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[COM] Re: SGIC Refurbishment

#46 Post by Howie » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:36 pm

They glass is certainly.. ummm ''newer".

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#47 Post by Ben » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:43 pm

I think it could look good but only if they replace those 1960's awnings or whatever they are . the square boxes over the windows. I also hope they paint this building. I hope it's not purely just a change of windows which is what it looks like as they have already removed the scaffolding in the areas completed..

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#48 Post by crawf » Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:00 pm

Howie wrote:They glass is certainly.. ummm ''newer".
Is the glass better than CC1?

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#49 Post by Tom » Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:14 am

Well atleast its not turning out like the old AMP building at the corner of KWS and Hindley St. silver and red with the same windows :wank: :wank:
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#50 Post by Ben » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:18 am

Took some pics from my phone on the weekend:

Hopefully you can get the idea. I actually like the glass but will not suit the building if they do not do something with the facade.

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#51 Post by Pikey » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:51 am

It actually doesn't look that bad at all. If they don't remove the "balconies" and keep the render, if they paint it a deep grey/green colour, it would look pretty good.

Maybe the budget for a curtain wall of glass got cut?
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#52 Post by UrbanSG » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:30 am

Thanks for the pics Ben. Yeah it is way too early to tell at the moment. It will really depend on the facade treatments. The DA did mention new glass and facade treatments and you can see the glass over th colums also has metal sections that extend beyond the glass area which suggests further treatments may be added. The glass is rather reflective which is good. It will all come down to what happens with the shade features and any further cladding/painting.

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#53 Post by Shuz » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:51 am

The glass quality is rather good, very reflective unlike the poor quality glass thats come out of CC1, etc. Hopefully it will follow suit with the rest of the area to modernise completely.

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#54 Post by UrbanSG » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:01 pm

Noticed today that they have removed the sandstone/cream coloured cement panels on the first two floors on a section facing Grote Street. Back to a colum and floorplate shell in this section. This would suggest we will be at least getting a curtain glass facade around these two floors hopefully. The glass they have put in so far has some great reflective qualities which is a nice change. Hopefully the rest of the upgrade comes together well.

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#55 Post by sam » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:40 pm

Photos from this evening:

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#56 Post by UrbanSG » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:24 pm

Great pics sam. Thanks. You can see the removal of the old sandstone/cream coloured cement panels to the extreme right of the 1st pic and some of these panels on the ground in the last pic. Good to see them gone :D

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#57 Post by Omicron » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:13 am

It's a much more comprehensive refurbishment than I had anticpated, then. Good to see.

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#58 Post by sam » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:14 pm

Took this photo late this afternoon:

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#59 Post by AtD » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:39 pm

Cheers sam, looks very interesting.

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#60 Post by bm7500 » Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:55 am

Updated pic as of yesterday

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