Southbank by Beulah: The winning design for Australia's tallest tower revealed
The long-awaited winning design for the "Southbank by Beulah" design competition has been revealed - The green spine - a collaborative effort between UN Studio and Cox Architecture.
Set to become Australia’s tallest tower at 356.2m, the winner was announced following an exhaustive six-month global search, which involved six of the world’s best architectural firms; BIG, Coop Himmelb(l)au, MAD Architects, MVRDV, OMA and UN Studio.
All partnered with local firms to propose varying and dramatic designs. UN Studio and Cox Architecture's scheme is now likely to head toward planning.
Beulah International purchased the 6,061 sqm BMW Southbank site in 2017, with a vision to create an exemplar mixed-use development that would include retail, hotel, residential, commercial, cultural and public spaces of international standard.
The six shortlisted designs were revealed at the Future Cities Symposium last month, and judged by seven highly regarded jury members including key figures from Australia’s architectural community and chaired by Victorian Government Architect Jill Garner.
To view each of the design entries in greater detail, please click through the links below to their respective articles on Urban.com.au:
Comments (7)
I hope the green spine doesn't get built. it takes away from the eureka tower and the 108. Hopefully they reconsider Propeller City. Cool looking building with a really different look. almost reminds me of the marina bay sands in singapore!
Isn't this exactly what council wants at the end of the day? World class architecture that gives back to the community and public realm rather than just developers that do the absolute minimum to tick all the boxes?
Also the only major variation required is to the mandatory setback / building envelope requirments which are the. The required setback from a side boundary of 21.6m and 10m from the street frontage is completely excessive and unjustified in this context.
The FAR requirements are reasonable and can take into account public benefits (that should include retention of heritage buildings but that does not apply in this case.). It is the mandatory setback/ building envelope requirements that have significantly reduced development potential in the CBD for little additional benefit.
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