Marina Tower is the tallest tower in New Quay Central?s master plan at 44 storeys. The architectural proposition was to challenge the normal conventions of the high-rise typology ? the stacked repetitive floor plate ? with a sculptural urban form with shifting and cantilevering floor plans and apartment types.

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Architects: DKO Architecture

Location: 8 Pearl River Rd, Docklands VIC 3008 Australia

Lead Architects: Koos de Keijzer, Jesse Linardi, Michael Drescher, Mauro Miglino, Dennis Chew, Michael Fouche, Bobby Bartley

Other Participants: MAB, Probuild, Sinclair Brook, Webber Design, Wood & Grieve, PSV Consulting Engineers, MacCormack Associates Consultasnts, BG&E Facades, Oculus, Acoustic Logic, Ark Resources, McKenzie Group, One Group, Traffix, Altitude FAC, Douglas Partners, MEL Consultants
Area: 66.95 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Tom Blachford and Kate Ballis, Sharyn Cairns

© Tom Blachford and Kate Ballis

Text description provided by the architects. Marina Tower is the tallest tower in New Quay Central?s master plan at 44 storeys. The architectural proposition was to challenge the normal conventions of the high-rise typology ? the stacked repetitive floor plate ? with a sculptural urban form with shifting and cantilevering floor plans and apartment types.

Traditional Tower

© Tom Blachford and Kate Ballis

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