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Will wrote:Regarding the stripes, I actually really like them. They break up what could have been a monolithic façade whilst at the same time emphasise the horizontal scale of the building.

They sure do emphasize girth. Like a fat women wearing a hooped dress... Wouldn't it have been nice if this building was standing on its short side and had vertical stripes...

Cheers

Just went past the site today, i recon, it would've been better without the stripes and the glass panels stretching down to the bottom levels but at least the Optus Building isnt alone

Some more photos:

High Res: http://d39sxq.blu.livefilestore.com/y1p ... CF5818.jpg


High Res: http://d39sxq.blu.livefilestore.com/y1p ... CF5819.jpg

What a great perspective! Thanks Norman for the pics.

Love the first photo Norman, the Optus building creating the ripple on the southern half.

bm7500 wrote:What a great perspective! Thanks Norman for the pics.

My thoughts exactly! Great shot!

Some info from the AFR P54 under the Property section -
'GREENER PASTURES'

The SA government has leased 3100 sq. metres in a new Adelaide office building. The Dept of Correctional Services will occupy the space at 400 King William St. Nicholas Shinnick of Colliers International brokered the deal. He said the state government was following through on it's commitment to take up green office space.

I gather this bldg is 20000sq m so this should make some difference to the area when the bldg is built. 1 2/2 floors approx of 11. I wonder how many other depts will follow. I have a close friend associated with this dept.(a great sympathiser with S Ad.).

ADELAIDE - TOWARDS A GREATER CITY SKYLINE

Hello AON House!

I really must make time to see this building in person in daylight hours.

photo update from today. Did anyone else notice the sun cam out this afternoon - incredible









sorry, but a fair chunk of the right of the photo disappears on this site

Wow. At a glance, I thought the first photo was a render! I like the look of the clean lines of this building.

jk1237 wrote:sorry, but a fair chunk of the right of the photo disappears on this site

Only if you have a tiny monitor/browser window.

Great idea, one problem though. It's the start of a new clump of office towers on the Southern side of Adelaide city. Shouldn’t developers be focusing on building up the current clump of office towers we already have rather than creating another one. Yeah sure, the Adelaide City Council are being stubborn buggers and knocking back all plans over the 90m mark that are put forward to them but if developers think tactically and do what Makris group did and take their plans straight to the State government they may just get approval. I'd like to see Adelaide's skyline grow higher and higher.

jk1237 wrote:photo update from today. Did anyone else notice the sun cam out this afternoon - incredible

sorry, but a fair chunk of the right of the photo disappears on this site

I just right click on the image & "view image" in Firefox.

It sure is a big bldg - strong presence. Looking as good as the renders. Would be even better with 379 KWS built.

ADELAIDE - TOWARDS A GREATER CITY SKYLINE

Hoardings came down today and looks quite good IMO.