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<h3>Our carefully considered interventions unlock multiple opportunities and deliver the core clinical requirements and needs of this important civic and historic health precinct.</h3>

To serve the rapidly growing population of Sydney Local Health District, the proposed redevelopment of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital will be the most significant upgrade in the hospital’s 140-year history and feature a new addition, upgraded emergency department, as well as expanded clinical services. The design unlocks multiple opportunities to establish a more cohesive and connected position for RPA within the Camperdown Health, Education and Research Precinct (CHERP), one of the largest and most comprehensive health and education precincts in Greater Sydney.
A new entry improves circulation between the northern arrival plaza and the primary hospital, while a pedestrian-friendly public drop-off is established with patient transport vehicles redirected to the side of the plaza. A two-storey vertical expansion over the existing RPA Building 89 will accommodate a new intensive care unit.
In the East Wing, a new 15-storey building connects to the existing hospital, reflecting the bend of Building 89, presenting a soft curve to the Sydney University Oval, cradling retained trees and opening up views from behind the building.
A public wayfinding network is anchored by a central courtyard which acts as a place of respite as well as an identifiable marker of the centre of the hospital. The existing volume is wrapped in a three-storey screen to create a calm and uplifting environment with light and views filtering into surrounding zones to link public spaces.

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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

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<h3>Newmarket, the neighbourhood that has begun to transform the former Inglis stables, stitches together past and present through its masterplan, high quality housing, retail, dining and public space.</h3>

The eastern precinct, Newmarket’s first completed stage, celebrates the site’s landscape and built heritage, combining with new buildings and landscape in a simple masterplan defined by new streets and spaces as an extension to Randwick’s public domain.
The centrally located Inglis Park, by Arcadia Landscape Architects, adapts the heritage Sales Ring into a unique playground under the shade of the famous Moreton Bay Fig. Yarraman Avenue, a new street, wraps the park and precinct’s eastern edge to improve public access and offer future connections to Randwick Girls High School. A central pedestrian axis connects the entire site from north to south: from the Barker Street dining precinct, to Inglis Park, past Newmarket House Childcare Centre, to the State Listed Big Stable.
Six new apartment buildings provide a range of housing typologies from council-owned affordable housing through to larger penthouses. Two architects worked in concert developing their complementary designs, with Newmarket Residences by Bates Smart north of the park, and Figtree Pocket by Smart Design Studio to the south.

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Newmarket Residences encompasses 128 apartments and ground floor retail in two 8-storey buildings which frame the precinct’s northern gateway. The buildings’ expression of open precast concrete frames relates to the civic context of Prince of Wales hospital and the adjacent schools whilst accommodating everyday life: shops and cafes below, and apartment balconies and windows above. The sandstone tinted precast concrete is complemented by dark bronze metal framing to balustrades, window frames, sunshading and privacy screens.
Apartment planning is simple and generous, with a focus on natural cross ventilation, framed picture windows and open corner balconies with strong connection to the established tree canopy. The apartment interiors hint at the stables’ history, with materials such as timber framed joinery, brushed nickel tapware and leather joinery handles.
Four residential buildings, containing 165 apartments, compose Figtree Pocket at the south end, designed by Smart Design Studio.

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<h3>The Newlands will be a vibrant residential and pedestrian-oriented community with a strong focus on the bushland character of Newlands Park, which sits directly across from the site.</h3>

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As the first development in the masterplan to receive approval, The Newlands will set the benchmark for the broader precinct. We have taken inspiration from the Newlands Park frontage and connection to the creek-side corridor walk that leads from the St Leonards Centre down to the Sydney Harbour. It’s leafy in all directions, with bushland character in the rocky landforms, sandstone and tall trees, giving apartments the feel of living in a treehouse.
The architecture is imbedded in its surroundings as it steps down the hillside, and apartments feature corner aspects and balconies that take in views across the treetops, with upper levels benefiting from harbour views. The spacious light-filled garden terraces are integrated into the street with their own private entries. Large courtyards lead to private lawns that overlook the mature trees of Newlands Park.
Interiors are designed to contrast the natural and the polished. The sandstone and tiles of the lobby evoke a serene underground space cut into the hillside. The kitchens and bathrooms of the apartments have strong timber and stone accents, with windows in the larger residences that look directly out from the bath into the dense tree canopies.

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The Newlands

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<h3>Another step in the urbanisation of Sydney Olympic Park’s town centre, Boomerang tower combines retail, office space and above ground parking with a 32-storey residential tower.</h3>

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The project delivers on the future vision for Olympic Boulevard of a 6-8 storey streetwall with slender towers above. Adding 239 apartments, 5 shops, two levels of new workplace, shared outdoor amenity, and above ground parking, the project sits respectfully within SOP’s high quality landscape and public domain—anchored by 425 hectares of designated parkland.
The design approach reimagined the single-podium/twin-tower competition brief by splitting the podium with a diagonal through-site link aligned to the nearby State Sports Centre forecourt. North of the link, commercial and parking uses are combined into a single form, while south of the link, the tower sits above the podium parking and ground floor retail.
The northern podium synthesises the architectural expressions of carpark and office, using glazed lifts on the corner and a similar façade approach to visually supress the parking and give the impression of a 7-storey commercial building. Above the southern podium, the residential tower form elegantly reconciles the alignment of the through-site-link and the eastern boundary, providing 100% of apartments with 2 hours solar access in midwinter and panoramic views of Bicentennial Parklands, Homebush Bay and the Sydney CBD.

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The zigzag podium façade combines alternating panels of terracotta baguettes with aluminium mesh for the carpark and vision glass for the office. Expressed precast concrete spandrels provide impact protection in the carpark and – with the terracotta infill &#8211; deliver a masonry podium inspired by the site’s former history as the NSW State Brickworks.
The tower façade echoes the same elements, with concrete-coloured slab edge covers and brightly coloured vertical fins providing solar protection to the apartment façade, which includes fixed glazing, awning windows, colourback glass and open setback balconies. At the top of the building, the fins extend upward by one level to form an open crown which conceals a penthouse apartment.
Residents enter the tower via a sculptural lobby where the tower form comes to the ground. Most of the residential floors locate bedrooms at the façade line, and living spaces lead out to balconies, which also help shield from excessive sun. Corner apartments have glazed, operable wintergardens in place of balconies to minimise wind impact. Low-rise floors offer 1 and 2-bedroom apartments, while mid and high-rise floors offer a mix of 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments.
Green spaces are provided on the roof of both podiums. Above the office space, the northern podium provides a 2,000sqm communal open space. Connected to the tower by a bridge link, the garden includes 2 pavilions, and dense trees, flowers and greenery to break the wind and create an inviting space. The southern podium is planted with low-water, low maintenance species, providing a lush outlook from the residential lift lobbies.

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<h3>The redevelopment of the Ivanhoe Estate in Macquarie Park is the NSW Government’s pioneer Communities Plus project. It will deliver a mixed-use community with more than 3,500 dwellings in an equitable, tenure-blind plan, offering substantial social housing adjacent to new market dwellings.</h3>

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Bates Smart was appointed as the lead masterplan architect to redevelop the estate. When complete, Midtown MacPark will consist of 24 new buildings that range between 14 and 24 storeys in height and integrate a complex mix of 3,500 market, social and affordable housing dwellings.
A new school, retail precinct, and aged care facility will support the housing. The community’s substantial public domain will total 34,000 sqm and contain all new road infrastructure, new cycle routes, a new village green, a landscape that frames Shrimptons Creek, and conservation of existing remnant bushland.

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We were responsible for leading the architectural and public domain team to address the complex project brief, develop and manage the masterplan framework and built form strategy, and design three landmark buildings for the precinct. The project is being undertaken in collaboration with Hassell, Cox, Turner and Candelapas Associates.
Project Challenges:
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A complex social brief, short timeframe and tight commercial requirements have combined to make this an exciting and significant project. We believe Midtown MacPark will establish the benchmark for the way in which future public housing is delivered in NSW.

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<h3>MAC Residences sets the precedent for the design quality of a newly masterplanned community. The building’s architecture lays out apartments that are good places to live, while helping the tower to create a sense of place for the neighbourhood.</h3>
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MAC Residences is the first building to complete in the renewed Ivanhoe Estate, <a href="https://www.batessmart.com/projects/midtown-macpark/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Midtown MacPark</a>. The tower stands at the site&#8217;s highest point—its northwest corner—and serves as a gateway to the development. Its calm architecture, efficient floorplan and clever ground level interface set a high bar for the masterplan&#8217;s 23 remaining buildings that will form a new high density mixed-use, mixed-tenure neighbourhood when complete.
The location and characteristics of the MAC Residences site greatly influenced the tower architecture. The site holds the entrance corner to Midtown MacPark; this point is nearly 25 metres higher than the site&#8217;s lowest point. Due to this crossfall, the decision was made to drop the entry road along MAC Residences’ eastern edge by nearly 10 metres, to allow for a flatter main high street through the rest of the precinct.
The tower responds to this fall with a triple level base that visually reads as two storeys from most sides, by stepping in elevation. A childcare centre for 75 children tucks into the middle level of the base and is shielded from the street by the natural fall of the site. Above, the tower rises 23 storeys, offering 269 apartments, with 23 units designed as accessible residences.

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The floorplates themselves have been designed as two linear bars with rounded corners and two full height creases to create a vertical proportion and maximise planning efficiency, privacy, solar access and natural ventilation. Double storey voids inserted into the corner gaps, between the bars, house vertical gardens that stack up the tower’s height. This move gives residents visual access to green space that’s typically scant in high rise living.
Our façade design combines conventional approaches to precast concrete structure, high performance thermal envelope and rigorous repetition to deliver an efficient and elegant expression. Precast is a warm, authentic and self-finishing material. It is also low maintenance, durable and structurally ideal; it can be load and non-load bearing, without changing its appearance.
The modularised design allowed for:
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The modules work together to visually articulate three zones up the tower’s height. Four design moves create this appearance.

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<h3>The vision for Telopea transforms the 13.4-hectare site in Western Sydney into an integrated, diverse and vibrant precinct, delivering approximately 4,700 dwellings including a mix of market, social and affordable housing.</h3>

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The design celebrates the site’s existing bushland hillside character through streets and building forms built along the contours and arranged to retain the site’s most significant trees. The masterplan repairs and reconnects the fragmented ecosystem using green infrastructure to create a biodiversity corridor between existing wildlife protection areas of Vineyard Creek Reserve and Ponds Creek Reserve.
A stepped sequence of accessible open spaces organised around a new pedestrian oriented civic spine not only connects the station to the creek and celebrates the site’s existing trees, but also improves permeability, ensuring an accessible journey for all and connecting people to transport, retail and public destinations.
The new town centre‘s range of community facilities include a retail precinct featuring supermarkets, food and beverage and speciality retail, as well as a community centre, library, childcare, and a combined church, residential aged care and independent living units.

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Day one amenity is provided in the first stage of development which includes upgrades to Telopea light rail plaza, pedestrian and cycleway upgrades, and a new neighbourhood park.
The design aims to deliver on a range of sustainability measures that promote health and wellbeing to both the residents and the public domain, including 6 Star Green Star Communities, 5 Star Green Star buildings, carbon neutral integrated infrastructure and WELL community certification for the precinct.
The proposed redevelopment is part of the NSW Government Communities Plus program, which seeks to revitalise Telopea by upgrading its current social housing assets, integrating a mix of uses delivered over multiple stages, due for completion by 2040.

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Telopea

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<h3>The site’s extended frontage provides the address with a robust masonry response related in scale, proportion and materiality to the neighbouring The Herald and Weekly Times building and the Hotel Lindrum.</h3>

The tower form is conceived as a ‘vertical warehouse’ with the building’s frame expressed as a material skin which mediates between the all glass tower of 8 Exhibition Street and the Harry Seidler designed office building at 1 Spring Street. This frame and its solidity allows the sculptural form of the tower to be read from all angles.
The proposed building fronting Flinders Lane references the scale, proportion and materiality of this context. The red brick façade is conceived of as an extension of this warehouse context.

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It is anticipated that the primary entry for this project will be via the Flinders Lane building due to its proximity to Parliament Station. As such the ground level entry to the Flinders Lane building is wide and inviting. A direct link to the main lobby on the Flinders Street side of the site is provided via a bridge which spans over Spark Lane. On the western edge of the site a wide stair provides access from Flinders Lane down to Spark Lane.

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51 Flinders Lane

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<h3>The adaptive reuse of 55 Southbank Boulevard is Australia’s first cross-laminated timber extension project and the world’s tallest mass timber vertical extension.</h3>

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The Adina Hotel is situated within the innovative adaptive reuse project 55 Southbank Boulevard. Located close to the CBD, St Kilda Road, and the Royal Botanical Gardens, the hotel capitalises on the premium location.
Rather than simply echoing the spandrel banding of the prevailing building, the new addition responds with a series of large and small recesses which complements the original but delivers a more elegant and dynamic façade expression.
The standout feature of the design is the large, recessed balcony which helps to celebrate the corner and the building’s new height, but also importantly allows for an outdoor space where guests can enjoy panoramic views of the nearby parkland and city skyline.
Internally, the design was inspired by the building’s architecture. The ground-floor lobby is lined with timber aligning with the new method of construction, providing spaces with a warm and welcoming ambience. Curved walls also distinguish the space and work in accordance with the curved façade and sinuous lines of the new extension.
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55 Southbank Boulevard

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<h3>A sustainable, climate-friendly building, 435 Bourke Street offers unique collaborative spaces never seen before in Australia.</h3>

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The development for Cbus Property will reinvigorate the Hoddle Grid by replacing various existing buildings with a 55-storey office tower comprising approximately 60,000sqm of premium commercial space across 48 levels, along with 1,300sqm of retail space in a multi-level ground plane that integrates the building into the surrounding network of streets and lanes.
The design considers embodied and operational carbon through all elements of the design, from materials and construction systems to form, sunshading and solar response. The tower employs Australia’s first solar skin façade, generating over 20% of the building’s energy requirements while protecting the interior from the sun through innovative bifacial solar ’leaves’ that are a tangible demonstration of the building’s response to climate. At the lower levels, the biophilic response takes the form of an evolving series of masonry sunshades that provide a contemporary connection to the heritage streetscapes, and a human scaled texture that creates a warm and inviting experience at street level.

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435 Bourke is a sustainable, climate-friendly building offering unique collaborative spaces never seen before in Australia. With people accustomed to working remotely and in informal settings, places for tenants to gather, socialise and enjoy nature offer spatial richness and break free from the corporate norm. An industry-defining sky garden will bring the building’s vertical community together, while supporting diverse business needs and staff wellbeing.
Creating a people-friendly environment with sustainable design qualities, 435 Bourke Street will enliven the commercial precinct and deliver significant health and wellbeing benefits for the building users, the local community and visitors.

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<h3>An elegant mix of old and new, the five-star hotel represents a new chapter for a beloved heritage building.</h3>

The Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street hotel is located within the historically important 1931 Equity Chambers building.
The development comprises 244 hotel rooms, including 10 suites; the Luci Restaurant located within the restored grand hall of the heritage building and opening to an internal courtyard; bar; executive club lounge; guest gym; meeting rooms and pre-function space.
Significant additions include six levels over the existing building and a new 16-level tower to the rear.
Mindful of the heritage character of the site, the new building provides a respectful backdrop and is designed with a calm and ordered facade system that reflects the hotel use of the building. The facade facing Bourke Street is more open and takes advantage of the views and natural light, and as the building rises the glazing increases to maximise the impressive vistas.

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The Bourke Street entry is accessed via the heritage building where the hotel bar, The Douglas Club is located. As visitors move through the building, the restored heritage lift, stair, lobby, and grand hall is revealed. The hotel lobby is located on Little Queen Street, enabling valuable activation to a high quality, but underutilised Melbourne laneway.
Benefiting from the level changes of the site, the lobby overlooks the grand double-height space of the restaurant. The lobby is also connected to the restaurant below and to the meeting rooms above, visually and physically via a feature staircase.
This project brings a new chapter to a beloved heritage building and makes a notable contribution to the urban renewal and evolving character of this part of Melbourne’s CBD.

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Hilton Little Queen Street

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<h3>Melbourne’s first purpose-built BTR development has fostered a community-oriented environment exclusively for renters and become a unique part of the fabric of Southbank.</h3>

The aspiration behind Home Southbank is to foster a positive, healthy, community-oriented environment within the building, while  affording residents greater security of tenure and more flexibility than a traditional lease.
Home Southbank features 405 thoughtfully appointed, luxury one, two and three-bedroom apartments in the heart of bustling Southbank. A focus on amenity provides residents with over 1500sqm of communal space and private on-site facilities, as well as curated events programs.
The building’s podium and exterior facade celebrates the industrial heritage and character of the precinct with the use of reclaimed brick, steel and floor to ceiling glazing inspired by the warehouses in the precinct. The slender and elegant 60-storey glass tower offers sweeping views of the city and is clearly defined against the Melbourne skyline.

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With a commitment to modern Australian design, Home Southbank incorporates a palette of contemporary colour, material and texture to tie the apartments and shared spaces together as well as extend each living space beyond its walls. The use of Australian made furniture creates an atmosphere of relaxed and contemporary sophistication.
The many lifestyle-oriented spaces and unique experiences offered throughout Home Southbank have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of residents. The building’s sustainable systems and features reduce its overall environmental footprint, achieving a 5 star Green Star equivalent rating. A significant reduction in parking through the use of a car stacker will also minimise vehicle emissions.

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<h3>The addition of the luxury Hotel Chadstone, MGallery by Sofitel is part of the shopping, dining and entertainment destination’s ongoing transition from retail precinct to high-end lifestyle centre.</h3>

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The 250-room hotel for Vicinity Centres includes an extensive conference centre and substantial food and beverage facilities, including the elegant Altus rooftop lounge, with views across the Dandenong Ranges, and a signature dining restaurant on the ground floor. Our role included the architecture, interior design concept, planning and detailed design of guest rooms for this new 5-star destination away from Melbourne’s CBD.
The building complements the existing adjacent Bates Smart commercial building – Chadstone Office Tower. Both buildings were designed ‘in the round’ – high rise beacons in a low-rise suburban setting. A visual manifestation of the glamorous Chadstone brand, the gently curving and undulating forms, inspired by the billowing folds of hanging fabric, become free-standing sculptural objects in the landscape.

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This architectural nod to luxury fashion is further accentuated by the rich lustre of the bronze tinted glass, which catches the light in different ways during the day and imbues the soft building form with an alluring, changing character, making it feel alive, exuberant and responsive to its environment.
The evocative form of the architecture continues inside, with interior accents complementing the glamour of the exterior. Detailing is drawn from fashion, with soft drapes inspired by flowing cocktail dresses and fixtures referencing metal accessories on handbags, shoes and belts.
Hotel Chadstone is the second five-star hotel in Australia to receive a 5-star Green Star Design and As Built rating.

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Hotel Chadstone

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<h3>The luxury residential development built on the site of the former Dallas Brooks Hall offers 245 apartments opposite East Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens.</h3>

The design references the site’s history as the headquarters of Freemasons Victoria, and uses stone detailing extensively to provide a sense of craftmanship, quality and refinement. Freemasons Victoria maintains a connection with the development, occupying a purpose-built facility on the corner of Victoria Parade and Eades Street.
Capitalising on the premium position, large terraces provide residents with a tangible connection to the parkland opposite, and define the building’s appearance as a series of floating horizontal planes.

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Inside, exceptional residential amenity is more akin to a hotel and includes pool, spa, steam room, gymnasium, yoga room, theatre, private lounges with fireplaces, wine cellar, and a bookable dining room and kitchen.
Creating a sustainable environment for residents was at the forefront of the design, and consideration was given to everything from materials to lighting efficiency.

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The Eastbourne

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<h3>In response to its orientation and interfaces, the proposed stepped volumes provide a highly contextual identity to the development. The soft facade expression draws inspiration from nautical designs and responds to Albert Park Lake and the bay beyond, whilst rounded edges in a warm masonry materiality create a welcoming expression.</h3>

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Bates Smart has been engaged by Barings/Aware Real Estate for the design of a build-to-rent community that is well-integrated within its parkland setting.
The proposed design for 50 Queens Road consists of 434 apartments, plus resident lounges, office space, wellness amenity and generous outdoor communal open spaces.
Located in Melbourne’s south-east, the site’s proximity to the CBD connects it with an abundance of amenity, public transportation options and established institutions, making it a desirable location for key workers and residents alike.
While apartments enjoy scenic views facing Albert Park, the entrance lobby is located on Queens Lane, encouraging pedestrian connectivity from key active and public transport links on St Kilda Road, avoiding the busy Queens Road.
The proposed active frontage and sculptural entry will elevate this fine grain environment. Within the central lobby, clear connectivity and sightlines aim to draw the large central garden into the building, further extending the unique parkland setting into the site.

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<h3>The landmark building and flexible workplace represents a significant opportunity to engage with the unique civic culture and rich built heritage of Melbourne’s most celebrated precinct.</h3>

The proposal replaces the existing office building at 60 Collins Street with a 39-level, 65,000sqm building, including 40,000sqm of net lettable area. The Dexus project includes the retention and refurbishment of Melville House at 52 Collins Street, a significant piece of Melbourne’s heritage fabric. The new tower is entirely set back from Melville House to allow it to be appreciated as a standalone building.
Situated on the most renowned corner of Collins Street, the development seeks to extend the public realm and enliven the pulse of the city through its pedestrian-friendly streetscape. A new through-block connection to McGraths Lane establishes a link between Collins and Little Collins streets via a generous and activated lobby. Nearby amenities and premium retail spaces along the laneway and streetscape serve building occupants, guests and the public.

The architectural expression of the podium at pedestrian level continues the rhythm, materiality and scale established by its heritage-listed neighbours. The tower’s high-performance triple glazed curtain wall façade is designed to be both highly transparent and insulative. Multiple void opportunities allow for the creation of vertical villages, while terraces at various levels provide access to fresh air and outdoor space. Internally, connected floorplates and a flexible workplace environment support a high level of interaction amongst teams.
60 Collins Street will be an exemplar of sustainable design. Key measures include a 6 star Green Star rating, 5.5 star NABERS rating, a 20% reduction in embodied carbon and a 30% reduction in energy use when compared with other existing commercial buildings.

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<h3>The highly crafted interior at Corrs Chambers Westgarth reflects a timeless, innovative and immersive experience for staff and clients.</h3>

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Inspired a strong sense of place, the workplace is sensitively integrated into the Quay Quarter Tower, offering some of the most iconic, uninterrupted views of Sydney Harbour. Occupying four purpose-built floors, each comprising approximately 1,900sqm, the design approach challenged standards for an A-grade base build. The result provides solutions that are more sustainable, improves both wellbeing and productivity, and accommodates a variety of work settings and amenities to foster different work styles and requirements.
Maximising conditions inherited from the base building, a variety of uses were created that respond to and embrace the existing column grid and scale, including shared offices, quiet library zones and intimate seating with banquettes. New lighting technology replaced less efficient base building lighting and introduced localised light, adding a sustainability advantage. Maximising occupation of areas with natural light and considering how work floors are illuminated led to a lighting strategy that responds to circadian rhythms, creating an atmosphere beneficial to staff wellbeing.
Framing the external view and allowing light to enter through the transparent façade simulates a double-height experience and connects the curvature of the interior space with the soft organic topography of the harbour. Modern meeting rooms with glass partitions maximise the view corridor, while curtaining accounts for privacy and acoustics when in use. In the absence of fixed walls, aside from digital displays, all technology is discretely integrated within the space.

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A large conference space with food and beverage facilities enables Corrs to conduct most functions on site rather than rely on third-party venues to entertain and engage staff. Merging external restaurant design with hotel-style conferencing creates a unique corporate offering more akin to a premium hotel conference and restaurant experience. The space opens up further into a separate area for informal meeting and private dining with a partner’s lounge and café for staff and clients.
The installation of an additional staircase promotes movement between floors, while a ‘reflection pond’ feature underneath the existing spiral stairs offers a moment of pause. Furniture and bespoke pieces were sourced locally, while collaborations with local designers and artists give the space a uniquely Australian feel. Suspended in the double-height lobby space is ‘Skylark’ by Kokatha and Nukunu artist Yhonnie Scarce and architectural designer Mikhail Rodrick.
The vernacular of materials enhances the connection with the surrounding natural and built environments. The tactility of some materials and textures feel as though waves from the harbour have softened and formed their compound curves, while floor tiles are shaped and patterned in response to the cobbled granite floor tiling surrounding the Opera House.

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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<h3>The Corrs Chambers Westgarth Melbourne premises carry strong references to the context of the city. ‘Urban laneways’ are used to frame areas and generate a sophisticated client floor on Level 25. This is linked to other levels with a dramatic and sculptural stair to Level 26, housing staff workspaces and a client cafe.</h3>

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The expansive void strikes a balance between polished and deconstructed interior elements, with dramatic ceiling heights, exposed architectural elements and a mixture of hard and soft materials to reference the vibrancy of Melbourne’s laneways and lively hospitality sector.
Warm, natural and timeless materials promote a sense of honesty and reflect an international image. Continuity of architectural features from the base building is reflected in the interior providing a strong interior / exterior link.

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