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Award Winners 2010
Date : Wednesday 28 July 2010
Venue : Doltone House - Darling Island Wharf
Special thanks to our 2010 sponsors for their support of these Awards.
The Annual Dinner and Development Excellence Awards were held on Wednesday 28 July 2010 in the new Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf, Pyrmont.
The Development of the Year 2010 was Ark, North Sydney, by Investa Property Group.
The Taskforces awards acknowledge development projects that achieve the best outcomes in terms of client requirements, environment, business and community considerations; as well as time, cost and quality. These awards recognise the crucial role of the developer in making a new development an outstanding success. The 2010 winners are set out below.
Noel Hemmings QG Chairman Urban Taskforce Australia
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Vince Sorrenti Master of Ceremonies
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Development of the Year Development Excellence Awards 2010
˜ARK NORTH SYDNEY
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Winner: Development Excellence Award for Industrial Development 2010
BLACKMORES CAMPUS
This amazing building epitomises the essence of the Blackmore brand ... it reinforces the values of longetivity, quality, sustainability and health ..... Blackmore's with Watermark Architecture have developed a building that staff and visitors will relate directly to the companys image. The building has 3,500 sqm of production space, 9,000 sqm of distribution centre space and 5,000 sqm of office space. The 220 staff enjoys the winter gardens and the "Wellness Centre" located at the heart of the building.
Here staff can be involved in yoga, gym activities and use the lap pool. Environmentally the building sets new standards with heat stacks, labyrinth pre-cooling, rainwater harvesting and sewer mining. Its estimated that the building will use 66 per cent less carbon emissions, than a conventional industrial building. The production systems have improved with the integration of production and distribution facilities that optimises materials handling from production through to storage and despatch.
The community has been involved in Open Days and 80 per cent of staff lives on the Northern Beaches. A tri-generation plant provides energy, water usage is dramatically reduced, recycled materials are utilised as the building presents a natural approach.
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Winner: Development Excellence Award for Commercial Development 2010
8 CENTRAL AVENUE - ATP
The Australian technology Park (ATP) has been struggling for some years to get a critical mass of commercial tenants. The arrival of Channel 7, with its four TV studios and a 12 storey office building, with a GLA of 62,000 square metres, has given ATP a major boost. The building designed by PTW and built by Watpac Construction has a 4 star Green Star rating and a 4.5 star NABERS office energy rating.
The building was completed two months ahead of schedule. The studios are now operating and producing shows such as "Home and Away", "Packed to the Rafters" and "The Matty Johns Show". The building required sophisticated acoustic treatment to ensure the studios were isolated and reverberation was reduced. Floating floors eliminated noise from the buildings structure.
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Winner: Development Excellence Award for Masterplanned Communities 2010
VALE Brookfield Multiplex Vale is a large new housing precinct 35 kilometres from Perth in Western Australia. It has been developed by Brookfield Multiplex, based on New Urbanism principles that reinforce a sense of arrival, a sense of place and a focus on integrated neighbourhood centres. Housing Design Controls ensure consistent quality across the suburb. There have been 1,200 sales in the first 3 years with a total of 1,800 lots now sold. The community has been closely involved with specific Community Development Programs and the concept of "Customer for Life" as part of Multiplex's ideology. Land values have increased in value by 102 per cent over the last five years ahead of most Perth increases. Technology is being used to developed communities with an online community forum (www.valelivingonline.com.au) Community groups are involved in tree planting, the community school and in caring for the 23 per cent of the site, kept as bushland. Specially designed "seed housing" has been distributed through the precinct to demonstrate quality. The whole project is a well conceived and implemented approach to the masterplanning of new communities. |
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Winner: Development Excellence Award for Affordable Housing 2010
ONE MINTO
A number of public housing tenants have been relocated nearby in the Campbelltown LGA. The "salt and peppered" approach to the new development is based on the principle of "indistinguishable streetscapes" to ensure that the quality is the same for all housing. Landcom selected four home builders - A V Jennings; Clarendon; Rawson Homes and Wisdom Homes, to work with design input from DkO Architects, to produce affordable land and home packages. There have been strong sales to date with 73 of the first 81 houses going very quickly.
House and land packages range from $330,000 to $600,000 ensuring access to a range of purchasers. The project rethinks the "Radburn" approach to planning from the 1970s with the front doors opening onto streets. Water sensitive urban design principles have been incorporated. The place management team used the slogan "Working together in Minto", new parks have been built and a new $2.4 million multipurpose centre constructed. The whole project is a giant step forward to reintegrating public housing into the broader community. |
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Winner: Development Excellence Award for Adaptive Re-use 2010
HOME HQ NORTH SHORE |
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Winner: Development Excellence Award for Retirement Living 2010
LANDSDOWNE GARDENS |
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Winner: Development Excellence Award for Residential Apartment Development 2010
˜NORTH MILSONS POINT
There are 76 spacious apartments over 15 levels, with a combination of studios, 1, 2, 3 beds and penthouses. Within one week of the launch, deposits were received for 50 of the 76 apartments. The original precast panels were removed, as was the original core.
To replace the structural integrity from the precast, the new core became a major structural element. Two new floors were added and floor slabs were extended. The resulting new facades give a rich layered appearance to the building, which is much more interesting than the original office building facade.
With the nearby railway line special attention was given to the acoustic performance of the facade. |
Winner: Development Excellence Award for Retail Development 2010
POINT COOK, TOWN CENTRE
Walkers have taken the key role with their in-house team and the Buchan Group Architects designed the centre. The Town Centre include the $6,6 million Point Cook community Learning Centre, 5,000 square metres of commercial space and anchor tenants, Coles, Target, Aldi, Harris Scarfe and 130 specialty shops. 100,000 visitors a week are flocking in to the new centre. Sales forecasts are to exceed $160 million in the first year.
The four quadrants have laneways cutting through them, reflecting the laneways of Melbourne's CBD. A significant wetland area has been retained and enhanced. Point Cook, Town Centre is a good benchmark for a town centre that reinforces the traditional values of the public domain, at a scale people feel comfortable with. |
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Winner: Development Excellence Award for Heritage Preservation 2010
99 MACQUARIE STREET - TRANSPORT HOUSE
The refurbishment has achieved a 4.5 star ABGR rating. The project demonstrates how a heritage building can be refurbished to attract top tenants and provide exceptional environmental outcomes. |
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Winner: Development Excellence Award for Tourism Development 2010
SYDNEY HARBOUR YHA and the BIG DIG ARCHAEOLOGY EDUCATION CENTRE
Guests can connect live with their family anywhere in the world. At a cost of $42 a night for a shared room or $128 for a double, the Rocks YHA is understandably becoming a worldwide hit. In the first 6 months 17,000 guests have stayed on average 2.6 nights. |
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