[COM] Thomson Playford Building | 30m | 8lvls | Office

[Pikey]

The beginning of two cores becomes obvious!



Also, if you look to the top of the image, you can just make out some red meshing poking out of the top of the fence, on the gouger St footpath. Me thinks this is where the crane will go, as it's been excavated and has had reo bar inserted.

[Professor]

The crane base for the building is going in today on the edge of the site on Gouger street. Looks like it will be a pretty fast construction schedule, with the lift core already above street level.

[UrbanSG]

Sounds good. Look forward to seeing this crane go up soon.

[Hippodamus]

it's way too short, and although modern in appearance, not articulated to address the street well, and provide a boundary to Victoria Square.

Conservative building for conservative lawyers.

[Zender]

WOW! 8 LEVELS! *cough cough*

for such a prominent spot around victoria square.... so much opportunity.... i shake my head in disappointment
does look good though

[AtD]

Guys, it's Gouger Street, not Currie Street. Eight levels is a respectable height for the area.

[omada]

I agree 8 levels is appropriate, any more and it would dominate Gouger Street and damage the market/ chinatown vibe that's going on there.. (which could be enhanced it you ask me, with better streetscaping, larger footpaths etc - but that's another story)

[Edgar]

true, any bigger or higher would upset the theme in Gourger St.

It looks ok to me, the design is pretty much used in most new building construction around Adelaide lately.

[skyliner]

Don't forget the 12 floor Coglin Pl. development will be next door to bulk up the area.

ADELAIDE - TOWARDS A GREATER CITY SKYLINE

[Zender]

Guys, it's Gouger Street, not Currie Street. Eight levels is a respectable height for the area.

Nah sorry i dont agree here. this is a prime location looking over Victoria Square, what should be the heart and most important part of the city (dont get me into how the original plans for adelaide were set out, thats a whole nother can), but anyways, I believe any building over looking Victoria Square should be an absolute statement, and all the other 15ish level buildings at the moment look beautiful around Vic square now. What about Optus building? Is that too high, atleast someone had the balls to try and expand there. Are you gonna say the precinct is also way too much for that end of town??? considering theyre gona be the tallest buildings there by far. Not to mention, come back to gouger st there in 5-10 years and this buildings height will be laughable for this site.

[shaun]

You reckon the old SGIC building, Hilton and Wakefield House look beautiful?

I like this building and I think the height is fine for the area

[Zender]

You reckon the old SGIC building, Hilton and Wakefield House look beautiful?

I like this building and I think the height is fine for the area

No im talking about the buildings of those heights surrounding Vic square. God i know those 3 are fugly, i just think this one should be of similar height to fit in with the rest of the buildings. I think it would look really nice with mid-high rise around the entire square.

p.s. SGIC is undergoing reno

[AtD]

Nah sorry i dont agree here. this is a prime location looking over Victoria Square, what should be the heart and most important part of the city (dont get me into how the original plans for adelaide were set out, thats a whole nother can), but anyways, I believe any building over looking Victoria Square should be an absolute statement, and all the other 15ish level buildings at the moment look beautiful around Vic square now. What about Optus building? Is that too high, atleast someone had the balls to try and expand there. Are you gonna say the precinct is also way too much for that end of town??? considering theyre gona be the tallest buildings there by far. Not to mention, come back to gouger st there in 5-10 years and this buildings height will be laughable for this site.

Idealistic design principals are all well and good, but it's the market, not architects, that usually ends up making such decisions. Thus, 8 levels is a respectable height for the area.

[Zender]

Come on, the market can easily accommodate for more than 8 levels in that area! I believe it would have been the builders and future tenant/s decision (& whatever ACC regulations) to build at 8 levels. I just hate to see such a block be underutilized to its full potential... my

[urban]

Gouger and Rundle St's have prospered because they are intimately scaled. A 4-5 storey limit would be most appropriate for Gouger St.

Pirie St has the biggest proportion of tall buildings in Adelaide. It is also one of the least enjoyable streets in Adelaide. This is not a coincidence.

North Tce, King William St, Wakefield/Grote and Grenfell/Currie can all accommodate tall buildings because of their width and their use as major traffic routes.

Gouger St & Rundle St must retain their intimately scaled setting.