Five on Florence

Client | FRANK DEVELOPMENTS + Whitecasa

TYPE | Architecture

Sector | ReSIDENTIAL

STATUS | Design DevelopMENT

Location | Teneriffe, QLD

Five exquisite residences across five levels. Refined elegance, with timeless appeal. Five on Florence is designed as a liveable gallery.

Five on Florence provides a unique, boutique offering on the border of Teneriffe’s well known waterfront precinct. Teneriffe is embedded with Brisbane’s architectural history, characterised by the heritage listed woolstores and character homes that have defined Brisbane’s housing vernacular. The Florence St proposal reflects this rich context with a refined manor that doesn’t offer competition, but instead highlights the beauty of the surrounding materiality and form.

The existing industrial streetscape is maintained with a heavy brick building base inspired by the construction of the surrounding Woolstores. The brick base allows a personable experience for both the street user and adjacent character housing along Chermside Street.

The tower takes the verticality of the corrugated roofing typically seen in the Brisbane vernacular and reinterprets these lines with a reflective fluted glazing that allows the upper levels of the proposal to seemingly disappear against the sky reinforcing a more human scale, while the Woolstores continue to dominate the Teneriffe skyline.

With the living areas along the North East, the Florence St frontage reflects the activity of adjacent developments and continues to express the verticality of the corrugated sheeting through the balustrades and fluted concrete. Greenery and landscaping complement the refined material palette whilst the large balconies and outdoor planters emphasise the subtropical design that the Brisbane climate allows.

The interior realm of Five on Florence has been brought to life by international design house, BYculprit.