Posts Tagged ‘2000’
Medibank House: 700 Collins Street, Docklands
Construction on Medibank House began in September 2002 and the 13 level modernist Docklands tower was completed in July 2004 with major tenant Medibank Private securing naming rights and the other major tenant being the Bureau of Meteorology.
The architects were Bligh Voller Nield working in conjunction with Peddle Thorp Walker. Construction companies Folkestone and Leighton Properties collaborated on the project which was valued at $78 million.1
Rivergarden Condos: 79 Whiteman Street, Southbank
Rivergarden Condos looking south from across Whiteman Street
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This 25 level apartment tower was completed in 20001 at a construction cost of $25 million for developer Central Equity.
The tower, constructed of prefabricated concrete is designed in stepped form, appearing as several vertical masses grouped together to break down its bulk. The balconies make vertical statements culminating in darker vertical strips with breaking up the rows of rectangular windows and give the building a respectable crown.
Posted in City of Melbourne, Skyscraper (13+ storeys), Southbank 3006 | 
Tags: 2000, 2000s, apartment building, central equity, southbank, whiteman street southbank | 
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Franklin Lofts: 83 Franklin Street, Melbourne
Franklin Lofts: 83 Franklin Street, Melbourne
Franklin Lofts is a 31 storey 104 metre 189 apartment residential tower that was completed in late 2001.
Designed by architects Peddle Thorp and based on linear Bahaus principles1, the building captured the split level New York style loft in a modernist high-rise building and this is expressed in its exterior with groups of two windows grouped stacked for vertical emphasis and articulated by a shared balcony. The white-black-silver material palette and the rectangular and linear design forms. The top storeys form a silver penthouse which provides a setback silhouette to the building.
Media House: 655 Collins Street, Docklands