Gadigal
NSW
The identity of the iconic King George Tower, designed by John Andrews in 1976, has eroded through previous refurbishments. fjcstudio’s scheme restores the site’s integrity, defining the street corner with a new building and ensuring the tower lands independently on the ground with the distinctive concrete corner supports and expressed fire-stairs visible. Separated by an elegant glass-roofed laneway, a finely crafted precast-concrete pavilion brings solidity to the streetscape and enhances pedestrian connections, revitalising the busy King and George Street corner. A simple inserted glass-box lobby aligns centrally with the tower’s exposed columns, reinforcing the building’s presence to George Street.
Richard Francis-Jones, Design Architect
Johnathan Redman, Principal
Iain Blampied, Senior Associate
Gema Edo, Associate
Aliaksei Sakalouski, Associate
Ignasi Diez, Designer
Lina Sjögren, Principal
Alecia Connolly, Interior Designer
Ethos Urban, Town Planner
Enstruct, Structural Engineer
Arup, Mechanical, Hydraulic, Electrical, Fire Engineering, ESD/Greenstar, Lifts, Lighting
Group DLA, Principal Certifying Authority, BCA, PCA, CC
Inhabit, Access, Facade
fjcstudio, Wayfinding
RLB, Quantity Surveyor
fjclandscape, Landscape Consultant
fjcinteriors, Interior Designer
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
