Belle Magazine
Feb/March Issue 2019
Arc by Crown Group is a new 25-storey residential and serviced apartment centrepiece in the CBD by Koichi Takada Architects.
Inspired by surrounding heritage facades, Arc’s complex array of masonry arches in intricated brickwork brings the character and longevity of the handcrafted.… Read more
realestate.com.au
08 January 2019
Aleisha Dawson
A 10-STOREY luxury unit tower opposite an iconic surf break is set to hit the market.
Synergy Property Partners is behind Norfolk at Burleigh Heads — it is inspired by the surrounding parkland, beachfront and headland of the popular beachfront suburb.
Agent Jamie-Lee Edwards, of JLE Projects, has opened a pre-registration campaign to meet interest in the new high-end lifestyle residences.
Pricing has not yet been revealed.
“The team at Koichi Takada Architects drew inspiration from the immediate natural landscape of heritage-listed Norfolk pine trees to design a statement residential building that redefines… Read more
The Daily Telegraph
10 December 2018
Ben James
A Japanese-inspired block which is the latest in Crown Group’s flagship Mastery development has been approved.
Work will soon start on the shopping and residential building in Waterloo after being signed off by the Central Sydney Local Planning Panel on Wednesday.
The six-storey block, which features a tiered facade packed with plants, trees and shrubs, will have shops on the lower levels, 54 luxury apartments, basement parking for 58 cars, private rooftop terraces and two communal roof gardens.
Crown Group is building its Mastery neighbourhood in Waterloo, bordered by O’Dea Ave… Read more
Architecture AU
29 November 2018
A pair of 25-storey towers with a distinctive arched roofscape designed by Koichi Takada Architects has been completed in the Sydney CBD.
The two slim towers, now dubbed Arc by Crown, together contain 221 apartments and rise from an eight-storey masonry podium inspired by heritage buildings in the area.
The towers straddle a refreshed laneway connecting Clarence and Kent Streets, that dates back to the 1980s and draws its name – Skittle Lane – from its past life as a bowling alley for sailors and soldiers. The façade comprises 59 fins across the two towers that travel up… Read more
SKYE by Crown Group won the HIA NSW Apartment Complex over 10 storeys partnered by Miele.
Judges said, “This project was well designed with consideration in all apartments to make the most of the views, natural light and ventilation. The rooftop infinity pool, gym and communal areas provided an outdoor escape for inner city living. The Skydeck delivers both a beautiful and functional communal space with the infinity pool, lounge and outdoor areas providing resort style luxury which makes the most of the Sydney skyline. ”
The Urban Developer
21 November 2018
Designed by Koichi Takada Architects, Sydney-based developer Crown Group’s latest project “Mastery” in Sydney’s Waterloo has been launched over the weekend.
The developer said it remains confident for the demand of high-quality offerings within struggling market conditions.
Crown Group sold $40 million worth of apartments in the project’s first stage, with locals snapping up the majority of apartment offerings.
A total of 70 residences were offered for sale over the weekend, although the developer has not yet confirmed how many buyers have made purchases.
Crown Group said a global launch of Mastery will next… Read more
7 News
19 November 2018
As Sydney’s property market continues its downward spiral today, a rare bright spark that bucked the recent trend, buyers lining up to snap up apartments off the plan for a major development at Waterloo $40 million dollars worth of property sold in a single morning. Lined up and ready to spend this is the very opposite of what Sydney’s apartment market is supposed to be doing.… Read more
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Koichi Takada Architects. Thank you so much for all of you who supported and share this incredible journey with us.
Habitus Living
8 November 2018
by Rebecca Gross
Koichi Takada Architects has designed Calibre, a new apartment complex, with a focus on craft and nature to create a more human relationship between residents and their environment.
The Arts and Crafts movement emerged in the nineteenth century as a reaction to industrialization, as theorists and designers placed value on craftsmanship and natural materials and looked to nature for inspiration. Calibre is a new multi-residential development designed by Koichi Takada Architects – and much like the Arts and Crafts movement, it responds to the mass-produced, standardized and impersonal architecture of many… Read more
Habitus Living
7 November 2018
According to Japanese-born, Sydney-based architect Koichi Takada “naturalizing architecture” is part of his role as an architect: “I feel the responsibility towards reversing the cycle of civilization and bringing nature back into architecture – we need to create breathing space.”
At ‘In Conversation’, an event run as part of the SCCI Architecture Hub in October, Koichi came together with internationally-renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to discuss their approaches to naturalizing architecture. Exploring a series of their own projects, as well as the… Read more