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A'Beckett Tower, Melbourne, Australia
Elenberg Fraser were approached in early 2007 by an existing client and given the brief to develop a residential tower in the academic precinct in Melbourne with compact apartments to cater for the urban young professional market. Sitting on a 900 sq m block, A'Beckett Tower is a prototype for high-density residual infill. The building form follows the podium and tower model with a non-traditionally treated podium. A thin veneer of apartments lines the carpark, which is accessed via elevators for cars, liberating the podium facade from cars and ramps and presenting an active residential... >>>
