Little Orange and Yellow Hats

As can see in this shot it has been a very damp, grey day without a breath of wind. The rain hasn't arrived yet and it would be great if it didn't! I took a short walk around the block to see what I got capture for this blip.

I have blipped this building, the Knox Plaza development, the last blip I did was a collage of different stages of developments. The middle shot in this collage is in the same position as the shot I took today. As you can see there has been at lot more work done since then. I thought these little orange and yellow tops made the shot more colourful.

The Knox Plaza build at 148 Victoria Street is the first to register to achieve BASE (Building A Sustainable Environment) certification. It will complement the adjoining Knox Presbyterian church, with a single storied ‘transparent’ building at the front, so that there is a good view of the church. The main building starts behind Knox Church - in order to give this iconic building its own space on the corner.

The building will boast features including high performance glass, comprehensive recycling facilities, heat recovery and extensive use of natural light - features that cost a slight premium to developers in the building process, but deliver significant financial and social benefits in just a few years.

Building owner John Ryder says planning and developing the building along BASE guidelines was a simple decision.

“We had an exciting chance to build something innovative and remarkable, and we grabbed it,” he says. “We’re very pleased to have so easily come up with something that is sensitive to the needs of the city and our obligations to the environment, as well as provide something operationally efficient for the tenant.’

For more photos and information on the Knox Plaza