IVY
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IVY is a landmark mixed-use entertainment complex located in George St, Sydney. The project was commissioned by the Merivale group, with architecture by Woods Bagot and was opened in 2009.
Size: 2,700sqm
Budget: $150,000,000
Scope: Concept, Development Application, Detail Documentation, Construction
Ivy has been recognised with the following awards:
2009 AIA National Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture
2009 AIA National Award for Urban Design
2009 AIA NSW Lloyd Rees Award for Outstanding Urban Design
2009 AIA NSW Award for Commercial Architecture
1. Level 4 private balcony (above left)
2. Early growth of Trumpet vine (below left)
3. Aerial view over George Street (right)
Ash St and Palings Lane
Pedestrian-eye view
Pool Club
‘The Ivy is … a world unto itself. It is a world of perpetual holiday, perpetual summer and the quirky glamour of The Party.’
- Australian Design Review
A Japanese maple centres the atrium and its alfresco terraces
A balcony garden
1. George Street streetscape (above left)
2. Aerial view over George Street (below left)
3. Pool Club (right)
Cabbage Palms against the city skyline
Lounges by the pool
In the sun at Pool Club
Wild landscape
Level 1
‘The sense of an oasis within the concrete desert of this part of central Sydney.’
- 2009 AIA National Awards Jury citation
Trumpet vine established on the balconies
Pool Club style
2009 AIA National Architecture Award for Urban Design Citation
“Part Roman baths, part smart restaurants, part urbane gathering place, [Ivy] has been fused into the city’s fabric in a presentable and ingenious way.”
2009 AIA National - The Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture Citation
“Ivy forms a natural mecca for those of youthful image and lively aspirations, and its consciously random bars, retreats and cabanas placed around spacious courtyards provide the sense of an oasis within the concrete desert of this part of central Sydney.”
