[APP] 399 King William Street | ~52m | 16 Lvls | Mixed

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#46 Post by Omicron » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:32 pm

Oh dear god. Glass blocks. I hate glass blocks - godawful contemptible relics of the '80s. I have never seen a visually successful, desirable application of glass blocks.

As for the design, I keep thinking of this:

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#47 Post by Will » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:34 pm

If approved, construction is expected to begin in August/September of this year and take 15 months to complete.

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#48 Post by SRW » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:11 pm

Omicron wrote:Oh dear god. Glass blocks. I hate glass blocks - godawful contemptible relics of the '80s. I have never seen a visually successful, desirable application of glass blocks.

As for the design, I keep thinking of this:

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Horribly, I agree.
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#49 Post by Ben » Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:11 pm

From the sales office on west terrace:

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#50 Post by phenom » Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:05 pm

I really like the picture shown from the sales office - less severe and concretey than I thought from the other pics and allowing for the normal 'idealisation' of renders/drawings, it has to beat what is there now... broken pavers used for a car park and whatever that little shop there is.

Living and working in this immediate area of Adelaide, it will really be good to bring more life and people in because while 400KWS and Edge/Wave are nice additions, it still has a 'Canberra' feel to that end of town.

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#51 Post by skyliner » Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:48 pm

The render does make it more attractive - it certainly will improve on what is there as well as build up sth KWS. Will make a good entrance to the CBD. BTW - does anyone know what is happening up the road at the old Caledonian bldg?

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#52 Post by nimeton » Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:25 pm

Ben wrote:From the sales office on west terrace:
I'm sorry but this is still hideous and will look bad no matter what way they spin the render.

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#53 Post by SRW » Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:41 pm

nimeton wrote:
Ben wrote:From the sales office on west terrace:
I'm sorry but this is still hideous and will look bad no matter what way they spin the render.
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It's just not acceptable for concrete panelling to be facing the street.
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#54 Post by crawf » Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:59 pm

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#55 Post by Vee » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:02 pm

SRW wrote:
It's just not acceptable for concrete panelling to be facing the street.
Agree!
It's hideous. I hope this does not go ahead with this design.

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#56 Post by [Shuz] » Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:44 am

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#57 Post by Mants » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:37 pm

this would be ok as a filler in the waymouth/pirie strip, but for such a prominent gateway location, this is substandard and should be rejected.

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#58 Post by Ben » Fri May 20, 2011 1:31 pm

Council recommended this be rejected at last weeks meeting. the decision now rests with the DAC in a few weeks time.

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#59 Post by bm7500 » Fri May 20, 2011 3:49 pm

Ben wrote:Council recommended this be rejected at last weeks meeting. the decision now rests with the DAC in a few weeks time.
Do we know the reasons for rejection? Possibly the god awful concrete slabs masquerading as a façade :roll:
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#60 Post by Ben » Fri May 20, 2011 3:55 pm

bm7500 wrote:
Ben wrote:Council recommended this be rejected at last weeks meeting. the decision now rests with the DAC in a few weeks time.
Do we know the reasons for rejection? Possibly the god awful concrete slabs masquerading as a façade :roll:
The number of "apartments", the size of the "apartments", the fact that the bathroom and bedroom were in the same space and the height.

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