[U/C] 88 O'Connell Street | 63m | 13, 13 and 15 Levels | Mixed Use

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[U/C] Re: 88 O'Connell Street | 63m | 13, 13 and 15 Levels | Mixed Use

#1351 Post by claybro » Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:01 pm

Dvious wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:50 pm
I think the bumpy concrete facings that are installed to the white horizontal banding and balustrades has helped bring the overall aesthetic up.
I see we’re back to bricks on facades again. 💩 I thought we learnt after the North Terrace Stamford. It aged terribly.. didn’t look good in the 70’s and doesn’t look good now. It really surprises me how many of you are happy with this mediocre offering. A uni student could have come up with these designs and treatments. It could have been such a grand and iconic structure given its location. ☹️

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[U/C] Re: 88 O'Connell Street | 63m | 13, 13 and 15 Levels | Mixed Use

#1352 Post by Patrick_27 » Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:57 pm

claybro wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:01 pm
Dvious wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:50 pm
I think the bumpy concrete facings that are installed to the white horizontal banding and balustrades has helped bring the overall aesthetic up.
I see we’re back to bricks on facades again. 💩 I thought we learnt after the North Terrace Stamford. It aged terribly.. didn’t look good in the 70’s and doesn’t look good now. It really surprises me how many of you are happy with this mediocre offering. A uni student could have come up with these designs and treatments. It could have been such a grand and iconic structure given its location. ☹️
The East End Markets apartments (corner of Grenfell and East Tce) aged very well and used bricks on the facade... The Stanford isn't ugly because of the brick, it's ugly because of the window awnings.

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[U/C] Re: 88 O'Connell Street | 63m | 13, 13 and 15 Levels | Mixed Use

#1353 Post by abc » Wed Feb 05, 2025 2:31 am

Patrick_27 wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:57 pm
claybro wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:01 pm
Dvious wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2025 3:50 pm
I think the bumpy concrete facings that are installed to the white horizontal banding and balustrades has helped bring the overall aesthetic up.
I see we’re back to bricks on facades again. 💩 I thought we learnt after the North Terrace Stamford. It aged terribly.. didn’t look good in the 70’s and doesn’t look good now. It really surprises me how many of you are happy with this mediocre offering. A uni student could have come up with these designs and treatments. It could have been such a grand and iconic structure given its location. ☹️
The East End Markets apartments (corner of Grenfell and East Tce) aged very well and used bricks on the facade... The Stanford isn't ugly because of the brick, it's ugly because of the window awnings.
which were added around the 80s/90s
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[U/C] Re: 88 O'Connell Street | 63m | 13, 13 and 15 Levels | Mixed Use

#1354 Post by Nort » Wed Feb 05, 2025 8:03 am

Nothing wrong with brick facade, but the fact they are clearly non-connected panels let's things down.

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#1355 Post by Mpol02 » Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:05 am

London has brick facade all over the place and it works wonderfully in bringing in the old and new developments together.

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#1356 Post by Algernon » Thu Feb 06, 2025 2:56 am

Mpol02 wrote:
Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:05 am
London has brick facade all over the place and it works wonderfully in bringing in the old and new developments together.
Brick can be brilliant, tacky and everything in between. I think the main concern with brick on recent developments is when it falls into the categories 1. Aldo's 8 flats on Findon Rd Tan Brick or 2. 25 storey Delfin townhouse... that's when you don't like brick so much

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#1357 Post by Mpol02 » Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:42 am

Of course it can be all things like every other form of glazing.

When done well it can be gorgeous.

This doesn’t look like the cream brick in Findon, though my yiayia may beg to differ

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#1358 Post by Vasco » Wed Feb 12, 2025 12:35 am

Best example of modern / commercial scale brick I’ve seen in Adelaide is on ‘The Harrington’ apartment building currently under construction on Prospect Road. It looks like it’s indented into the precast panels.

This looks like a sticker effect similar to Bohem which also lets that build down in a similar fashion.

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#1359 Post by Ursus Maritimus » Sat Feb 15, 2025 3:50 pm

As seen from the distance today:
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