The render looks fantastic, its just a shame that too often we only see great proposals when it is needed to justify the demolition of a heritage building. I hope the planning commission see straight through this rubbish: 'The existing heritage place currently stands in a compromised state of integr...

What a great old photo! Thanks for sharing 😊 Regarding the colouring of the panels, I don't really agree with the 'faded yellow' description. Certainly a more subtle gold colour, which I don't think is a bad thing. You are right though, it is a little tricky to get too much of a read on how it will ...

Before anyone gets too upset, I recall reading in an article that Pelligra Group are planning on buying the Allianz building next door to this and demolishing that to make way for a large mixed use office/hotel development. If it’s that beautiful two story building then I hope it never happens. Sam...

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Mon Apr 08, 2019 1:41 pm

better than Dwell imo, which is surely the epitome of ugly student accom.

Yes, and it is also better than the student accommodation being built on Gray Street. If those two can be approved then you'd think this one would be a certainty. Hopefully I am wrong as it is pretty disgusting.

The Aquatic Centre reminds me a bit of a classic case of the Government wanting a school to shut down. They plant the seed in the media that the school is struggling and numbers are dropping, but refuse to commit to any expenditure to it. What do you know- no parent wants to send there kid to a scho...

Yes under current regulation shops are able to open from 12:01am Monday - Friday but need to close at 9pm. Few shops open at this time due to lack of demand. It is similar to how most shops still close at 5:30 other than the supermarkets who open till 9. It would make it easier if they were just gi...

A bit of pushback I guess, but I'd prefer they used much stronger language than prefer. They need to make a statement on this one.

The ground level design looks pretty cool, and similar to one of the proposals put forward for the contemporary art gallery. That's where the praise ends unfortunately. As others have said its early days, so hopefully those shoddy looking cubes are soon forgotten and make way for something with a lo...

Given its a fairly prominent blank wall (with 0% chance of being covered up anytime soon), it would be nice to see a mural of some kind up there. SCAP should have done more to address its presentation imo. That's an understatement. It is an utter disgrace that it can get to this point and we are al...

Couldn't agree with you more. Don't know what it is about Hutt Street, but this and August Towers have both been farcical.

Seems to me that it's an ordinary design being lifted by quality glazing, amidst other buildings of even more ordinary design with rather low quality glazing. It looks good where it is, but that doesn't necessarily make it good. Exactly what the site needed. I disagree with the point commonly made ...

Your optimism is admirable, but even so I'd still love to see that review. Under this assessment panel we have seen too many buildings ending up looking absolutely nothing like their much more appealing renders, and plenty more sub-standard designs that end up looking exactly like their renders.

Agreed. We are getting some decent height but what's the point if they are ending up looking like 'commie blocks.' Time to review the role of the assessment panel and to start enforcing greater design standards.

I'm not the biggest fan of brutalism, but this hotel is a great idea. If done well it could become one of the more interesting hotels in the country, and I imagine many fans of unique architecture will travel just to stay in it.

Do people really think the redevelopment of Adelaide Oval finished with eastern and southern stands being rebuilt? :secret: No, absolutely not. Eventually I'd love to see them get rid of the hill, put the scoreboard in a museum and finish the job off properly by closing in the stadium from all side...