Architect and Builder October 2016 | Page 54

TYPICAL APARTMENT FLOOR Design The elegant architecture, featuring curtainwall glazing and façades finished in natural light tones, is modern but classic in style at the same time. The apartments are grouped in three northfacing towers adjacent to each other that are rotated inwards to embrace the park in front of the building. Tower A has 13 floors, B has 12 and C, which is the closest to Pretoria Road, has 11 floors. There are 12 studio apartments, 34 one bedroom, 71 two bedroom and 9 three bedroomed penthouses. All apartments have north-facing balconies with 52 glass balustrades giving uninterrupted views of the Sandton skyline. Access On the ground floor, the tall reception volume gives access to the three lift cores of the towers. The accent is firmly on helping residents achieve the perfect work/life balance: building features such as private meeting and dining rooms, a fibre optic backbone and full standby power and reserve water tanks make this an ideal base for working from home. Meanwhile, services such as drop off/ Metropolis on Park