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Realm Apartments in Adelaide
South Australia Housing Project – design by Elenberg Fraser
3 Nov 2017
Realm Apartments
Design: Elenberg Fraser
Location: First Creek Wetland, Adelaide Botanic Gardens (ABG), Adelaide, Australia
Realm Apartments

Adelaide may be known for churches, wine, and the Crows, but a lofty city skyline is definitely not one of the recognisable features of this mini-metropolis. Elenberg Fraser is here to change all that with our new mixed-use building on Austin Street in Adelaide?s CBD.

This 40 storey tower is set to puncture the stratosphere of Adelaide?s built environment; its 132 metre height making it the tallest residential building in the city. A thoughtfully folded, glowing gold lantern rising above the mass of historic buildings at its base. The form of the building is cinched at the waist, jutting in and reaching up with appealing angularity. The geometric arrangement of perforated gold screens across the east and west façades provide solar and wind protection for the apartments, and balcony activation behind (with the north and south sides reserved for balconies).
The shimmer effect is amplified with silver balustrades and reflective glass on the apartments. As night falls, their translucency accentuates the golden glow of the tower, lit from within like a beacon for the future of one of Australia?s rapidly growing urban centres. An existing arcade is to b...