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[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 7:40 am
by rev
Will wrote:
Fri May 15, 2020 4:20 pm
floplo wrote:
Fri May 15, 2020 10:43 am

Because centrally located real estate in a dynamic, vibrant, multi-million metropolis that is a government, transportation, communication and financial hub for a large countries, even if they are in the third world, is surely more expensive than a plot in a flat, peripheral, sclerotic country town with an empty hinterland...

but we are getting off-topic....
If you feel that why, why are you on this forum?

Furthermore, have you all forgotten the obvious. No construction worker in the third world will be on $80K a year, no crane operator in the third world will be on $120k a year....
In the third world there probably isn't WorkCover, RDOs, green and rainbow tape....
In the third world, the application and development process is probably not as rigorous as here. You could probably bribe an official for approval in most developing countries....
Ah the old salaries chestnut.

How does that hold up on the east coast or Perth or other first world nations?

Why is Realm a great design but many others turds?

[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 6:27 pm
by Benm16
Starting to look very prominent

[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 3:27 pm
by EBG
Update 23/5/2020 east side view. Now at level 25. Please click on picture for bigger.

[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:59 am
by Ben
Big crane raise today which will be the last one.

[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:25 pm
by phenom
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Photo as of 2:20pm this afternoon post-crane rise as per Ben's post.

[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:55 pm
by Norman
Some photos from this week

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[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:29 pm
by Patrick_27
What happened to the little white blocks that were going to be worked into the windows from the bottom and fade out to the top?

[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:50 pm
by SRW
Patrick_27 wrote:
Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:29 pm
What happened to the little white blocks that were going to be worked into the windows from the bottom and fade out to the top?
They were only ever on the other three faces (at podium levels).

[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:07 pm
by Patrick_27
SRW wrote:
Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:50 pm
Patrick_27 wrote:
Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:29 pm
What happened to the little white blocks that were going to be worked into the windows from the bottom and fade out to the top?
They were only ever on the other three faces (at podium levels).
We're both kind of right, there is a little bit of of it in the centre of the eastern facade, but it doesn't extend as far forward as it does in the renders. But then there is also an effect on the central windows above the podium, curious why they've ditched that when it's what gave this building some defining character...

[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:14 pm
by SRW
These look pretty accurate to me?
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[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 11:28 pm
by Patrick_27
Must be a more recent render than what I remember, see below.

[COM] [U/C] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 11:27 pm
by ChillyPhilly
From 16/6.

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[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:56 am
by timtam20292
It makes a big impact as you drive up Port Road into the city.

[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:02 pm
by Ho Really
Yes the height of that hammerhead crane does make an impact besides that of the building itself. Pity about the Hyatt development in Pirie Street and its height being cut back. Like rev said it should be knocked back. A global brand like Hyatt should be involved with something substantial, well at least, equal or better (definitely) than that of Sofitel.

Cheers

[COM] Re: 104-106 Currie Street | 117m | 33lvl | Sofitel Hotel

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:59 am
by rev
This is very prominent looking at the cbd from the regency road bridge over the train lines. Just further illustrates how flat and under developed it all is.