Australia's best buildings of 2016 will make you want to move in
If you're sick of your crusty old office, here are some of Australia's best new buildings so you can start daydreaming.
On Friday, the Property Council's 2016 Innovation and Excellence Awards honoured sensational developments across the country. From shopping malls to hotels, the best of Australian architecture was on display.
Taking out the top prize of Australian Development of the Year was the revamp of Sydney's 50 Martin Place. It's a heritage building in a Beaux-Arts architectural style, originally completed in 1928 as the home of the Commonwealth Bank.
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Renovated in 2014, it now serves as the global headquarters for Macquarie Bank, which acquired the building in 2012.
It's not the building's first award, winning the Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture from the Australian Institute of Architects in November. Even its glass lifts won Elevator World Project of the Year.
"50 Martin Place is a landmark example of how retrofitting can transform tired old offices into highly-connected, high-performance workplaces without compromising character, charm or contemporary standards of sustainability," Ken Morrison, Property Council of Australia's Chief Executive, said in a statement.
50 Martin Place also took out the awards in the categories of Best Office Development and Best Sustainable Development -- Existing Buildings. Tell your bosses to pay a visit.
The building joins previous Australian Development of the Year winners, Sydney's One Shelley Street and 8 Chifley, Melbourne's ANZ Centre and Fairfax Media House, and Perth's Brookfield Place.
Other category award winners this year include a range of buildings, such as a shopping centre, universities and affordable housing developments. You'd be wishing you could move in.
Best Public Building: Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, University of Technology, Sydney
Best Tourism and Leisure Development: Ibis Hotel Adelaide
Best Shopping Centre Development: Macquarie Centre, Sydney
Best Sustainable Development - New Buildings: University of Queensland's Global Change Institute
Best Mixed Use Development: East Village, Sydney
Best Affordable Housing Development: One on Aberdeen, Perth
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