Astor Apartments in Crows Nest, Sydney Homes, NSW Real Estate Building, Architecture Images
Astor Apartments in Crows Nest, Sydney
Contemporary Architecture Development in New South Wales ? design by Tony Owen Partners Architects
14 Dec 2018
Astor Apartments
Design: Tony Owen Partners Architects
Location: Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia
Astor Apartments
Tony Owen uses laser cut origami screens to blend the inside and landscape in these courtyard apartments.

Astor is a 4 storey apartment complex is located in the North Sydney suburb of Crows Nest. The design contains 50 units. The surrounding area is an exclusive leafy suburb thus the design had to achieve the highest standard of finish and quality.

The site is located on a busy main road and is overlooked on all sides, so we designed the ?U shaped? scheme to face into a quiet central landscaped courtyard which is oriented north for sun. All of the units are accessed from this courtyard via outdoor screened walkways. Thus the design blends landscaped areas with the internal apartment spaces.
The 4-storey design incorporates a vertical expression and breaks down the massing into 2 storey portions; as such it reflects the terrace house character of the area. We have used a limited pallete of off-form concrete and bronze metal panels. This gives a refined, natural, organic and contemporary impression to the building and merges with the surrounding landscaped environment.

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