The Lanes Residences occupies a prominent corner location that is artfully used to mediate between high-rise development along the coastal fringe and domestically scaled interior suburbs of Australia’s Gold Coast.

Four residential towers balance the urban link and landscape of Lake Unity, with a fluid architectural language mimicking land contours and vegetal growth.

The building structure is expressed in its façade, with an exoskeleton of mitred vertical limbs in glass-reinforced concrete, rising to cradle each of the four towers and partially shading their faceted glass walls.

Two 10-storey towers include ground-floor retail and commercial spaces (that will link to a future retail village), and two 12-storey towers host resident amenities, including swimming pool and terrace, sauna, spa and gymnasium, a games lounge and meeting room

Stage One of The Lanes Residences (East Village) completed, comprises 150 properties across a pair of towers (one ten and one twelve-storey) with premium resident facilities, gardens, and retail and commercial spaces providing extensive amenity at ground level.

Stage Two (West Village), under construction and anticipated to be complete in 2023, mirrors Stage One with 157 apartments and resident amenities including swimming pool, barbeque terrace, sauna, gymnasium, and resident’s lounge. Each tower in The Lanes Residences comprises 70 to 80 apartments, with a selection of one, two- and three-bedroom luxury apartments and penthouses capturing lakefront, city skyline and hinterland views.

Combining coastal living with architectural innovation, The Lanes Residences is elevating the standard of sustainable architecture on the Gold Coast and is predicted to be a catalyst for further high-quality, residential development of this scale and density in the area.

The climate-sensitive façade design reduces the heat load across the towers. Each sculpted GRC column is directly connected to the internal apartment configuration, framing the apartment balconies and protecting the building against sun exposure.

Further principles of passive design are incorporated into the building to allow the residents to achieve sustainable living in the sunny subtropical climate without the need for artificial cooling. This includes open plan living and maximising the number of openable doors for breeze permeation, and deeply recessed balconies that provide shade and comfortable outdoor living spaces. The proximity of residential to retail will support residents to live more locally, reducing dependency on fossil fuels for transportation.

Introducing a new height typology to the area, The Lanes Residences sets a new standard of high-quality mid-rise architecture for the city of the Gold Coast.