Pencil Tower Hotel, the narrowest hotel in Sydney.
we might think that sydney it is running out of space in its streets to house new constructions, but nothing is further from the truth. Australia Apparently Following New York's Footsteps in Building Extremely Narrow Skyscrapers.
The Pencil Tower Hotel , devised by Durbach Block Jaggers, is an example of the emerging trend of extremely thin skyscrapers. And he's not the only one in Australia, Collins House in Melbourne was opened last July by Bates Smart as an apartment building that is only 11.5 meters wide and 184 meters high.
Nevertheless, currently the thinnest skyscraper in the world will be (when completed) in New York . 111 West 57th SHoP Architects is building the narrowest tower, located on a plot just 13 meters wide by 433 meters high. This creates a height to width ratio of 24:1, making it the thinnest skyscraper in the world.
A little bit of a feeling of vertigo?
Now, behind him is the new madness of Durbach Block Jaggers, a column tower 6.4 meters wide and 100 meters high . This tower cannot be considered a skyscraper because it is too slender; and although it seems surprising it will house 143 floors with 6 suites on each floor.
How could it be otherwise, its rooms will be compact, perhaps not suitable for claustrophobics, although there will be large windows and terraces to take in the air. In addition to vaulted coffee room, bar, pool and spa , and works of art that will highlight the iconic character of the building.
The city hotel, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, will be located at 10 Pitt Street in Sydney, close to its central station, the city's future technology and university hub.
Pencil Tower Hotel is not being an easy building , one could almost say that it is being built by hand in some phases or at least that is what the study itself affirms. "Crane access above level six becomes a challenge given the narrow space," the study notes. We will have to wait to see it finished.