sydney's greenwood shopping plaza gets a new face lift.

Sydney's Greenwood Shopping Plaza, is getting a new and well deserved face lift, over the coming months. Interior Design Packages were completed last year, by Crone Partners Interior Design Team, for it's client Mirvac. The design includes new ceilings to the metro level and upper levels of the centre. New seating areas will also be provided, with feature planter boxes and bamboo planting, to provide areas of respite in a peaceful environment, for the typically busy, city commuter. 

The concept for Greenwood Plaza was to create a new and vibrant modern shopping experience, that did not detract from the shop fronts and retailers themselves.

The photographs featured in this blog were taken in early May. They show images of Stage 1 works, that include ceiling and lighting upgrades to the mall areas. The vertical blades are shaped from Plywood and the feature light at the entry to the escalators made from Barrisol. The ridge to the vertical louvres is constantly changing, creating the idea of movement, ever prevalent in the daily movements of commuters from North Sydney Station. 

Mainbrace are the contractors for the project and Philips lighting provided the LED lights and lighting design. Barrisol is used in the feature lighting areas and installed the vertical louvre blades to the ceiling.

The stage 1 construction is still works in progress, with final lighting positions to be fine tuned and signage to be installed, but we are happy with the results so far. The design team is looking forward to seeing the finished product!

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Crone Partners designed 180 Brisbane - The first commercial building under construction in Brisbane since the GFC

Refer to the article below, found in the Architecture and Design Newsletter, 8 May 2013, titled; " Construction begins on Brisbanes first commercial building since the GFC"

Construction begins on 180B

arya residences. a new green direction for the philippines

The Arya Residences is located on Mckinley Parkway, Bonifacio Global City in the Philippines. The site is approximately 30 minutes drive from Makati CBD. Arya is a twin tower, high rise development, with over 640 premier grade residential apartments and 500 car spaces. The project has a GFA of 76,300m2. Facilities in the development include; 24 hour concierge, retail, health club, spa, gymnasium, pool and private library. Tower 1 is currently under construction and due for completion in 2013. The Arya Residences is the flagship project, for ArthaLand Corporation and designed by Crone Partners in 2009.

The development creates a lifestyle community with the mantra “live, work and play”, providing facilities and amenities convenient to the resident, encouraging people to stay “at home”, because everything you need isat your doorstep. The site is in close proximity to the High Street shopping boulevarde, schools, markets, parks and health care facilities.

The architecture is modern and responsive to the environment, with strong sustainable design initiatives. The Arya Residence is targeting both a US LEED "Gold" rating and PhilGBC BERDE Rating. Arya is the first residential building in the Philippines to apply for a dual green building certification, challenging popular culture in the Philippines.

The Arya residence recently won “Best Residential Development” in the Philippines at the 2012 South East Asia Property Awards and is being praised by local and international markets, for promoting green buildings.

Crone Partners has been given great support from Austrade, both in Australia and in the Philippines. This has also included introductions and keen interest, from Australian Ambassador in the Philippines, Mr Bill Tweddle.

Images of tower 1 from our Schematic Design presentation below.

180 brisbane website goes live!

The 180 Brisbane website went live last week with the catch phrase; "Introducing a New Direction in Prestige Office Space"

180 Brisbane is a 35 level commercial office tower, with Retail and basement Car Parking and a NLA of 60,000m2. The building has 5 basement levels, is targeting a 6 Star Green Star, environmental rating and has an estimated Construction Cost of $300m.

Watpac were recently awarded the contract, to build the Japanese client Daisho's, flagship project in Brisbane. Crone Partners designed the building in 2010, with construction to be completed by 2015.

For more information please visit the website below.

http://180brisbane.com/

arya residences under construction

Crone Partners designed Arya Residences in 2010. This photo was taken April this year, while I visited the site in Fort Bonifacio, Philippines. This is tower 1 which topped out at level 40 and tower 2, which is an elliptical building is at about level 4. Both towers due for completion 2015. Arya Residence has won a number of awards for Green Building Design, targeting both LEED and BERDE certifications. Arya also won Best Residential Development in the Philippines, at the South East Asia Property Awards 2012.

AYALA Land look to Australian Architectural firm for an edge in the market - Garden Towers located in Makati, Philippines

Garden Towers, is a twin tower residential development, located in the heart of the Makati retail district, in the Philippines. The project consists of residential, retail and basement car parking levels. The towers were designed by Crone Partners, for AYALA Land Premier, in 2012. The premium grade residential towers, are 51 and 60 levels each, with a total gross floor area of 127,000sqm. The site area is 9,000m2 and the first tower was launched late 2012. The first tower has 340 apartments in 1 bed, 2 bed, 3 bed and 4 bed configurations and at the “soft launch” in Makati, 35% of apartments were sold off the plan. Most popular to sell, have been the 2 and 3 bedroom apartments.
Special features of the design, include a garden lobby that connects the towers at the Porte Corche drop-off. An internal private garden for residents, connects the site to the Glorietta Shopping precinct and Palm Promenade dining strip. Sky gardens are located at every fourth level of the tower, providing framed vistas from corridor spaces and areas of respite for residents in a garden environment. Sun Rooms are a feature of the apartments, allowing balconies to be extensions of the living spaces, throughout the year.