ANZ Centre, Melbourne
130,000sqm building /
83,600sqm fitout
HIGHLIGHTS
- A benchmark in robust, responsive and accessible sustainable architecture
- 6 Star Green Star – Office Design v2 rating from the GBCA
- Winner World Architecture Festival’s Interiors and Fitout of the Year award, 2010
“It accommodates the most contemporary ideas of workplace planning and has excellent green credentials. [It] carries the spirit of a respected institution forward into a modern open and accessible one.”
International jury, World Architecture Festival
Sky Central, London
45,000sqm workplace
HIGHLIGHTS
- One of UK’s largest agile workplaces with vast spaces broken up by trees and extensive planting
- Rainwater harvesting system, solar panels, a green roof and high-efficiency lighting to reduce energy use
- BREEAM rating of ‘excellent’
- 24,776 plants installed within the building
- 10% energy needs generated by PV cells
- 250+ new mature planted trees
“PV cells generate 10% of its electricity needs, the rainwater it harvests feeds its washrooms, the extensive planting oxygenates the atmosphere and the Live Well food program protects waistlines.”
Neil Usher, Sky Workplace Director
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Advanced Engineering Building, University of Queensland, Brisbane
18,000sqm
HIGHLIGHTS
- Designed for sub-tropical climate, with systems to pre-cool air and external shading to reduce energy use up to 70%
- Screens throughout showing real-time energy output, water use and waste production – the building as ‘teaching tool’
- Use of local, sustainable hardwoods in striking auditorium with exposed 220-tonne timber truss roof
- More than 15 awards for sustainability, timber use and other features
“AEB expertly embraces setting and place and has created an exemplar of engagement with renewable resources and local industry.”
Jury citation, Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Awards
Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane
3,865sqm
HIGHLIGHTS
- First Australian use of structural geopolymer concrete, a low-carbon product made with low GHG emissions
- Naturally ventilated and able to operate with no mechanical heating/cooling for over 80 per cent of the year
- More than a dozen national and state awards for sustainable architecture
“The Global Change Institute was founded on the promise of dealing with change … GCI stimulates thinking and generates new ideas to answer community puzzles and global problems.”
Penelope Wensley AC, Former Queensland Governor
Burnley Living Roofs, University of Melbourne
500sqm
HIGHLIGHTS
- Purpose-built for pioneering research into ‘green’ transformation of cities
- World-class research and teaching facility (first of its kind in Australia) and demonstration site for community
- Design collaboration with the client’s leading academic green roof technology and urban horticulture researchers