Foster + Partners has released visuals for a 39-storey skyscraper that will be built above the Pitt Street metro station it is developing in central Sydney, Australia.
Named Pitt Street OSD, the skyscraper forms part of Foster + Partners ongoing work to expand the Sydney Metro ? Australia's biggest public transport project ? for which it is designing seven stations.
The building is being developed with Cox Architecture as "a vibrant mixed-use hub" that will contain flexible office space, retail and dining facilities, intended to reflect its prominent setting within Sydney's southern Central Business District.

"The Pitt Street north design is inspired by its unique park-side CBD context, bringing together office, transport, retail and public places in a coherent form," explained Ross Palmer, senior partner at Foster + Partners. "The Pitt Street north development will reinforce and frame one of the key gateways to the city with a design that celebrates the rich architectural heritage of the precinct and heralds the future of Sydney's next-generation midtown."
Once complete, Pitt Street OSD will be located directly above the northern entrance to Pitt Street station, which the visuals reveal will be lined with a glass wall to bring natural light into the station plaza.
It will be one of two high-rises built above the Metro station ? joined by 39-storey residential tower by Bates Smart over the south entrance.

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