STH BNK by Beulah

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STH BNK by Beulah
Green Spine.jpg
STH BNK by Beulah towers, as proposed in 2018
STH BNK by Beulah
General information
StatusApproved
Location60 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank, Victoria
Construction started2024
Completed~2029
Cost~AUD$2 billion
Height
Architectural
  • Tower 1: 366 m (1,200.8 ft) [1]
  • Tower 2: 251 m (823.5 ft) [2]
Technical details
Floor count
  • Tower 1: 102
  • Tower 2: 59
Design and construction
Architect(s) UNStudio
Cox Architecture
Developer Beulah
Website
sthbnk.com

STH BNK by Beulah is a dual skyscraper development proposed for Melbourne developed by Beulah and designed by architectural firms UNStudio and Cox Architecture. [3] The site is currently occupied by a BMW dealership. [4]

Contents

History

Site

The site for the development is 60 Southbank Boulevard, located in Southbank, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, and is an amalgamation of two adjacent properties – 102-156 City Road and 158 City Road. [5] [6] The former property, with a land area of 6,191 m2 (66,639 sq ft), hosts a purpose-built multi-level car showroom which was BMW’s flagship sales store in Melbourne. [5] In December 2017, Beulah International purchased the site from BMW for $101 million. [7] In April 2021, Beulah acquired 158 City Road, with the intention of expanding the development. [6] [8] The 1,515 m2 (16,307 sq ft) site is currently home to Hanover House, a seven storey commercial building, the tallest in Southbank between 1973 and 1990. [6] The purchase brought the total land area of the development to 7,706 m2 (82,947 sq ft), and the property is now an 'island' with four frontages: Power Street, City Road, Southbank Boulevard, and Waterfall Lane. [6] [9] The development will be situated in an area of Melbourne that has some of the tallest buildings in the city; for instance, the city's current tallest building, Australia 108, sits opposite the property at 70 Southbank Boulevard, whilst the previous tallest, Eureka Tower, is also in the vicinity. [5] [9]

Southbank competition

Beulah conducted a contest to determine the architect for the project, and dubbed the competition "STH BNK by Beulah". All six solicited bids involved two architectural firms, and partnerships included BIG Architects and Fender Katsalidis, MAD Studio and Elenberg Fraser, and Woods Bagot and MVRDV. [10] The collaborative bid by UNStudio and Cox Architecture ultimately secured the commission. The winning design was announced in August 2018. [11]

Project

The structure is part of the larger development on Melbourne's Southbank, estimated to cost AUD$2 billion. The development is planned to begin breaking ground in 2020. Green Spine is composed of two skyscrapers; Tower 1 will comprise 102 storeys and reach a height of 366 metres, surpassing the height of the current tallest building in Australia, Q1, which stands at 322 metres. [1] The second tower will comprise 59 storeys and reach a height of 251 metres; as with Tower 1, the second building will include hotel rooms, residential apartments, and offices. [2] [12] Both skyscrapers will seem to curve in a twist and will have foliage and trees growing on balconies along their exteriors. [11]

Approval

In March 2020, the plan received approval by the City of Melbourne. [13] Planning Minister Richard Wynne approved the project on 23 April 2020; like other developments, STH BNK by Beulah was identified by the Victorian Government as a project needing to be "fast-tracked", amid the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to the Victorian economy. [14] [15]

See also

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  2. 1 2 Southbank by Beulah Tower 2 – The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat . Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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