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Key Details
- About The Project
Paul Rappoport was commissioned by a firm of town planners in Brisbane to represent them in their effort to avoid a heritage listing on the old TAB building in Albion Brisbane. Upon inspection of the building, it was discovered that most of the façade was constructed out of asbestos cladding. Even though the building looks like a Brutalist concrete building, it is in fact a light weigh cladding around a central concrete core. The condition of the asbestos cladding was found to be very poor and brittle and was beginning to break of in pieces from the façade. Also, the glass façade was found to be leaking at the glazed panel joints and none of the building’s services were found to meet pertinent Australian standards.
- Project summary
Based on the above, the subject building was found to be a poor example of Brutalism due to its lightweight cladding. Light weight cladding is not germane to the essential principles of the brutalist style.
- What was done
Paul Rappoport made a written submission to the Queensland Heritage Council – summarising the above-mentioned faults and detracting elements and was able to successfully to convince the Council not to Heritage List the building.
- Time frame
November – December 2015
Services provided
- Research
- Physical inspection of the building
- Presentation to the Queensland Heritage Council
Why was the work undertaken?
For reasons of clarity, it was found necessary not to Heritage list the subject building due to its poor connection with the essential Brutalist design principles.
Who was the work completed for?
Andrew Gaffney ML Design Spring Hill Queensland
Outcome
A development application has been submitted by Alceon Group for a $200 million redevelopment of 240 Sandgate Road, Albion into a large mixed-use precinct involving commercial, residential and retail.
Known as Hudson Common, the project is centred on the old TAB building which was built in the 1970’s and would undergo a building refurbishment, complete with façade upgrade, as well as a new open area plaza and new mid-level commercial office tower. (Brisbane Development news)
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