Flinders Bank

Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design

Hospitality, Mixed-Use, Residential, Retail

Melbourne

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Fender Katsalidis was commissioned by Century Group Aus to create a mixed-use precinct at the former World Trade Centre site on Spencer Street.

Location

Melbourne, Australia

Client

Century Group

Cost

$400 million

GFA

108,680 sqm

Completion

2023

Traditional Custodians

Wurundjeri and Bunurong people

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The triple-tower development is set to reactivate one of Melbourne’s most important gateway sites and contribute to the creation of a new precinct within the CBD.

Across the three towers, the precinct will feature 500 luxury apartments, Melbourne’s first St Regis Hotel with 167 five-star keys, 2,100 square metres of retail and a vibrant pedestrian precinct and plaza on Siddley Street that will contribute to Melbourne’s public art reputation.

The three tower forms will read in the skyline as a family of similar objects, but each having their own unique facade and character expression.

The curvilinear and soft forms of the three towers are a subtle gesture to their riverine setting, but the facade expressions differentiate them as unique components in the skyline.

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The podium forms have been expressed as highly textured and landscaped components, above which are the simpler cleaner lines of the tower forms.

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The design is inspired by the flow of the nearby Yarra River, and the architecture responds to the site, protecting the riverside from overshadowing through its stepped-back approach.

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The Spencer Street façade features an active skin which will add to the sense of vibrancy and activity whilst taking advantage of the existing river views.