[PRO] 314 King William Street | ~65m | 18 Lvls | All Suites Hotel
[PRO] Re: 314 King William Street | ~65m | 18 Lvls | All Suites Ho
Another fine addition to the emerging KWS South precinct.
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[PRO] Re: 314 King William Street | ~65m | 18 Lvls | All Suites Ho
Most of these buildings down King William Street are on small allotments and will have plenty of bare cement walls. This one may end up OK. Noticed the south facade has balconies. At least it's not a bare cement wall considering there's another building next door.
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[PRO] Re: 314 King William Street | ~65m | 18 Lvls | All Suites Ho
Yeah, I think this one will turn out decently (assuming of course that it is built). I'm glad that the southern wall has some balconies and detail, but the blank northern wall is a bit of a problem. This one's wall isn't super ugly and it's fairly inoffensive. They have put some effort in with the little setback in the middle that appears to have windows, like the Urbanest one on North Terrace, but this one will be quite dominating. Sadly with greater height comes greater prominence of these blank walls as well.Ho Really wrote:Most of these buildings down King William Street are on small allotments and will have plenty of bare cement walls. This one may end up OK. Noticed the south facade has balconies. At least it's not a bare cement wall considering there's another building next door.
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I agree that something needs to be done about the blank walls in these proposals. I understand that there isn't a whole lot of point putting in a nice wall if something will eventually be built there, but this is not the case here.
This is yet another site where the heritage in the immediate surrounds (Crown and Sceptre Hotel, Magistrates Court) means that nothing will be built to hide the wall from view, which is also an issue because the wall we be visible from Victoria Square. If windows can''t be put in, then perhaps put some large artwork along the wall like the Art Apartments (although that one turned out quite small if memory serves me correctly)?
[PRO] Re: 314 King William Street | ~65m | 18 Lvls | All Suites Ho
I totally agree. These new porposals have come with a stupid amount of blank walls. With more and more being built I find it totally unacceptable that they are part of the design. It's hideous.
[PRO] Re: 314 King William Street | ~65m | 18 Lvls | All Suites Ho
it reminds me of the ill-fated Bentham Street apartment proposal from way back when.
[PRO] Re: 314 King William Street | ~65m | 18 Lvls | All Suites Ho
^^Memories...
I remember the huge amount of excitement and long discussions over this proposal when I first joined this forum. Times have certainly changed now.
I remember the huge amount of excitement and long discussions over this proposal when I first joined this forum. Times have certainly changed now.
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[PRO] Re: 314 King William Street | ~65m | 18 Lvls | All Suites Ho
I remember the huge amount of excitement and long discussion over this proposal when I first started stalking these forums, haha!crawf wrote:^^Memories...
I remember the huge amount of excitement and long discussions over this proposal when I first joined this forum. Times have certainly changed now.
I feel like this building render is now the going design for most of Melbourne's Southbank precinct.
[PRO] Re: 314 King William Street | ~65m | 18 Lvls | All Suites Ho
Took this from the site, apologies about the reflection.
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