Melbourne Buildings

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.