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REX previews copper facade screen for Brisbane office tower

2024-09-26T11:48:00-04:00

REX has posted a preview of a forthcoming new 205 North Quay office project in Brisbane. The firm is coming off a banner year in which its $500 million Perelman Performing Arts Center, which features its own unique facade made from marble combined into insulated glazing, won several major honors in New York and internationally. The $600 million North Quay project tops out at 37 stories and is scheduled to make its debut in Australia's third-largest city by mid-2025.

Koichi Takada Architects' Upper House is a top-to-bottom display of craft and creative inspiration

2024-08-22T19:16:00-04:00

Koichi Takada Architects has shared details of the design for its new Upper House apartment building in South Brisbane, Australia.

Featuring a five-story perforated metal screen facade mural made by Indigenous artist Judy Watson, the design credits the root system of an endemic Moreton Bay Fig tree as its inspiration. A metaphor for the development of dwellings from the ancient past to the vertically-oriented future unites all 188 units across 33 floors, starting with the dramatic mural base and ending in an oasis-like rooftop amenities level covered by a curved natural timber pergola.

Photo credit: Scott Burrows

In the words of Takada, "I see Upper House as a chance to encourage dialogue about the past and to reflect on the present. I believe respect – for people and planet – should be the building blocks of our future. [The] High rise lifestyle has become so detached and disconnected – from the community, from nature, from one another. With Upper House we are looking to challenge t...

South Brisbane Welcomes Twin Tower Development

2013-02-19T20:52:00-05:00

South Brisbane’s renewal is well underway and the suburb could soon become home to a landmark $50 million twin tower development known as Arena. The contemporary 12-floor twin tower apartment buildings is slated for 9 Edmonstone Street and has been designed to allow pedestrian access to Browning Street via a dedicated cross block link.