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Elenberg Fraser - Latest News Elenberg Fraser wins international hospitality design award for Vue de monde Elenberg Fraser have won the 2012 Award for Design Excellence in Restaurants for the new Vue de monde restaurant in Rialto Tower, at the HA+D Hotel Management Asia Hospitality Awards announced at a ceremony in Mangkok, Hong Kong. image © Elenberg Fraser Architects The prestigious international awards run by HA+D Magazine recognise outstanding hospitality design projects in the Asia region, and are judged by a distinguished international panel as well as HA+D readers. Vue de monde’s design acknowledges the links between ‘destination dining’ and Australia’s tourism and uses this to explore other Australian tourist attractions including the unique natural landscapes, which are brought to life through materials and features. Director of Elenberg Fraser, Callum Fraser, says “Our design for Vue de monde is an investigation of the links between body, memory and ritual. We wanted to go beyond the clichés that dominate Australian tourism and create a connection with Melbourne’s local natural environment – the river estuary.” Guests experience elements of this environment on their journey through the restaurant from the glowing lights of fireflies and the campfire, to the black basalt surface of the billabong and the stretched animal hides covering the tables. Elenberg Fraser are currently working on a range of local and international hospitality and tourism projects. Vue de monde Level 55 Rialto, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Restaurant Completed 2011 The overall concept of Shannon Bennett’s flagship restaurant Vue de monde on the 55th floor of the Rialto is the abstract Australian landscape, in particular, the landscape of Melbourne and its waterways. The Yarra River, the reeds, the billabong, Australian animals and insects – the platypus, fireflies, frilled neck lizards and kangaroos – were all referenced for inspiration. The design celebrates Australiana in its true essence – its sense of wonder and its contradictions, possessing both wildness and sophistication. Elenberg Fraser - Latest Designs New Buildings by Elenberg Fraser Architects Abode, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2011- image © Elenberg Fraser Architects Abode by Elenberg Fraser, a new 55 storey residential building on Russell St, for PDG. There is no bronze to be seen here, rather the becoming pink blush of the low emissivity glass covering Abode’s undulating façade. On closer inspection, it becomes clear that the horizontal and vertical waves consist of individual rooms articulated as protrusions, meaning all of the apartments are literally rooms with a view. Once you’re inside, follow Ariadne’s thread through the white and silver communal interiors up to your room. Look up and down Russell Street from any apartment in the building, and be secure in the knowledge that the benefits are not just visual - the wave form affects wind pressure, which determines the fluctuating amplitude and breaking up downdrafts to protect pedestrians. Abode has now gone to market. 308 City Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2011- image © Elenberg Fraser Architects H.G. Wells wrote in 1906 that he found himself ‘agape, admiring a sky-scraper…ploughing up through the traffic of Broadway and Fifth Avenue in the afternoon light’. This, of course, was about New York’s Flatiron Building, the landmark building that acts as a gateway to Manhattan. With its planning permit awaiting approval, Melbourne may be set to get its equivalent - the new building 308 City Road by Elenberg Fraser for Ausgroup Property and Development. Forming a gateway to the South of the city, this 42 storey residential tower graces the corner site at the junction of City Rd and Clarendon St. The curved façade flutters rhythmically - this is a sculpture that breathes, it literally has gills - the undulations channel the South-West prevailing breeze, protecting pedestrians from down-drafts. The feminine softness of the form is counteracted by the dark green and black glow that creates the inhabited landscape in the surface of the building. 601 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2011- image © Elenberg Fraser Architects The new building for Urban Inc. at 601 Little Collins Street by Elenberg Fraser looks skyward and transcends old into new. Elenberg Fraser have designed a suite of apartments to sit on top of the old MMBW building, a virtual nest. Like the classic image of Barbarella and her angel, at 601 Little Collins St, hard lines flow into feathery softness - the soft, billowing sheet facing the street is perforated aluminium mirrors, that reflect the sky and echo the materials of nearby Liberty Tower. It’s style plus substance though - the facade also provides passive solar protection from the harsh sun, as well as aero-dynamic drag. The roughness engages the wind ensuring pedestrian comfort below and improving natural ventilation to the apartments. The sides of the building are feathers, creating a nap and grain and matte relief to the street façade. The black line of Barbarella’s boot continues inside - surrounded by white, feathery objects the overall impression is that you are wrapped within the arms of an angel. These apartments will be on the market soon. Elenberg Fraser - Key Projects Major Projects by Elenberg Fraser Architects, alphabetical: 401 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2009 image © Digital Fx 401 St Kilda Road A'Beckett Tower, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2009- image © Elenberg Fraser Architects A'Beckett Tower Clara, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2009-11 picture © Pointilism Clara South Yarra Goods Shed, Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2008 image © Digital Fx Goods Shed Melbourne St Falls, Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia 2009 picture © Digital Fx St Falls Victoria Site One, Bourke Street, Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2007 photo © Tony Miller Site One Melbourne More Elenberg Fraser projects online soon

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