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Yes, the Victory hotel is actually this red colour. The picture is straight out of the camera.

Located at 120 Edward Street, Brisbane, this was the first mid-rise building development in the Brisbane central business district for almost a decade. The building is based on tangential rectangle geometry, encompassing direct diagonal access lines providing a strong entry position.

The building features a solar voltaic roof, which generates enough "green" renewable energy to displace 77 tones of greenhouse gases. It will be one of Australia's largest solar power projects, supplying enough power to potentially support most of the buildings lighting and backup power.

Modelling, testing and measuring techniques were applied to the orientation of the building and the facade. The outcomes of which were a building which combined maximum site usage with best thermal performance. Thirty-five options for the facade were modelled before the preferred solutions were selected. Interestingly, the optimum performing facade was subsequently rejected after a prototype revealed the true effect of light and glare from experience, rather than from theoretical performance.

Having won the Property Council of Australia’s “State” Rider Hunt Award, the building was also awarded the “National” Rider Hunt Award at the Property Council’s National Conference on the Gold Coast.

The award acknowledges quality of design and construction, economic and financial profitability, owner and user satisfaction, operational efficiency, adaptability and environmental sustainability.ne, this was the first mid-rise building development in the Brisbane central business district for almost a decade. The building is based on tangential rectangle geometry, encompassing direct diagonal access lines providing a strong entry position.

Shallow protected waters, sandy beaches, and leafy-green parks with sidewalks and bike paths line the Lake Michigan waterfront from Navy Pier northward. Add a picturesque skyline of office towers, hotels, and condos ... and you've got one of the most desirable settings for commerce, tourism, and residential living in the USA.

It seems that the planners and leaders of American cities have only recently figured out what Chicagoans have known for decades: Waterfronts are best when they are designed for people.

This scene was taken from Ohio Street Beach, just northwest of Navy Pier.