BVN has won the design competition to develop the airspace above Sydney’s City Tattersalls Club, impressing the judging panel with an efficient floor plan and “elegant” and “calm” facade.
The winning design calls for a 49-storey tower that will include 246 residential apartments and a 100-room boutique hotel.
An intermediate podium will work to integrate the heritage building at 194–204 Pitt Street with the tower above, while the floorplan will aim to maximize the views of the apartments and common spaces, drawing natural light deep into the tower.
City Tatts chairman Patrick Campion said that BVN will work closely with FJMT, the architect overseeing the redevelopment of the heritage components of the original club buildings, to ensure continuity.
“Our Club has been part of the fabric of the city for 125 years, and this world class design will underpin its ongoing success as the CBD’s most welcoming social, cultural, sporting and business hub,” he said in a statement to members.
“The tower’s façade is contemporary and calm, and will add an elegant, landmark structure to the iconic Sydney skyline.”
Built in 1891 and designed by Sheerin and Hennessy, the City Tattersalls Club is state heritage listed as one of the few surviving city clubs of the late nineteenth century.
The other design teams competing for the airspace project included four Australian practices, Hassell, Bates Smart, SJB and Candalepas Associates, and international practice DP Architects working in collaboration with Scott Carver Architects.
City Tattersalls Club and joint venture partners ICD Property and First Sponsor Group expect to submit a Stage 2 Development Application later this year, with construction to begin in 2022 and completion slated for early 2026.
