[PRO] Masonic Lodge | 183m | 37 Levels | Mixed Use

[ChillyPhilly]

I made a very quick and rudimentary mockup of what this could look like with Realm and Adelaidean as context.

[rev]

I made a very quick and rudimentary mockup of what this could look like with Realm and Adelaidean as context.

I think this is one that will depend from which angle it's viewed from as to how much of an impact and how much it stands out.
Hoping the glass is somewhere between Realm and Adelaidean, not as dark as seen in that photo, with a more metallic-esque look to it.

[MicBara]

Hey team.

Here are few city shots from Flight Simulator 3.0

[MicBara]

As for Miss Debbie Williams and the Advertiser article.
We were bowled over by the positive comments on facebook / Tiser and the website.

People are of course able to put feedback in but we went through two full pre-lodgement meetings to work through design issues.
I'm not going to repeat anything from those meetings because they were confidential but it was positive.

The majority of comments on that facebook page ("Help save South Australia's history from demolition") are positive (they were not to begin with but I've been a member of that page for years).

We put on massive and unprecedented briefing session specifically for the wannabe heritage/history community and the invite went to more than 8,000 people - LESS THAN 4 showed up and one even wrote to us after attending and said she was all for it.

[MicBara]

Now on to the more important stuff: we just got back from taking the architects and the directors on a study tour of London and Edinburgh.
We visited:

Hotels:
1) The Savoy Hotel
2) The W London (Marriott)
3) The Westin London (Marriott)
4) The Londoner
5) The Edition Hotel
6) The Adelphi

and stuck our head in a few others quickly.

Observation Decks:
The Shard
Sky Garden
Twenty Two Tower
The Gherkin

Museums
The national gallery
The British museum

and a stack of retail and heritage buildings that were good examples of adaptive reuse.

If we can come close to the Skygarden I will be very happy. It's the same height as our building but much larger at the top. We can easily fit in what they have there though - 80 seat restaurant (which I'm not sold on yet) and a garden.
I LOVED the garden.

We also had a tour of a recently completed but not yet opened skyscraper thanks to our engineers, several meetings with UK heritage specialists and of course the Freemasons (including a visit to the Rosslyn Chapel which first opened in 1446 and is very closely connected to the creation of modern Freemasonry.

Here's the sky garden

Here's the Westin London

And here's an example of retail in the Savoy Hotel (note that the flooring is similar to the "hall of fame" in the current Freemasons building)

[Mpol02]

Slay

[Mpol02]

Slay

Get this built already.

[Benm16]

Now on to the more important stuff: we just got back from taking the architects and the directors on a study tour of London and Edinburgh.
We visited:

Hotels:
1) The Savoy Hotel
2) The W London (Marriott)
3) The Westin London (Marriott)
4) The Londoner
5) The Edition Hotel
6) The Adelphi

and stuck our head in a few others quickly.

Observation Decks:
The Shard
Sky Garden
Twenty Two Tower
The Gherkin

Museums
The national gallery
The British museum

and a stack of retail and heritage buildings that were good examples of adaptive reuse.

If we can come close to the Skygarden I will be very happy. It's the same height as our building but much larger at the top. We can easily fit in what they have there though - 80 seat restaurant (which I'm not sold on yet) and a garden.
I LOVED the garden.

We also had a tour of a recently completed but not yet opened skyscraper thanks to our engineers, several meetings with UK heritage specialists and of course the Freemasons (including a visit to the Rosslyn Chapel which first opened in 1446 and is very closely connected to the creation of modern Freemasonry.

Here's the sky garden WhatsApp Image 2024-01-17 at 23.29.00_a3751de1.jpg

Here's the Westin London WhatsApp Image 2024-01-17 at 23.29.50_cdbada2b.jpg

And here's an example of retail in the Savoy Hotel (note that the flooring is similar to the "hall of fame" in the current Freemasons building) WhatsApp Image 2024-01-17 at 23.30.50_6ef11c92.jpg

So glad you ended up visiting the sky garden and enjoyed it. It's honestly the most impressive observation deck. If you guys did something of a similar standard then that would be fantastic! Keep up the great work

[A-Town]

That sky garden looks incredible. I agree MicBara that a restaurant may not be suited to the observation deck. A bar, similar to what we have at 2KW, Sol, Mayfair etc could work though.

[Neko Neko Peko Peko]

Something like Skygarden would certainly make Adelaide's iteration of an observation deck stand out from what's available across Australia!

[likeperu]

[ChillyPhilly]

Absolutely brilliant MicBara. It's been fascinating for us to quintessentially go along for a lot of this ride with you.

I concur, Sky Garden looks incredible. There are few other examples like it in Australia, so it's a great opportunity. It would be an outstanding location for a bar.

[Pikey]

Just a quick question MicBara if I may. On the massing renders shown below it appears the southern services core is clad in a non reflective material where as the min visuals show that southern facade with a uniform reflective result. Which outcome should we expect? Fingers crossed the full reflective option!

[Nort]

Absolutely brilliant MicBara. It's been fascinating for us to quintessentially go along for a lot of this ride with you.

I concur, Sky Garden looks incredible. There are few other examples like it in Australia, so it's a great opportunity. It would be an outstanding location for a bar.

Absolutely. Whenever we have interstate/overseas visitors we tend to end up at either 2KW or the Mayfair rooftop because they are great places to have a drink and take in the views.

[MicBara]

Just a quick question MicBara if I may. On the massing renders shown below it appears the southern services core is clad in a non reflective material where as the min visuals show that southern facade with a uniform reflective result. Which outcome should we expect? Fingers crossed the full reflective option!

The early designs had a solid south facade so I could project a massive game of tetris on the back. I've been assured that we can still project 80's/90's video games so long as the glass is treated correctly. Vertical games like 1942, tetris and space invaders will work best.

The submitted plans are uniform reflective.