Timber Tower to Rise Atop Melbourne Shopping Mall
Property company GPT Group has unveiled the design for what might be Australia’s tallest timber building, a 12-story office tower.
Planned to be built at 300 Lonsdale Street on top of the Melbourne Central shopping mall, the new 19,400-square-meter tower, called Frame, is designed by architecture and urban design practice ARM Architecture.
“The forward-thinking design of Frame addresses the needs of the new, socially conscious generation of worker, promoting wellness and encouraging positive social exchange through green open spaces and dedicated well-being retail offerings.”
The premium office tower features a distinctive frame structure, which will be exposed through a glass façade, as well as a hotel-inspired sky-lobby on level five, and floor plates of approximately 2,000 square meters.
GPT office and logistics head Matthew Faddy said that Frame will be a ground-breaking office building, connected to elevated garden spaces and a new rooftop retail, entertainment and dining precinct at Melbourne Central.
Faddy said: “Frame will deliver a superior level of amenity to any workplace in Australia. It provides a fully integrated office, retail and cultural environment that offers more than just desk space. Frame will feature abundant natural light and a warehouse-style environment, with the design of the building aimed to improve the sense of well-being of its occupants.”
ARM Architecture principal Ian McDougall said that the forward-thinking design of Frame addresses the needs of the new, socially conscious generation of worker, promoting wellness and encouraging positive social exchange through green open spaces and dedicated well-being retail offerings.
McDougall added: “The new rooftop retail precinct is a unique concept, where city dwellers and visitors gather to learn, interact, have fun and be inspired. It is a meeting place between workers and the rest of the city.”
Colliers International has been appointed as leasing agents for Frame.
For more on this story, go to World Construction Network.
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