Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) - Australia Chapter

LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS! The 110 George Street: Design Excellence Competition is on tomorrow night! It will be a rare chance to hear from the leading architectural firms that are shaping our city. Each will present their competition concept for the same site in a thrilling display of design diversity. FJC fjcstudio Crone Crone Architects Hassell Hassell COX Cox Architecture Date: 27th Nov, 2024 Venue: COX studio, 70 George St, The Rocks Time: 6:00pm for 6:30pm start Tickets: Via Eventbrite $75 (non-members) $50 (members) Link to tickets below: https://lnkd.in/grTMu7W8 Major Sponsor: WSP

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) - Australia Chapter Event Announcement! 💥 110 George Street: Design Excellence Competition, 27th of November Join us to share in the next episode of our Design Excellence series for the 110 George St competition. Come to discuss design and its process as each architectural team presents their entry. fjcstudio Crone Architects Hassell Cox Architecture Please join us for cheese and wine as we hear from this influential lineup of shortlisted firms, generously hosted by COX Date: 27th Nov, 2024 Venue: COX studio, 70 George St, The Rocks Time: 6:00pm for 6:30pm start Tickets: Via Eventbrite $75 (non-members) $50 (members) Link to tickets below! 👇 https://lnkd.in/grTMu7W8 Major Sponsor: WSP

It has been one month since the official opening of the Victoria Cross Metro Station along the Sydney Metro + Southwest line. Located in the heart of the North Sydney’s CBD, Victoria Cross Metro station now connects the City to its northern suburbs within minutes. With two new station entries, the project is an urban renewal game changer for North Sydney, adding much needed retail, a new activated laneway and public open space. The soon to be open OSD tower sits above the southern station entrance at 164m above ground. It will feature 61, 500sqm of commercial GFA with a large terrace on level 29. The tower has been strategically positioned above a sky lobby to allow a large portion of the site to be given over to public open space and a rich retail laneway that provides amenity and connectivity to the wider North Sydney CBD. A special acknowledgement to the Victoria Cross team: Bates Smart: OSD Design Architect COX: Station Design Architect LendLease: Developer & Main Contractor ArcMac: Engineering Consortium Arcadia: Landscape Architect Within the first month of opening, these metro projects are having a radical effect on the fabric of our city and those who can now access it. Congratulations to everyone involved from CTBUH! 👏 Photos: Chad Dao, Bates Smart

💥 QUEENSLAND CTBUH EVENT ROUND UP 💥 We were thrilled to host members and guests at our recent CTBUH Cocktail Event: Deep Dive Kangaroo Point Bridge moderated by CTBUH Brisbane Chair Sandra Nilsen. We had the pleasure of hearing insights from Jim Hefferan, Project Director at Brisbane City Council, Richard Coulson Director at Cox Architecture, Timothy Deere Project Director at BESIX Watpac, and Tom Cooper National Technical Director and Global Bridge Lead at WSP Australia.   At 460 metres in length, the Kangaroo Point Bridge will be one of the longest span cable-stay pedestrian bridges in the world. This Brisbane city icon is being delivered by the Connect Brisbane Consortium: Rizanni De Eccher, WSP, RWDI, Blight Rayner Architecture, ASPECT Studios, Dissing+Weitling, Rowland, TENSA - Your Challenges, Our Solutions, Right Angle Studio, Blaklash, FPOV, UAP | Urban Art Projects, for Brisbane City Council.   #Infrastructure #BridgeEngineering #KangarooPointBridge #BESIXWatpac #CTBUH #BrisbaneDevelopment #BrisbaneCityCouncil

🚇🌟This week the Martin Place Metro Station officially opened to customers, the next milestone in the completion of the Martin Place Metro precinct. 🌟 The city-making precinct comprising the metro station and two commercial towers which includes 1 Elizabeth, Macquarie Group’s new global headquarters, and 39 Martin Place, will transform the city’s financial district. At 174 metres (RL194m) and 37 stories tall, 1 Elizabeth is a highly integrated over-station development shaped by and strongly connected with the surrounding civic, urban and heritage context. The open ground level, with diverse public art and entries at all corners, overlooks an atrium to the metro platform and interchange below; with elevated lobbies, publicly accessible spaces and future-focused and sustainable workplace above.   Congratulations to the 1 Elizabeth team – JPW – 1 Elizabeth Architect Grimshaw – Station Architect Tzannes – 39 Martin Place Architect Macquarie Group – Developer Lendlease – D&C Contractor Arup – Engineering   These city shaping projects are transforming the way Sydney is connected. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) - Australia Chapter congratulates everyone involved! 👏 Stay tuned for the next Metro Station to be featured! Photos: JPW

🚇🏙️ The Sydney Metro City + Southwest line is officially open this week! Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) - Australia Chapter is excited to spotlight the new Gadigal Station north entry and its over station development (OSD), Parkline Place! 💥 Strategically located at the junction of the city’s southern CBD and the Midtown retail precinct, Gadigal Station is changing the way our city is connected. Gadigal station has two entries and two over station developments! Parkline Place is the northern OSD tower, reaching 176.8m tall over 39 storeys. It offers 47, 800 sqm of premium grade commercial space with external landscape amenity at levels 10 and 11. This contemporary tower with large floorplates and uninterrupted views of the city, is architecturally connected to its context. Embracing the datum heights of its heritage neighbours and using a ‘Sydney’ palate of sandstone and bronze colours, this new tower stands proud as a fitting addition to the Sydney skyline. The station entry is celebrated by a glass veil which allows daylight to flood the station plaza concourse throughout the day. Above this ‘veil’, the tower has been articulated into three vertical blocks with curved corner glazing. A special acknowledgement to the amazing teams behind this project: Foster + Partners: OSD and Station Design Architect Cox Architecture: OSD and Station Executive Architect Oxford Properties Group: Properties and Investa: Development Partners Aurecon: Engineering CPB Contractors: Contractor These landmark projects signal a new era of urban excellence. Congratulations to everyone involved from CTBUH! 👏 Stay tuned for the next Metro Station to be featured! Photos: Unsigned Studio, Brett Boardman

🚇🏙️ Exciting news for our city as the new Sydney Metro line has begun operating today! Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) - Australia Chapter is thrilled to see the grand opening of Gadigal Station south and its soon to be completed residential tower, Indi Sydney! 🌟 This station is a game-changing addition to our city that is set to enhance connectivity for all, while the over station development sets to re-define high rise city living. The tower sits 39 storeys tall with a top RL of 171.6 and is the city’s first Build to Rent project. It has 234 apartments, communal co-working and resident wellness in podium and a rooftop lounge and terrace on level 35. The architecture of the tower and podium strives to be of its place, bringing the warm, masonry materiality of its urban location into a contemporary high rise residential design. A special thanks to the amazing teams behind this project: Bates Smart : OSD Design Architect Foster + Partners : Station Design Architect Cox Architecture : Executive Station architect Oxford Properties Group , and Investa : Development Partners Aurecon : Engineering TTW Engineers (Taylor Thomson Whitting) : Structural Engineering CPB Contractors : Contractor These landmark projects represent a new era of urban excellence. CTBUH congratulates everyone involved! 👏 Stay tuned for the next Metro Station to be featured! Photos: Chad Dao and Bates Smart

💥 Upcoming CTBUH Queensland Cocktail Event 💥 Deep dive: Kangaroo Point Bridge Thursday August 22nd 4:30-7pm at Cox Architecture Offices Level 2, 2 Edward Street, Brisbane Come along and hear from those involved in the design and delivery of this long anticipated landmark pedestrian and cycle bridge. Presenters: Jim Hefferan, Brisbane City Council Richard Coulson, Cox Architecture Timothy Deere, BESIX Watpac Tom Cooper, WSP in Australia Tickets $50 available via eventbrite: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMVMjWJU

Terrific CTBUH cocktail event in Brisbane last week. We heard firsthand about the award-winning repurposing of The Midtown Centre in Brisbane's City Centre from those who played leading roles in its design and delivery. Jessica Lee from Fender Katsalidis, Scott Clements from Inertia Engineering and Scott Miles head of AsheMorgan in Queensland presented highlights of this incredible repurposing outcomes of the project. It was fantastic to hear about the collaborative efforts and ingenuity used to solve some of the more complex and challenging aspects of the project. Thanks to all who attended. Photos credit: Inertia Engineering. Thanks to event sponsor Essence Project Management and venue sponsor Urbis #ctbuh #design #architecture Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)

Tickets are selling fast! Don't miss out on our next Queensland Chapter event: Midtown Centre - Repurposing aged commercial building assets Thursday May 23rd | Urbis offices Level 32, 300 George Street, Brisbane. Drinks. Nibbles. Incredible speakers. Relevant and interesting topic. Grab one of the final tickets ($50) via Eventbrite 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBqn-v2H #ctbuh #neworrenew #design Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Jessica Lee Scott Clements Scott Miles Essence Project Management