Architect of Green Square’s Infinity Tower OK with controversy over his project
Domain
12 March 2019
by Sue Williams
They’ve likened it to a doughnut, an armchair and a rollercoaster and said it was a building so ambitious, dramatic and flamboyant, it’d never actually happen.
Yet the controversial apartment block Infinity in Sydney’s Green Square is now just weeks from completion, with its curves, loops and hole right through the middle creating an enormous stir and a flood of both praise and criticism.
No construction since the Opera House in 1958 has excited as much enthusiasm and ridicule, but architect Koichi Takada doesn’t mind one bit. “It’s a privilege to be talked… Read more
Bogen überspannt: Hochhaus von Koichi Takada in Sydney
BauNetz
14 Feb 2019
Es ist ein auffallendes Gebäude. Mit schon postmoderner Leichtigkeit haben Koichi Takada Architects diesem Hochhaus an der zentralen Skittle Lane in Sydney einen deutlichen Bruch eingearbeitet. Wie sie dem Bau vor die unteren acht Stockwerke eine Art Sockel aus komplex vermauertem Backstein vorblendeten und es dann gläsern-glatt in die Höhe schießen lassen, wirkt wie eine Collage aus römischer Antike und International Design. Dabei haben die Architekten und die Bauherrin Crown International Holdings Group dem Wohn- und Geschäftshaus einen schnörkellosen Namen gegeben, der das alles verbindende Motiv dieses ambivalenten Projekts benennt: Der Bogen, the Arc.
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Architecturally-Designed Beach Side Abodes That Stole Our Imagination
Habitus Living
20 Feb 2019
Holly Cunneen
NEWPORT HOUSE
This waterfront retreat designed by iconic Australian-Japanese architect Koichi Takada is the epitome of an Australian dream home, adorned with a private beach, garden and open-plan living.
Koichi, in collaboration with JGroup Projects & Development, quickly uncovered that the concept needed to reflect the owner’s love of the outdoors; an openness of space and beach lifestyle, offering constant opportunities to connect with nature.… Read more
This is Sydney’s First Boutique Serviced Apartments In Its Central Business District
Robb Report
20 Feb 2019
Skye Suites Sydney opened in October last year with a roster of 73 studios. Guests can opt between single or double bedroom suites, located on seven floors of the Arc Sydney; itself a recently inaugurated 25-storey multi-residential building. Designed by Koichi Takada, the structure includes a clever pedestrian thoroughfare linking to Kent, Clarence and King streets, including historic Skittle Lane.
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Beauty is in the Details for this Tower in Sydney
Åvontuura
14 Feb 2019
Karl van Es
Koichi Takada Architects completes Arc, its latest mixed-use residential tower in Sydney’s CBD. The project won the City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition in 2013 and spans the width of a whole city block fronting both Clarence Street and Kent Street in the historic precinct of central Sydney. The building combines old and new, a handcrafted brick podium and an organic roof feature designed to add more character to the future of Sydney.
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Crown brings nature to heart of LA
The Australian
16 Feb 2019
Ben Wilmont
When the time came for Sydney’s Crown Group to take the big development leap into the US, there was little question who business founder Iwan Sunito would call upon — celebrated Japanese Australian architect Koichi Takada.
The pair have created architec-turally unique buildings around Australia and their vision offshore is no different.
Their planned Sky Trees tower sporting an undulating timber canopy referencing Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe’s “flying skirt” moment, in Los Angeles, is designed to resonate with the city’s celebrated street culture.
The developer and architect had previously collaborated on a… Read more
Sky Trees tower proposed for Los Angeles takes cues from redwoods and Marilyn Monroe
DEZEEN
15 February
Bridget Cogley
Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects has unveiled a slatted timber tower for Los Angeles, featuring a splayed bottom that draws on Marilyn Monroe’s “flying skirt” moment.
Koichi Takada Architects has proposed the mixed-use Sky Trees development for 1111 South Hill Street in Downtown LA. It comprises two towers – one planned to reach 70 storeys and the other about half as tall.
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70-Story Tower Inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Flying Skirt’ Planned for Downtown LA
Arch Daily
14 February 2019
Eric Baldwin
A new mixed-use tower by Sydney-based practice Koichi Takada Architects has been designed for downtown Los Angeles. With the potential to rise as high as 70 stories, the project was inspired by California’s redwood trees and Marilyn Monroe’s iconic wind-swept skirt. Dubbed Sky Trees, the project will include clustered towers clad in timber mullions that transformed into free-flowing wooden awnings at the base of the project.
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Crown Group unveils Marilyn Munroe inspired LA skyscraper
The Urban Developer
13 Feb 2019
Sydney-based developer Crown Group has unveiled designs for a 63-storey residential tower in downtown Los Angeles.
The 528 apartment building, located at 1111 South Hill Street, will comprise 52,000sq m of gross floor area as well as 500 square metre of retail.
If realised, the building, dubbed Sky Trees, would be one of the tallest buildings in Los Angeles, behind the 73-story Wilshire Grand Center and US Bank Tower.
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70-story tower inspired by California redwoods slated for Downtown Los Angeles
The Architects Newspaper
11 Feb 2019
Antonio Pacheco
A new mixed-use tower slated for a growing section of Downtown Los Angeles designed by Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects could rise as high as 70 stories, new renderings reveal.
New renderings for the so-called Sky Trees LA project showcase a grouping of thin, rounded towers of various heights capped by arched profiles and tree-lined rooftop terraces. Inspired by California’s redwood trees, the clustered towers will come wrapped in natural materials, including timber mullions.
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