Düsseldorf-based Ingenhoven Architects and Australian practice Architectus have won a competition to design a 79-storey skyscraper for Sydney, set to become the city's tallest residential building.
The architects won the invited competition to design the tower at 505-523 George Street, in downtown Sydney, from a shortlist that included SOM, Wilkinson Eyre, Foster + Partners, FJMT and Bates Smart. It is being built for developers Mirvac and the Coombes Property Group.

"The winning entry is a 79-storey signature tower, which, as the highest residential building in Sydney, will be a profoundly visible landmark standing for an economical, environmental and socially sustainable, future-oriented development," said Ingenhoven Architects in a statement.
The slender tower will contain 480 apartments, behind a single-skin facade with external sun-shading devices between each storey. On the north facade, these devices will incorporate photovoltaic panels.

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners recently completed three new skyscrapers in Sydney, at the nearby Barangaroo development. Grimshaw is also planning a new high-rise in the city, to create office space to appeal to the "millennial worker".
Visualisations are by Ingenhoven Architects and Doug and Wolf.

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