Bates Smart Architects

Collins House

Collins House
© Peter Clarke

COLLINS HOUSE

Bates Smart

ARCHITECTS
Bates Smart

PHOTOS
Peter Clarke (6), Sean Fennessy (3)

BUDGET
$100M +

AREA
300,000 sqft - 500,000 sqft

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
466, Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia

CATEGORY
Residential › Apartment

Collins House is designed to enhance the western end of Collins Street with a bold and elegant landmark building, which derives its gracefulness from its slender proportions.

The site’s main asset is the well proportioned and decorative heritage building, built in 1908.

Collins House
© Peter Clarke
Collins House
© Peter Clarke
Collins House
© Peter Clarke

There is an opportunity to reinstate the original features and enhance the reading of the building through reconnecting internal spaces with the facade proportions, and the use of a well proportioned entry foyer, connected to the street though the re-instated original entry doors.

By setting the tower back from the exiting heritage facade and reinstating its original grandeur, the development seeks to create a landmark building both at street level and in the city skyline context.

The particularly narrow site required a rethinking of the structure of tall buildings. Through an inventive structural system combined with cutting edge construction techniques, we have been able to completely reinvent the tall tower.

Collins House
© Peter Clarke
Collins House
© Peter Clarke

The starting point in the design of the building is the expression and refinement of the structural system.

The H-shaped vertical concrete structure is over-clad with glass as a bold but elegant form.

Collins House
© Sean Fennessy
Collins House
© Sean Fennessy

This is accompanied by a crisply detailed component which cantilevers over the air rights of the adjoining building, creating a unified and uniform skin over the eastern elevation.

Exemplary amenities are located at Levels 3 and 27, with the provision of a luxurious resident lounge with terraced area and gym facilities overlooking the city.

Collins House
© Sean Fennessy


Collins House
Collins House


Collins House

Collins House

Bates Smart Architects
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