Category
Construction (Commercial) » Best Use of Glass
Year
2009
Company
Built
Project
Grosvenor Place Ground Plane Refurbishment
Suburb
Sydney
Prize
Winner
Glass was used extensively in the lobby refurbishment of this building. The glass roof over the space frame covers an area of 700m2, with 82 individual panels of heat efficient toughened laminated solar glass, the panels were up to 5m long x 2.5m wide x 17.52mm thick. The lobby glass walls are 10m high, made up of two panels one 7m high and another 3m high x 3m wide x 31.5mm thick. There are curved toughened glass balustrades and five 4.5metre diameter revolving doors.
The glass contract was approximately $5 million.