[COM] 377-379 King William Street | 50m | 16lvls | Apartments

[dbcrow]

Tarps slowly starting to come off.

[[Shuz]]

Looks like Uno's sibling.

[Phantom]

South Australia
Quest King William South
379 King William Street, Adelaide SA 5000

Opening June 2014

That's the info on their website. This one seems pretty on track to a June opening, looking at the pictures that have been uploaded onto this site.

Can't wait for this side of the city to be up and bustling!

[Dondude]

Is this mean to be same like the Quest on Franklin? All service apartment?

[phenom]

Now pretty much completely uncovered. Still working internally but externally looks almost done.

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[Phantom]

Awesome pic Phenom! I reckon this will look awesome once KWS fills out.

I thought that those top two levels on the KWS side were going to look kinda tacky, but it doesn't look as bad as I thought, thankfully. Also, I actually qute like the idea of Quest's logo being placed sideways on the building, rather than running down it or simply being at the top. It looks a lot more sleeker from the angle you took the picture from this way.

I'd love to know what would be Adelaide City's current population capacity. Narrow buildings like this don't seem to be able to house too many people, but you'd be surprised. If anyone remembers the Urbanest buildings on North Tce that look kinda similar to this, both of those can over 500 together. I guess I just think it's kinda cool how that works out, you know?

[slenderman]

Awesome pic Phenom! I reckon this will look awesome once KWS fills out.

I thought that those top two levels on the KWS side were going to look kinda tacky, but it doesn't look as bad as I thought, thankfully. Also, I actually qute like the idea of Quest's logo being placed sideways on the building, rather than running down it or simply being at the top. It looks a lot more sleeker from the angle you took the picture from this way.

I'd love to know what would be Adelaide City's current population capacity. Narrow buildings like this don't seem to be able to house too many people, but you'd be surprised. If anyone remembers the Urbanest buildings on North Tce that look kinda similar to this, both of those can over 500 together. I guess I just think it's kinda cool how that works out, you know?

That's a horrible insult. This building is much nicer. The Urbanest look like modern commie-blocks while this building is aesthetically pleasing, granted the northern wall is a little bit ugly. Agree that the signage is pretty cool, sleek and not too in-your-face.

A nice addition to the growing southern skyline. It should be nice to hopefully see New Mayfair and Vue join it soon.

Also, I think it's a little bit closer to 55m in height than 50m. Assuming that the big blue glass box opposite it is 47m (isn't it?), this is noticeably taller. Maybe it's just me, but could this be true?

[Will]

Awesome pic Phenom! I reckon this will look awesome once KWS fills out.

I thought that those top two levels on the KWS side were going to look kinda tacky, but it doesn't look as bad as I thought, thankfully. Also, I actually qute like the idea of Quest's logo being placed sideways on the building, rather than running down it or simply being at the top. It looks a lot more sleeker from the angle you took the picture from this way.

I'd love to know what would be Adelaide City's current population capacity. Narrow buildings like this don't seem to be able to house too many people, but you'd be surprised. If anyone remembers the Urbanest buildings on North Tce that look kinda similar to this, both of those can over 500 together. I guess I just think it's kinda cool how that works out, you know?

That's a horrible insult. This building is much nicer. The Urbanest look like modern commie-blocks while this building is aesthetically pleasing, granted the northern wall is a little bit ugly. Agree that the signage is pretty cool, sleek and not too in-your-face.

A nice addition to the growing southern skyline. It should be nice to hopefully see New Mayfair and Vue join it soon.

Also, I think it's a little bit closer to 55m in height than 50m. Assuming that the big blue glass box opposite it is 47m (isn't it?), this is noticeably taller. Maybe it's just me, but could this be true?

No, the building is 50m. I have the plans.

[slenderman]

No, the building is 50m. I have the plans.

Odd. I'll take your word for it, but I'm pretty sure the difference in height between this building and 374-400 KWS is more noticeable than 3 metres, even factoring in that little bit of roof on the 374 KWS which is a bit higher than the rest of the roof. I posted a picture of the Adelaide skyline from the Air Apartments in the pictures section which if you zoom into, it clearly shows that 379 KWS is actually quite a bit taller (maybe not the best proof since it lost a bit of quality when I uploaded it). Maybe 374-400 KWS is a bit shorter than 47m. If not, I guess it's just an added bonus that this building looks taller than it actually is. But it's not really a big issue anyway, so I won't press it any further.

[Dvious]

It is much taller, 55m sounds correct to me. Easily noticeable from standing in Victoria Square..

[Phantom]

That's a horrible insult. This building is much nicer. The Urbanest look like modern commie-blocks while this building is aesthetically pleasing, granted the northern wall is a little bit ugly.

Hahaha. Alright, maybe it is a touch insulting, but it does remind me of it, dude! Quest's blank wall has more of a "I've-Just-Ran-Out-Of-The-Right-Coloured-Lego-Blocks" feel whereas Urbanest has more of a daunting figure of 60 metre high dull coloured slabs. The angle of Phenom's picture looks quite similar to what you'd see if you craned your neck up at Urbanest from Station Arcade's Bank St entrance! Just small architectural similarities for me... But I do agree, Urbanest is ugly, but this one doesn't look half as bad!

[[Shuz]]

Scaffolding has finally come off the façade of the Old Caledonian Society at the ground floor / lobby of the building. It looks really good, the contrast of old and new. A good example of heritage preservation and retaining character.

[Phantom]

http://www.questapartments.com.au/Accom ... lcome.aspx

The first available day for the public to book rooms online is the 4th of August, which gives it two weeks to be livable. I think they'd almost be at that point. I went past it maybe a week ago and it looks pretty much done.

Admittedly, I made a post on April 1st from a bit I found on their website stating that it was opening in June 2014. Quest having an April Fool's Joke?

[Phantom]

Can we get this one changed to Completed?

I mean, the hotel is now functional and taking reservations.