_Collins.pdf

Qantas743 · August 16th, 2011, 05:19 AM

This one's construction has now been moved to September/October.

Mickeebee · August 16th, 2011, 05:42 AM

So it's all good to go though??? I didn't know that.

mvictory · August 16th, 2011, 06:02 AM

So we will be watching this and Pearl rise at the same time?

Birianon · August 16th, 2011, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qantas743

This one's construction has now been moved to September/October.

Moved from when? Was it originally august the expected commencement of construction? How long is the projected construction timeline of this?

Qantas743 · August 16th, 2011, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Birianon

Moved from when? Was it originally august the expected commencement of construction? How long is the projected construction timeline of this?

I believe this was supposed to commence Jul/Aug.

Melb_aviator · August 16th, 2011, 08:57 AM

Lets hope theres not further schedule changes to come. Looking forward to this one.

mattie! · August 16th, 2011, 10:42 AM

I didn't even know that it had originally been approved/due to start construction.

Ecstatic

. If I had to choose between this and pearl, I would choose this.

Even though it's an apartment building, it has the look of an office block which I think Melbourne and the cbd needs right now.

Alibaba · August 16th, 2011, 11:25 AM

this is so classic... very Chicago-ish and fit in with Melb style

Awesome - its good to go!!

the Height is ideal - great view of Melb from the bay looking in to CBD!

it will overshadow 530 and that Blue tower at King/Bourke st

NoshowwithoutPunch · August 16th, 2011, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silvermb

new thread for 568 Collins St (due to my fuck up)

and plans
http://www.adinprop.com.au/Off%20The...68_Collins.pdf

The George Lucas or Blade Runner aesthetic is what grabs me. Coruscant here we come!

MelbourneOnTheRise · August 16th, 2011, 02:19 PM

So true. That and the 30 Rock factor

. Wish we could see this caliber of design in all the towers going up around town.

Dockside · August 16th, 2011, 05:45 PM

Thanks Qantas743, that news has puts me at ease, for now

Ive been watching out very closely every time i go past 568 for a sign of any action pending, thinking that something is not right, ''why hasnt demolition started ? FFS'' ''whats happend FFS ?''id say to myself every time i checked out the site, ''its August already and its meant to have started by now!!'' id mutter to myself as id storm off in a huff.

Even though this is not as tall as Prima/Pearl i prefer this over Pearl x5, and its the 1st real tower west of King St thats going to stretch the skyline further west, plus it looks sooo damn fine.
Watching the Collins Tower and Prima rise together at more or less the same time will be jizzworthy..

redbaron_012 · August 17th, 2011, 10:16 AM

Can you imagine at last....this tower and Pearl rising on Melbourne's Skyline.....infill is OK..but some kick butt construction is due.......hmmm haven't thought this since Eureka core was rising !

Birianon · August 17th, 2011, 10:33 AM

Do we all remember the good times back in the early to mid noughties? These two are the equivalent to Eureka and FWP and capitol is the equivalent to royal domain towers LoL. Cant see any other comparisons with proposals and ones that went up 5-8 years ago.

I also agree with the poster who said that this has an element of an office looking tower. I just wish it was at say 50 stories 218m high just so not to detract from the beautiful rialto.

woozoo · August 17th, 2011, 01:59 PM

This building is fkn sexy. Can't wait for them to start building..

***silvermb*** · September 17th, 2011, 02:26 AM

hickory have this out for tender

seems stamoulis/hickory may well deliver this tower - just like vogue

soon to be two towers over 200m u/c...

A r c h i · September 17th, 2011, 03:54 AM

Beat me to it.

Flame · September 17th, 2011, 08:33 AM

Fantastic news!

Grollo · September 17th, 2011, 11:11 AM

This will be the first 200m+ building west of King Street so it should have a big impact on the skyline.

melburn21 · September 17th, 2011, 12:09 PM

Archi... You did some fantastic renders if this building a year back. Any chance you could mock up something that shows this and pearl together? That would be very exciting to see!

August 16th, 2011, 05:19 AM	#2
Qantas743 Proud Victorian! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 4,512 Likes (Received): 28	This one's construction has now been moved to September/October. __________________ "In Guy We Trust"

August 16th, 2011, 08:57 AM	#7
Melb_aviator Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4,729 Likes (Received): 3	Lets hope theres not further schedule changes to come. Looking forward to this one. __________________ "They say you flirt with Sydney, but you marry Melbourne", Mr Choong - SP Setia President (Quoted from AFR 21st July, 2011).

August 16th, 2011, 11:25 AM	#9
Alibaba Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 2,439 Likes (Received): 1	this is so classic... very Chicago-ish and fit in with Melb style Awesome - its good to go!! the Height is ideal - great view of Melb from the bay looking in to CBD! it will overshadow 530 and that Blue tower at King/Bourke st __________________ Cool Melbourne

August 16th, 2011, 02:19 PM	#11
MelbourneOnTheRise Needs of the Many>Few Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,252 Likes (Received): 118	So true. That and the 30 Rock factor . Wish we could see this caliber of design in all the towers going up around town. __________________ https://twitter.com/GeoffSlattery/st.../photo/1/large

August 17th, 2011, 10:16 AM	#13
redbaron_012 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 6,061 Likes (Received): 118	Can you imagine at last....this tower and Pearl rising on Melbourne's Skyline.....infill is OK..but some kick butt construction is due.......hmmm haven't thought this since Eureka core was rising ! __________________ "Make no small plans, for they have not power to stir the blood" - Daniel H. Burnham

August 16th, 2011, 05:42 AM	#3
Mickeebee Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 3,276 Likes (Received): 24	So it's all good to go though??? I didn't know that.

August 16th, 2011, 06:02 AM	#4
mvictory Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 322 Likes (Received): 11	So we will be watching this and Pearl rise at the same time?

August 16th, 2011, 10:42 AM	#8
mattie! Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 273 Likes (Received): 22	I didn't even know that it had originally been approved/due to start construction. Ecstatic . If I had to choose between this and pearl, I would choose this. Even though it's an apartment building, it has the look of an office block which I think Melbourne and the cbd needs right now.

August 16th, 2011, 05:45 PM	#12
Dockside Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Inner Melbourne Posts: 3,626 Likes (Received): 18	Thanks Qantas743, that news has puts me at ease, for now Ive been watching out very closely every time i go past 568 for a sign of any action pending, thinking that something is not right, ''why hasnt demolition started ? FFS'' ''whats happend FFS ?''id say to myself every time i checked out the site, ''its August already and its meant to have started by now!!'' id mutter to myself as id storm off in a huff. Even though this is not as tall as Prima/Pearl i prefer this over Pearl x5, and its the 1st real tower west of King St thats going to stretch the skyline further west, plus it looks sooo damn fine. Watching the Collins Tower and Prima rise together at more or less the same time will be jizzworthy..

August 17th, 2011, 10:33 AM	#14
Birianon BANNED Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne Posts: 511 Likes (Received): 0	Do we all remember the good times back in the early to mid noughties? These two are the equivalent to Eureka and FWP and capitol is the equivalent to royal domain towers LoL. Cant see any other comparisons with proposals and ones that went up 5-8 years ago. I also agree with the poster who said that this has an element of an office looking tower. I just wish it was at say 50 stories 218m high just so not to detract from the beautiful rialto.

August 17th, 2011, 01:59 PM	#15
woozoo Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 729 Likes (Received): 1	This building is fkn sexy. Can't wait for them to start building..

September 17th, 2011, 02:26 AM	#16
*silvermb* smooth operator Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: between sublime and ridiculous Posts: 3,630 Likes (Received): 5	hickory have this out for tender seems stamoulis/hickory may well deliver this tower - just like vogue soon to be two towers over 200m u/c... __________________ "You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline – it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons but at the very least you need a beer" - Frank Zappa www.urbanmelbourne.info

September 17th, 2011, 03:54 AM	#17
A r c h i Render Monkey Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melbourne Posts: 5,791 Likes (Received): 11	Beat me to it. __________________ Check out Urban Melbourne for your Melbourne Development fix.

September 17th, 2011, 08:33 AM	#18
Flame Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 188 Likes (Received): 2	Fantastic news! __________________ Urban Melbourne

September 17th, 2011, 11:11 AM	#19
Grollo Developer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: melbourne Posts: 6,241 Likes (Received): 54	This will be the first 200m+ building west of King Street so it should have a big impact on the skyline. __________________ Melburnian www.memoryremix.com

September 17th, 2011, 12:09 PM	#20
melburn21 flame on. Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 2,325 Likes (Received): 46	Archi... You did some fantastic renders if this building a year back. Any chance you could mock up something that shows this and pearl together? That would be very exciting to see! __________________ Happy little Melbournite...

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