A $208 million office tower in Melbourne’s Southbank, designed by Fender Katsalidis, has been recommended for approval by the planning officers of City of Melbourne.
The proposed building at 3 Southgate Avenue would reach 26 storeys and include podium-level food and beverage tenancies, pedestrian links to the Melbourne Arts Precinct and a 2,000-sqaure-metre privately owned, publicly accessible open space overlooking the Birrarung (Yarra River).
3 Southgate Avenue by Fender Katsalidis.
Design for the building were first released in June 2020. The proponents said at the time the “sculptural” form of the tower will complement the neighbouring Herald and Weekly Times building and IBM tower in Southbank.
A planning scheme amendment for the project is going before Melbourne councillors on 18 May and council officers are recommending its approval.
They say the built form is appropriately managed through significant setbacks from the Yarra River corridor (32 metres to the podium and 50 metres to the tower) and that the design provides an “in the round” building treatment, incorporating well-articulated design detail, fenestration and massing breaks, along with an activated podium.
The final decision on the proposal will be made by the minister for planning.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
