Wardle-designed New Office Tower Lends Hand to Homeless
A proposed office tower development in Melbourne’s Collingwood designed by John Wardle Architects will provide assistance to the local homeless.
7 June 2016
| Lacey Glave
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Architectureau.com
A proposed office tower development in Melbourne’s Collingwood designed by John Wardle Architects will provide assistance to the local homeless.
The development, dubbed Northumberland, will occupy the site of the existing Collingwood Telephone Exchange on Wellington Street – a red brick building which is to be retained.
A 13-storey office tower and a 5-storey retail building with a cafe on the ground floor is proposed around and above the existing building.
The design will take cues from the local industrial past, street patterns and material expression. The office tower will be set back from main street, Wellington Street, as well as the existing building, which will create a new laneway and general new public space.
The design of the office building will target a 6-star Green Star rating.
The development, dubbed Northumberland, will occupy the site of the existing Collingwood Telephone Exchange on Wellington Street – a red brick building which is to be retained.
A 13-storey office tower and a 5-storey retail building with a cafe on the ground floor is proposed around and above the existing building.
The design will take cues from the local industrial past, street patterns and material expression. The office tower will be set back from main street, Wellington Street, as well as the existing building, which will create a new laneway and general new public space.
The design of the office building will target a 6-star Green Star rating.
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