One of the central tenets of Modernism, beyond style, was the provision of mass, economical housing, constructed of authentic techniques. Poverty is not a disgrace. Not everyone can have been born lord of a great feudal demesne. To try and act as if one is both absurd and immoral. We must not be ashamed of the fact that we rent a flat in a building with many other people on the same social level as ourselves. We should not be ashamed of the fact that thereare some building materials which are too expensive for us…

Adolf Loos – Potemkin City
Ver Sacrum July 1898

Designed for the increasingly dense and urbanised Bankstown City Centre, the development comprises 56 apartments, including home offices. It has been configured as two residential towers located over a 3 storey carpark podium “clad” to the street by 2-3 storey residences.

The towers have been arranged in a T plan presenting a substantial and distinctive facade to the street, consisting of single storey two and three bedroom apartments, many with dual orientation. The rear tower consists of predominantly two bedroom two storey cross-over apartments, set back from the northern boundary affording a high level of solar access and privacy from the apartment building to the north.

The facades are designed with concern for solar access, shading, and privacy, as well the building's character as principle considerations. A combination of robust precast concrete expression with a finer overlay of colourful perforated aluminium screens and balustrades was developed affording the project a considered and sophisticated expression.