Architect and Builder October 2016 | Page 55

pick up laundry , a 24-hour reception desk , gym , lap pool , grocery-stocking service and cafés provide numerous on-site leisure options .
Visitors park on the basement deck to enter the building and access to two enclosed basement parking levels is via a vehicle entrance on this level .
The individual towers allow for exclusive privacy in that the number of apartments accessed from the lift core are limited to a maximum of 5 units with most floors having four or fewer doors here .
The kitchen has Caesarstone tops with Miele appliances and the bathrooms have been fitted with the highest quality European brands such as Hansgrohe , Duravit and Geberit . Living spaces have porcelain tiles and bedrooms are carpeted .
Structure The building consists of three reinforced concrete frames . Concrete cores around lifts and stairs for each tower provide lateral stability . Column positions have been coordinated to be on the dividing lines between parking bays in the basements and to be blended into apartment dividing walls on the upper levels in order to reduce the impact of structure on
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