Midtown Centre - Brisbane

Overview

Two 1970’s office towers in Brisbane’s city centre are getting a new lease of life, driven by environmental considerations, the buildings are being stitched together through innovative design by Fender Katsalidis. In 2021, this exceptional building will be complete offering a single address of 44,000 square meters NLA, A Grade office space, 5-star green star office space with average floors of 2000 square meters (up to 2600). This $175M investment provides tenants and users of the building with first class integrated amenities in this landmark building.

Scope Delivered

BSE’s team delivered electrical and mechanical design across all stages of this exciting from demolition advice to reduce waste and leverage re-use options, through detailed design right to construction documentation and advice.

Project Results

Extensive refurbishment to a base building structure requires a solution driven approach, from minimal penetrations to increased ceiling heights, BSE’s team provided innovative concepts and practical solutions. The result, significant increase in ceiling heights for tenants and users of the space, made possible by creative mechanical design and planning with the use of Kingspan ducts, low temp VAV and swirl diffusers.

Awards

PCA Best Sustainable Development 2023 (National)

PCA Queensland Development of the Year 2023

UDIA National Award for Urban Renewal 2023

Master Builders Queensland, Commercial Building over $50M, Hutchison Builders

Urban Developer 2022
Excellence in Sustainability
Excellence in Design Innovation

Lord Mayor’s “Brisbane Buildings that Breathe Architecture Prize” at the 2022 Brisbane Regional Architecture Awards (Australian Institute of Architects)

Images courtesy of Fender Katsalidis.