ARM loses out as Port Phillip Council scraps contentious St Kilda foreshore development scheme.
Plans for the St Kilda Triangle development have been scrapped by Port Phillip Council, at a cost of $5 million.
Mayor Frank O’Connor announced that the development proposal had been scrapped, with the council agreeing to pay developers Citta Property Group $5 million over three years in settlement.
Melbourne architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall had been leading the design team working on the scheme, working alongside developers Citta Property Group, financed by Babcock & Brown.
Since winning the tender in May 2007, the developers claim they have spent $12 million on the scheme – and therefore stand to lose $7 million from the project.
The scheme has been marked by problems since planning work began almost ten years ago. The proposal from Citta, which was approved by the council in August 2008, included a $20 million refurbishment of heritage listed Palais Theatre, new entertainment facilities and shopping complex as well as cultural facilities and a new urban square.
However, the project faced a fierce backlash from the community. Protest group, UnChain St Kilda, claimed the plans were "effectively privatising Crown Land”, adding that the project was outdated and lacked necessary sustainability measures.
“It is a car dependent shopping complex, an alcohol dependent entertainment precinct, a huge development oblivious to climate change and its implications,” they claimed.
This new house by Judd Lysenko Marshall combines clarity and complexity to produce a truly monumental residence.
| Interior Design: Outpost |
| 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale |
| Boral Design Award closes soon |
| IDEA 2010 tickets go on sale |
in response to
Epping To Chatswood Ra...
The glass canopied railway station entrances were a wonderful design & concept, but unfortunately Hassell, the architect, forgot that they wer...
in response to
Prefab Student Housing...
I am interested to know how well the chinese fabrication went together once on site. Here in WA many modular units are brought in and it is amazin...
The following 0 people were compelled to have their say. We encourage you to do the same.
Please keep your comments friendly and on topic.