Telephone +61 7 3844 1362
studio@shanethompson.com.au
47 Wahcumba St, Dutton Park
PO Box 1170 Fortitude Valley
Queensland 4006 Australia
Fortitude Valley, Australia.
Fortitude Valley in Brisbane is the city’s principal entertainment and cultural precinct and this prominent corner at the intersection of 2 of the city’s busiest streets, is at the centre of the action. Designed to capitalise on its high profile and very visible location, the building as an urban beacon represents the character and nature of the precinct. This tower, accommodating a 4 star hotel and apartments at the upper levels with associated bar, restaurant and nightclub, synthesises concepts of creating a place for contemporary sub-tropical urban community living.
Built to the limits of the available developable area, a concise rectilinear floor plate accommodates both smaller hotel rooms at the lower levels and compact 1 and 2 bedroom apartments at the upper levels. The apartments have views to both the city skyline and the Brisbane River to the south and over the older inner northern suburbs, distant mountains and Moreton Bay to the North and West. A lightweight powder-coated aluminium “brise-soliel” or external sun-shading system in a tight regular grid as part of the curtain wall façade, with a harmonious colour palette of blues to the lower hotel levels and reds to the upper apartment levels, projects at once a contemporary sub-tropical, fun and energetic character appropriate to the surrounding precinct’s vitality and colourful street and night life. External balconies can be screened acoustically if required and all living and bedroom spaces enjoy quality light and views. The development is cost efficient and highly market responsive in a very competitive market environment.