Will this be Brisbane’s last award-winning green tower?
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The Standard by Aria Property Group is Australia’s best residential tower. Picture: Supplied
A BRISBANE residential tower, with all the amenities of an inner-city suburb, including Queensland’s largest vertical green wall, has been named the best residential high-rise in Australia.
The Standard by Aria Property Group
South Brisbane’s The Standard, by Aria Property Group, won the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s top award at a ceremony in Sydney this week.
The rooftop retreat at The Standard. Picture: Supplied
It was the fourth national award in six years for Aria and follows the decision to scrap an even more ambitious green tower, Urban Forest, after the development was deemed unfeasible earlier this month.
Aria residential development manager Michael Hurley at The Standard. Picture: David Kelly.
While the failed project was a blow for Aria and Brisbane City Council, it is not the end for Brisbane’s green legacy.
“When we set ourselves and the city the goal of trying to deliver one of the world’s greenest and sustainable buildings ever built, we knew that it was never going to be easy to achieve,” Aria residential development manager Michael Hurley said.
An artist impression of Urban Forest in South Brisbane. Picture: Supplied
“We are still incredibly passionate about delivering upon that goal and helping the Lord Mayor and State Government (with) their vision of delivering the cleanest, greenest, and most sustainable Olympic Games ever.”
Other Queensland projects to receive national UDIA awards on Thursday night were Drift by Mosaic from the Mosaic Property Group which won Australia’s top medium density development award, while Mirvac won for Diversity in Development.
Drift by Mosaic. Picture: Supplied
Mr Hurley said the UDIA awards showed Brisbane was setting the benchmark for the rest of the country.
“For a long time, everyone looked to Sydney and Melbourne as leading the way nationally,” he said.
“Yet over the last several years the development community in Brisbane with the support and vision of Brisbane City Council and State Government has been challenging that idea, through innovation, sustainability, public realm, and design. And I think the industry nationally is now looking at Brisbane as setting the benchmark for others to follow.”
The three Tesla cars wait beneath a wall of greenery. Picture: Supplied
The Standard, at the southern end of South Brisbane, is a 31-storey residential tower with 264 residences, a full concierge serve and three electric Tesla cars for residents to use free of charge.
The Sky Lounge. Picture: Supplied
The complex has a wellness retreat with an in-house masseuse and treatment room, three magnesium baths, two infra-red saunas, a steam room, yoga studio and commercial standard gym.
The commercial standard gym, with views over the city. Picture: Supplied
There is a movie theatre for residents, a bar, and a rooftop retreat with a 25m magnesium pool, dining room, outdoor seating and barbecue space and a sky lounge.