This project is a renovation and replaced Commonwealth Bank
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50 Martin Place
Macquarie Bank HQ
Building
Completed, 2014
office
concrete
6 Star Green Star
56.0 m / 184 ft
12
Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
These are firms that consult on the design of a building's façade. May often be referred to as "Cladding," "Envelope," "Exterior Wall," or "Curtain Wall" Consultant, however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Façade Consultant" exclusively.
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Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The CTBUH lists a project manager when a specific firm has been commissioned to oversee this aspect of a tall building’s design/construction. When the project management efforts are handled by the developer, main contract, or architect, this field will be omitted.
The main contractor is the supervisory contractor of all construction work on a project, management of sub-contractors and vendors, etc. May be referred to as "Construction Manager," however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Main Contractor" exclusively.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
These are firms that consult on the design of a building's façade. May often be referred to as "Cladding," "Envelope," "Exterior Wall," or "Curtain Wall" Consultant, however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Façade Consultant" exclusively.
Originally constructed as the State Savings Bank, one of Australia’s few Beaux Arts styled multi-story structures; 50 Martin Place was fully renovated into a new state of the art office building. While preserving the grandeur of the original banking chamber, the interior atrium was widened and the roof was transformed into glass dome housing a two story vertical expansion. The full renovation of the building systems also included the installation of new circular glass elevators traveling through the building without a standard enclosed shaft, but rather an open-air hoistway which unobtrusively pierces through the ornate ceiling of the original banking hall, made possible in part by ensuring the counter weight stops at the floor just above it.
By widening the original atrium, natural light pours into the work spaces within the building’s interior, through a web of columns and beams created by reducing the area of the floor plates while keeping in place the rectilinear framework of the original reinforced concrete structure. Within this framework, a series of staircases was inserted, linking floors through the central atrium. The atrium works in conjunction with the air conditioning system, drawing air from every floor and out through the glass shingled dome on the roof. Upon completion, 50 Martin Place was the largest refurbished heritage building to be awarded the 6 Star Green Star Rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.
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