ABSTRACT
NUMBER OF STOREYS: TOWER A: 48; TOWER B: 33 GROSS FLOOR AREA: TOWER A: 54,050 M2; TOWER B: 15,100 M2;
PRIMARY USE: TOWER A: RESIDENTIAL; TOWER B: HOTEL AND SERVICED ACCOMMODATION
START ON SITE: 2003 COMPLETION: 2007 PROJECT COST: NOT AVAILABLE OWNER/DEVELOPER: GREENCLIFF (CPL) DEVELOPMENTS PTY LTD LEAD ARCHITECT: FOSTER + PARTNERS ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT: PTW ARCHITECTS STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: TAYLOR THOMPSON WHITTING/ROBERT BIRD
MEP ENGINEER: CONNELL MOTT MACDONALD MAIN CONTRACTOR: MULTIPLEX CONSTRUCTIONS PTY LTD
The Regent Street Theatre occupied a prominent position on George Street, an important axis through Sydney, lined with some of its most significant civic buildings, including the Town Hall and St Andrew’s Cathedral. After the Theatre’s demolition in 1989, the vacant site had become the ‘missing tooth’ in the city’s public face. Balancing a sensitive response to this historic context with a bold departure from its low-rise, nineteenth-century neighbours, the towers of the Regent Place development established a new precedent in the area that has led to the construction of further tall buildings.
