Sydney ‘Pencil Tower’ to Be Australia’s Skinniest Skyscraper
A local development organisation has submitted plans for Australia’s skinniest tower in Sydney’s CBD.
With a frontage of just 6.4 metres wide, the hotel tower will stand at a height of 110 metres on Pitt Street.
Plans for the 31-storey building were designed by Durbach Block Jaggers architects following an international design competition. The selected design won over submissions from other shortlisted teams including Scott Carver, Sissons Architects, and SJB Architects.
The developer, led by Rino Criola, Campbell Duncan, and Ben Ingham, has enlisted Tricon Management Group to oversee the building of the slender tower. The 342 square metre site, currently occupied by a six-storey, 74-room boarding house, was acquired for $20 million in early-2019.