Iridescent façade a feature in Melbourne tower
Farinia P/L has lodge planning applications for a Plus Architecture-designed 83-level apartment tower in King St, Melbourne.
Farinia is seeking permission to replace two low-rise office buildings on a 1301m² site with 603 apartments. Residential amenities and common areas provided at levels 10 and 79.
Dominating 295-309 King Street’s exterior will be a curtain glaze of iridescent panels capable of capturing the light spectrum in a manner unlike any other Melbourne tower. The façade will change appearance depending upon factors such as weather conditions and the angle from which it is viewed.
295-309 King Street is one of many towers lining up to replace the bevy of available development sites immediately surrounding the site in question, most of which are loosely located around the King and Lonsdale intersection. 250 Spencer Street’s quartet of towers between 205m and 300m, 605 Lonsdale Street (165m) plus the under construction 33 Rose Lane (170m) and 612 Lonsdale Street (144m) attest to the popularity of this patch of Melbourne’s CBD at the moment.
