The Eighth

Kings Place and Palmerston Crescent present themselves as a precinct of the future. The streets are wide, the location, proximity and transport connectivity to key city and civic infrastructure destinations is at the highest level. The Eighth sits at the apex of Kings Place with opportunity to play a significant role in shaping the cultural identity and urban fabric of the precinct.

The architecture in this development is honest. Unlike many other buildings, built and permitted future developments in the immediate proximity that may appear to be representational and ‘loud’, the projects design eventuates from the integrity designed into maximising the functionality and amenity of the floor plan including the attributes of residential living privacy, aspect and the natural environment. Design emphasis has included careful consideration of the proposed materials, with particular attention to a refined concrete aggregate and polished finish where the structure can remain exposed and form part of the building fabric removing separation between interior and exterior finishes. The design is a material rich performative building.

The floor plan has been designed in pure symmetry, enabling the building to be viewed holistically from each urban vantage point and provide equally superior amenity to each corner apartment. This is a rare instance as the site benefits from an island like condition. Uniquely, the structure sits within the façade line creating bays in the façade. The glazing line recesses behind the solid grid expressing a portal frame delineating the internal program break up of spaces. The building proposes finishes of tactile high quality materials, both internally and externally.

There is a detailed differentiation to the podium to tower architectural treatment that follows the change in use from residential to commercial office space. Primarily this is described by a change in the positioning of the glazing suites within the perimeter structural line and an increase in the intensity of the vertical façade columns. Through the podium the glass line is recessed further to the inside face of the façade column allowing for greater articulation, depth, shadow and a generous planter zone to the street wall. The planter box design is proposed as a folded metallic silver object that is positioned with a 200mm offset from each vertical column that offers a green band of landscaping to each podium level.