NewLife Darling Harbour

495 Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007

NewLife Darling Harbour realises the potential of an extraordinary site in a beautiful urban setting.

Five leading Australian architectural firms were invited to compete for the project with celebrated Architectus winning the coveted competition for their innovative, sympathetic and eye-catching design.

Renowned international artist Xia Hang has been selected to activate a new laneway at the NewLife Darling Harbour development. This new artwork titled Memory Tree, will transform, and become the heart of, a new laneway. This intricate, kinetic-lit, eight metre-high ‘tree’ is inspired by Hang’s childhood love of early animations such as the Transformers series.

Poised over the internationally renowned Precinct of Darling Harbour and nestled amongst the Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre, UTS and the ABC studios, NewLife Darling Harbour sits on the ridge of a dramatic peninsular that extends from Broadway north to Pyrmont Point.

This elevated position offers stunning views to the CBD, major bridges and the harbour while inventive architecture weaves distinctive living and leisure zones into the fabric of the building. The jury was impressed by Architectus’ contemporary interpretation of the site’s semi-industrial history, its welcoming open-air courtyard and sensitive laneway links.

NewLife Darling Harbour’s central city location, close to Sydney’s major educational, cultural and commercial hub, makes it ideal for innovative live-work-play environments.

One of Australia’s largest architectural practices, Architectus brings a breadth of experience from around the world to their multi-award-winning projects.NewLife Darling Harbour’s principal architect, Brendan Randles, leads the team that is driving this innovative, artful and prestigious new city development.

“The building’s eye-catching, multi-layered form creates an outstanding place to live, to experience, and to glimpse from its many surrounding environments. Organised around a lush central landscaped courtyard, our design activates and humanizes the building’s ground level edges with flexible retail spaces, high-quality landscapes, sympathetic terrace-style living and podium apartments above.

Apartments are complemented by superb landscaped roof terraces and communal facilities, all designed to capitalize on the building’s extraordinary outlooks and location. Flanked by historic Victorian terraces, we created a lively group of buildings set around the courtyard rather than one amorphous structure to better integrate with the surrounds.”

NewLife Darling Harbour

495 Harris St, Ultimo NSW 2007

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