Melbourne’s tallest timber office building finished
Friday 26 Jan 2024
The tallest mass timber office building in Melbourne has been completed at 15
storeys, designed by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects.
The 18,200-square-metre office building, named T3 Collingwood, has been designed
with sustainability in mind. Constructed using Victorian oak responsibly sourced
from Australian forests, the structure represents a 34 per cent reduction in
embodied carbon. Glazed windows have been integrated to maximise daylight and
energy efficiency.
Located at 36 Wellington Street, Collingwood, the
building features office spaces, retail offerings, a lobby, a wellness centre, a
basement car park and 186 bicycle parking spots, as well as outdoor terraces on
floors five and 12.
According to the T3 Collingwood website, the vision for the building was to provide
a working environment that fosters a “greater sense of wellbeing, fulfilment and
work satisfaction” through the incorporation of mental respite areas such as the
outdoor terraces.
Project developer Hines’s country head of Australia and New Zealand, David
Warneford, said that there is a growing demand for green buildings with
environmentally and socially beneficial design features.
As a result, the developer has engaged Architectus and Wilkinson Eyre to design
another green office tower at 600 Collins Street in Melbourne. The AU$1 billion
Collins Street project is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026.
Source: architectureau
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