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LOWER LONG
35 LOWER LONG Cape Town
OWNER Ellerine Bros
CLIENT , DEVELOPMENT & PROJECT MANAGERS Abland
ARCHITECT dhk Architects
QUANTITY SURVEYOR DTP Quantity Surveryors
STRUCTURAL & CIVIL ENGINEERS Zutari
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Ekcon Consulting Engineers
ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS Converge Consulting
FAÇADE , WET SERVICES , FIRE & LIFT ENGINEERS Sutherland
GREEN CONSULTANT Solid Green Consulting Green Direction
GREENSTAR CONSULTANT Green Direction
DHK SPECIFICATION CONSULTANT Schumann Consult
TOWN PLANNERS Headland Planners
LAND SURVEYORS David Hellig & Abrahamse
INTERIOR DESIGNER dhk Architects ( Entrance & Office Lobby Areas )
GEOTECHNICAL CONTRACTOR Franki Africa
MAIN CONTRACTOR Stabilid Cape Construction
PHOTOGRAPHY Adam Letch ( except Pg 46 )
An elegant 86m glass-clad office tower , 35 Lower Long , has recently been completed – invigorating Cape Town ’ s emerging financial and hospitality district . The building , developed by Abland Property Developers and designed by dhk Architects , is characterised by a singular sculpted massing which is transformed via dynamic glazed planes that extend seamlessly over the office and parking levels . The two main corners of the building are chamfered towards the roofline and soar upwards , forming a striking wing-like effect – resulting in a distinctive , non-orthogonal addition to Cape Town ’ s skyline .
Site The site is located in Roggebaai ( Cape Town ’ s growing financial and hospitality precinct ) and was previously occupied by an eight-storey 1980 ’ s office building which prior to that was part of the now-demolished Long Street Power Station site . While the peninsula site has three street frontages and the public domain experiences high levels of pedestrian traffic , it previously suffered from extremely limited street activation . This was compounded by the last remaining portion of the demolished power station ( Site B ), hostile frontages of both the 80-metre office building to the south and dilapidated office building to the east . A fundamental component of the design concept involved maximising the activation of the street edge with retail to improve the quality and safety of the public realm , as well as to take advantage of the high levels of pedestrian traffic passing the building .
In terms of materiality , a glazed façade was selected due to its flush and sculpted reflective form
46 35 Lower Long