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News • News • 15 Aug 2023
Goettsch Partners completes a “first-of-its-kind” residential tower in Nashville
A short distance from Nashville’s historic Music Row, global architecture firm Goettsch Partners has completed Alcove, a new residential tower in Tennessee’s state capital. The building is described by the architect as “a first-of-its-kind for Nashville.”
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Located at 900 Church Street, Alcove tower sits adjacent to the “Amazon-anchored Nashville Yards development,” says Goettsch Partners. (Amazon’s Southeastern U.S. headquarters is located in Nashville Yards, a large-scale mixed-use development in the city’s downtown area.) Goettsch Partners explains that the tower is “composed of a series of stacked, shifted cubes, mirroring Amazon’s signature... More
News • News • 4 Aug 2023
Melbourne’s latest mixed-use development enhances past identities in a contemporary way
Situated at the historical end of Collins Street in Melbourne, 623 Collins Street by Carr is a 42-story mixed-used development offering a new and meaningful architecture that enhances past identities in a contemporary way.
The site includes two heritage-listed buildings adjacent to the proposal, the State Savings Bank and the Batman’s Hill Hotel. The architectural response to these buildings provides the point of departure for the design of 623 Collins Street, with Carr collaborating closely with heritage consultant Lovell Chen to develop a response in line with the form and scale of the historic surroundings.
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The constrained footprint of the site and its heritage buildings require a precise and careful level of pla... More
News • News • 18 Sep 2020
OMA unveil their latest: the multi-tiered Prince Plaza project
OMA’s latest project in China is complete. Prince Plaza is a 200-metre mixed-use podium tower housing offices and retail space. The building is located in the ‘Sea World’ area of Shenzhen’s bustling Shekou district.
Credit: Seth Powers, Courtesy of OMA
The site offers a diverse and rich range of reference points which have informed the design process. Framed by the backdrop of the undulating Nanshan mountains and facing picturesque Shenzhen Bay, land and sea enclose a cluster of recently built skyscrapers, themselves an extension of the ongoing industrialization of the area. Formerly a largely pastoral area, the city borders Hong Kong and was designated a special economic zone and prioritized... More