Cremorne

13 Cremorne is a seven-storey 2900m2 commercial project with retail on the ground floor and a penthouse event space situated near Richmond Train Station. The project is a concept of three things– a new urban narrative, a tight urban site, and an aesthetic that speaks of our client. The gold pleated façade compresses the impression of the height of the building to a more human/pedestrian experience; the horizontal lines continue the linearity of the street façades, and the precision of construction of the pleats speaks of the craftsmanship that exists in the shop-fitting scale. Whereas the Dove Street ‘back’ façade is our little contribution to the pre-existing Cremorne industrial context – the unassuming red bricks together with the finer hit ‘n’ miss articulation add back that character to the familiar streetscape.

Photography: Derek Swalwell