VISION 42 — CIVIC STAR
Connecting to the river seems so obvious now,
but this isn’t the history of the city.
This building is actually a transformative project.
For years this has been a back face of the city. All of a
sudden we’ve got these great buildings that address this
beautiful riverbank precinct and each of the buildings
speak to its scale. Being in this building is absolutely like
you’re part of Adelaide’s landscape. The light-bulb
moment on this project was how we were going to get
these buildings to contribute to the city fabric. This is the
doorstep of Adelaide, and there is no back door to this
building, this is all on show. The light-bulb moment for
this project was to say: ‘Well everything that we do in this
project needs to show what we’re most proud about the
city, this precinct and what it can become. It was a really
proud moment when this building opened. I grew up
here and now we’re delivering convention centres all
over the world and so it’s great seeing how this works
and now we’re taking this to the world.
PROJECT
Adelaide Convention Centre –
East Building
CLIENT
Adelaide Convention Centre
ARCHITECT
Woods Bagot
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTS
Thomas Masullo, Gordana Ticak,
Simon Tothill, Stuart Uren
PROJECT ENGINEER
Aurecon, Bestec
BUILDER
Lend Lease
FACADE ENGINEER
Aurecon
WINDOW SUPPLIER / INSTALLER
Capral / Reliable Glass
GLASS SUPPLIER
Viridian
PRINCIPAL GLAZING
Viridian Custom Double Glazed Unit
with 13.52mm Low Iron, Low-E laminate
and 6mm Low Iron
TOTAL PROJECT COST
$397m (East and West Buildings)