First major project in city designed by Danish firm since Utzon's iconic Opera House Sydney, Australia / September 25, 2014 -- AMP Capital has named 3XN as the architect for the 49-story, 102,000SM (~1.1M SF) 50 Bridge Street tower and master plan for the Quay Quarter Sydney (QQS) precinct. 3XN was selected via a multi-stage international competition, the fourth it has won this year, which included two Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning firms. Construction on this important new addition to the Sydney skyline is slated to begin in 2018. The 50 Bridge Street "Quay Quarter Tower" represents the first major project designed by a Danish architect in Sydney since Jørn Utzon designed the landmark Opera House in 1973. 3XN's innovative design, already well-received by the community, will revitalise AMP Capital's site, located close to the Opera House, into a vibrant destination for international and local businesses. The bold new tower will engage in an open dialogue with the skyline while also integrating itself into community life at the street level. Louise Mason, AMP Capital Managing Director Office & Industrial, said: "AMP has been in the Circular Quay precinct for over 50 years and has a deep respect for the heritage of the area and importantly, an exciting vision for the future. This project will feature landmark architecture and leading-edge urban design that will revitalise Sydney's northern CBD."
"This project looks at the 'high rise' in an entirely new way, from both the inside out and outside in," said Kim Herforth Nielsen, MAA/RIBA, Founding Partner and Creative Director of 3XN. "Its dynamic, shifted massing maximises views for all of the building's users while also creating expansive open spaces that encourage the possibility for interaction, knowledge sharing and vertical connectivity." Rotating the tower also creates a collection of exterior terraces that are directly linked to the multi-level interior atria, which will contain shared amenity spaces for tenants in each block. These common amenity spaces provide stunning views both vertically and horizontally and bring daylight deep into workspaces while promoting collaboration and interaction. Arup has provided a full multidisciplinary engineering service for the development and will continue to provide all engineering consulting services through to completion. For further information about the project, please visit the Quay Quarter Sydney website www.quayquartersydney.com.au.
About AMP Capital 1 As at 30 June 2014
About 3XN 3XN has won four competitions to date in 2014, including the new headquarters for the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, a luxury residential building in Vienna and a university building in Sweden. In addition, the studio has designed a range of high-profile cultural, commercial and residential buildings, including: the Museum of Liverpool, Amsterdam Music Hall (winner of five international design awards), Denmark's new aquarium, The Blue Planet (RIBA Award winner 2014), and the new Copenhagen Arena, currently under construction. In 2007, the firm established GXN, a research and development department working with digital tools, new materials and green technologies in order to ensure the studio's leading position within building sector innovation.
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