[COM] 176-186 Morphett Street | 59m | 18lvls | Residential

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#301 Post by EBG » Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:00 pm

Here is a picture of the West (Morphett St) Side from last week (6th Feb). The scaffolding has largely been removed from the west and south sides.
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#302 Post by Waewick » Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:14 am

looks fine, good outcome for that location IMO.

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#303 Post by H1ghlife » Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:04 pm

I quite like it actually, even though its short and stubby - its growing on me...

And just wait until all the scaffolding is removed from the south facing wall where those grid-like balconies are, I think it will look quite striking.
Plus, there aren't any large and prominent blank walls to speak of on this one - always a plus for emerging buildings in Adelaide

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#304 Post by mshagg » Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:56 pm

Here it is catching the remains of last night's sunset along with Quest and Rowlands. I think the upper part of southern façade is a bit naff, dominated by small windows. I assume the northern side is also similar. Actually don't mind the western side and, at any rate, it ranks comfortably above the dingy buildings it replaced.

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#305 Post by phenom » Thu Feb 18, 2016 2:13 pm

Very nice photo, that's a great time of day to get a photo and tends to highlight the newer (read: more glass) buildings around town.

To my eye I don't think this is a bad looker at all - very thankful it's glass all around, they've at least tried to make it not look anonymous and yes - it's a shining beacon of perfection relative to the block it is located within.

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#306 Post by noted » Fri Feb 19, 2016 1:11 pm

Doesn't look too bad at all in that light, nice photo! Agree that the North and South sides look a little plain, but sure beats an entirely windowless wall.

With any luck they will soon bash down the monstrosities directly to the right in this photo and build up the area a little more.

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#307 Post by Dvious » Fri Feb 19, 2016 1:16 pm

It's so ugly but it fits in well with the building across the road. To me it's helped lift the amenity of the Area more than anything.

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#308 Post by obituary resider » Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:23 pm

The proportions of this building are all wrong IMO... it is WAY too bulky, something that could've easily been rectified by using the materials to break up and delineate the northern and southern facades (cheap) or even constructing separate towers (expensive but ultimately ideal). Considering its proximity to Light Square (and Whitmore Square due to the lack of height in the area) really disappointed that the planning regulations/DAC let this one through.

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#309 Post by Algernon » Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:14 pm

Can't be any worse than those iFuckd apartments further west. I guess I can see for myself next time I swing by Australia.

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#310 Post by monotonehell » Mon Feb 22, 2016 11:07 am

Algernon wrote:Can't be any worse than those iFuckd apartments further west. I guess I can see for myself next time I swing by Australia.
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#311 Post by Algernon » Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:50 am

monotonehell wrote:
Algernon wrote:Can't be any worse than those iFuckd apartments further west. I guess I can see for myself next time I swing by Australia.
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#312 Post by Norman » Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:44 pm

From today
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#313 Post by slenderman » Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:38 pm

I don't mind this one at all. Is it the most spectacular piece of architecture to ever be built in this city? No. But it's a fine, fairly inoffensive building in my opinion. I'm not too keen on the eastern wall judging by Norman's picture however.

Quality of these photos took a dive when I uploaded and resized them.

As I've mentioned before, this kind of reminds me of a fatter version of Quest on King William South.

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Fits in quite well with surrounding buildings.

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The western wall is a tricky bugger to photograph at ground level.
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Green scaffolding still to come down on the northern wall.
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#314 Post by EBG » Mon Feb 29, 2016 10:56 pm

I agree that the western side is difficult to photograph at ground level.

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#315 Post by mshagg » Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:02 am

Traffic controls were being put in place towards the end of peak hour this morning. Typically they do this for a mobile crane, so might see some more scaffolding coming down today.

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