An investigation of place, The Queensbridge Building is a reflection of Southbank’s heritage and a return to the real.

From time immemorial Southbank has been used as a meeting place where fresh and salt water collided through to post-settlement and the more recent industrial era.  

Using real and raw materials and rewilding through endemic planting, the architecture and landscape characterise the natural environs that once occupied the land. Industrial era influences become evident through bronze details and steel framed windows.

Parallel to this, the building reflects a new experience economy.

A hotel in the podium is accompanied by a work-club, rooftop bar and restaurant, fitness and wellness offerings while the tower includes over 350 short- and long-stay apartments. From turndowns to room service, residents and hotel guests enjoy membership to ‘Queensbridge Social’, a curated platform bringing together amenity and community.

Complementing the Queensbridge Building, a proposal to the City of Melbourne crafts a vibrant reimagining of the undercroft below the Kings Way overpass. Activated with food trucks, basketball court and public art commissions, the 4000 sqm proposal also offers EV charging and a sunken amphitheatre, setting the tone for the community-centric neighbourhood.

Located with a flood zone, the design incorporates a series of water catchments that remove surface water and filter it through an urban wetland rich with endemic species. 

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