Brisbane Australia Sees Towering Vision

Brisbane, Australia is set to soar to new heights with a new 265 metre tall mixed-use building called Vision. Developer Austcorp and the architect the Buchan Group have already worked on an almost identical project for the site that has already been approved by the local planning authorities at 246 metres but the Austcorp now hopes that this will be increased further allowing them to really shatter the local skyscraper record, a mere 207 metres.Vision will contain 72 floors in total consisting of 16 of office space, a total of 27,000 sq m, on the lower part of the tower. Almost all of the rest will be residential units. There will also be several floors of public space near the top whilst the lowest two levels will be retail. This will connect to a public plaza that will have through access to Brisbane City Botanic Gardens.The public facilities within include a top quality restaurant on the 63rd floor with an art gallery above it bringing some high-rise culture to diners with a full stomach and in need of a stroll plus a separate observation deck 200 metres above ground level.The building will be clad, almost entirely in floor to ceiling glazing giving it traits of an eco-tower. The glazing will be double skinned making it more efficient letting in cool air to regulate the temperatures when it's hot and when it's cooler at night this layer of air can act as insulation and reduce heating costs.The sleek sharks fin design and glass curtain walling that curves in at the top corresponding with the spire pushing the height up to 290 metres help to in effect make the top an effective crown rather than simply a roof with a façade overrun and help create a building so appetising that Godzilla would want to add it to his soup. The spire is even crooked to help emphasise this look further, something unusual in the straight up scrapers of today.Demand has already been strong for many of the apartments within the skyscraper, 123 of the 380 it will contain have already been sold however its understood that Austcorp are still about $50 million Aus short before they can get the development underway. Given the current sales rate it shouldn't be too hard for them to receive financing and if everything goes to plan demolition will start on site next month with an immediate construction of the $900 million skyscraper as soon as this is finished.