quayquartersydney.com.au 1 2 For many years AMP Capital has envisioned the development of an exciting new city quarter on ’s , and now we celebrate the current transformation of two city blocks by publishing our first edition of Quay Quarter Magazine. New leadership thinking is acutely focused on how to attract talent, manage innovation, set high visions and execute profitably. It must also be focused on physical spaces, and the services provided within them. They must be beautiful, flexible, interactive, profoundly focused on human needs and promote interactions that will drive business success. Quay Quarter Sydney presents a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity for AMP Capital to create a visionary commercial tower and a new city neighbourhood that embodies Sydney’s authentic character, showcasing the skills of local retailers and restaurateurs. It will be a destination with bustling retail, re-imagined laneways, public Helloart, green spaces and curated cultural experiences generously designed to give back to the city. At AMP Capital we're focused on delivering exceptional real estate experiences, and our inspired team collaborates with Michael Wheatley. globally-recognised Development Director, design and delivery Quay Quarter Sydney. partners to fulfil our vision for Quay Quarter Sydney. This magazine is a celebration of an innovative new Sydney neighbourhood, where meets the world.

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Quay Quarter Magazine Issue One, Nov 2018 Q&A with John Cutler – The changing face tailor to the stars. of Sydney & Publisher: AMP Capital Circular Quay.

Editorial: Stephen Lacey / Colleen McMahon

Design: Frost*design Photography: Saskia Wilson / Tom Ferguson / Jessica Hromas 10 38 40 Cover Photography: Anna Pogossova Bohemian World Performance

Illustrators: Karan Singh / Webuyyourkids Rhapsody Beaters Anxiety The evolution of Sydney’s Local businesses The workplace of Contributors: Design Team merchant laneways. forging a global reputation. the future focuses on wellbeing. Quay Quarter Sydney

Developer: AMP Capital on behalf of the investors of Quay Quarter Sydney

Architects: 3XN Architects [CPG, SYD] / BVN [SYD, BNE, HK, NY] / ASPECT Studios [SYD] Design Research Studio [LND] / AVRO/KO [NY, SF, BNK, LND] Silvester Fuller [SYD] / SJB [MEL, SYD] / Make Architecture [MEL] 14 44 48 On the The Shape of The Danish Retail Agents: Sheep’s Back Revolutionary Connection

Matt Yovich [Precinct Retail] T. 0401 718 152 Steffan Ippolito [Oxford Agency] T. 0403 347 111 The unique wool stores Thinking Denmark-Australia at . cultural relationship Kim Herforth Neilsen thrives. of 3XN Copenhagen.

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Additional copies may be requested by email to [email protected] To request permission to reprint articles contact 20 24 52 [email protected] Taking Flight Street Talk Nooks Delicate handmade Insights into how Small places doing Disclaimer: Disclaimer: This magazine has been prepared by AMP Capital Office & Industrial Pty Limited (“AMP Capital”) as a source of bronze bird sculptures architects design big things. general information for prospective tenants and the community of Quay Quarter Sydney (“QQS”). The information in this brochure is decorate the city. engaging streets and preliminary and was compiled prior to the finalisation of design and construction of QQS. This brochure does not constitute an offer, laneways. representation or warranty of any sort, including in relation to the design, style, layout, tenancy mix or appearance of QQS or as to the size of the retail areas or common areas or facilities contained within QQS. No warranty is given that any of the individuals or businesses featured in this magazine will continue to operate from the addresses specified in the magazine or that they will trade from premises within QQS once the development is completed. Photographic images and artist’s impressions used in this brochure are for illustrative purposes only. No warranty is given that the completed development will comply to any degree with those images and artist’s impressions. The information in this magazine is of a general nature, and does not take into account any particular prospective tenant’s objectives, financial situation or needs. Recipients of this magazine should make and rely completely on their own enquiries and obtain their own independent advice before entering into any legally binding agreement to lease or occupy premises or making any commitment to do so. 26 56 While all reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the information in this magazine is correct at the time of printing, neither AMP Saskia’s City Buzz Capital nor any other person guarantees, warrants or makes any representation, either express or implied, as to the accuracy or Sydney Urban beehives completeness of this brochure or any information, statement, graphic representation or diagram contained in it. To the extent permitted by in the clouds. law, AMP Capital and its related bodies corporate (as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) disclaim all liability for any decision made Inspired photography or action taken in reliance on the information in this magazine and all liability that may otherwise arise as a result of this magazine being from Saskia Wilson. inaccurate, whether by inclusion or omission and whether or not as a result of negligence. Any forecasts or other forward-looking information in this brochure are indicative only and have been derived, in part, from information obtained by AMP Capital from third party sources. The accuracy of such information (including all assumptions) has not been verified by AMP Capital. AMP Capital may in its sole discretion and without notice change any aspect of the design elements, finishes, fittings, tenancy mix, facilities or other elements of QQS and otherwise vary the information and material contained in this brochure. AMP Capital is not under any obligation to update or correct any errors in this magazine after the date of publication. 6

A conversation with John Cutler of J.H. Cutler

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John Cutler, of J.H. Cutler, is a fourth-generation tailor, based in O’Connell Street, down towards Circular Quay. He has dressed Prime Ministers, rock stars, and captains of industry and was named by Forbes Magazine, New York, as one of the Top 10 Tailors of the World. He was recently the subject of a best-selling book, The Coat Route (Meg Lukens-Noonan, 2014).

9 STEPHEN LACEY: Tell us about SL: Any famous customers? the book? JC: Many. Elton John, JOHN CUTLER: It’s the story conductor, Sir Charles of my creating a $50,000 Mackeras, six Prime Ministers overcoat for a client in of Australia including Bob Vancouver. The coat was Hawke and Billy McMahon. made from vicuna, the finest I also designed and created natural fibre in the world, and all the iconic cream jackets featured buffalo horn buttons worn by Richie Benaud. He from India, and a silk lining was a real gentleman. And he by Stefano Ricci in Florence. knew his stuff. We’d talk cricket The whole overcoat was and clothing while he came in made in one month, without for fitting. a single machine stitch. The book looks at every element SL: How long does it take to and how it was sourced and make a suit? came together. JC: On average, it takes about 60 to 70 hours. SL: When did you start tailoring? SL: What do you think of JC: The business, J.H. Cutler, modern suits? was started in 1884 by my JC: I’m not too fussed with the great-grandfather. I began current short and tight fitting tailoring in 1965 at the age suits we are seeing. If you want of 16. I did two years in my to see how a classic suit should father’s workroom, evenings at be, just look at Cary Grant and East Sydney Technical College, My grandfather used those men of his era. and two years in London at the Tailor and Cutter Academy. to say that you had to fit SL: What skills do you need to While I was there, I befriended be a great tailor? many of the tailors in the mind, just as much JC: Most importantly, you need Saville Row. passion. If you want to reach as the body. greatness, you must practice SL: What makes a good suit? until you get there. Passion JC: A good tailor. And one who drives you forward. has experience and passion for his or her craft. A good SL: Do you think artisans are suit is one that fulfills the important to a global city? expectations of the client. My JC: Extremely important. It is grandfather used to say that the artisans who give the city you had to fit the mind, just as its heart and soul. A global city much as the body. should be more than finance; it should be innovative chefs, SL: How has tailoring changed master boot makers, great over the years? public art, musicians, and of JC: The old craftsmen have course…tailors. been slowly dying off and there are not many ultra- skilled people who can still construct a proper handmade suit. Many people use the word bespoke, but they usually mean Book Offer made-to-measure. It’s not the To request a copy of same. A real bespoke suit is a the limited edition book commissioned garment made about John's work titled for one individual by hand, 'The Coat Route' contact using traditional methods and [email protected] entailing several fittings. (until stock lasts).

12 Quay Quarter neighbourhood is seeing the renaissance of Sydney’s gritty merchant laneways. Bohemian Rhapsody

What is it about a laneway that seems to draw As time went by, these laneways became us in and tempt us to take a closer look; to official thoroughfares, used to access the rear wander along in wide-eyed wonder, pondering of commercial buildings such as the giant 19th what might be around the next corner? Is it that century wool stores where Australia’s economy laneways tend to be more intimate and of a was forged. Soon, a rich, cobbled tapestry of human-scale, so people feel more comfortable merchant laneways evolved. And, because of taking their time and exploring? And does this their unplanned nature — worn into the earth slower pace encourage a journey of discovery by someone fetching a pale of water, feeding and contemplation? the horses, or collecting the eggs — there was Whatever the reason, whether it be the something wonderfully chaotic and haphazard Marais in Paris, London’s Mayfair, or Milan’s about their layout. Brera District, laneways are becoming more For example, Customs House Lane was and more popular around the world, as citizens once a humble trail through the mangroves once again embrace the fine grain of their cities. and boatsheds that lined the original foreshore, These laneways are places to rummage for prior to Circular Quay being built in the 1830s. something special, unique, or bespoke. They are And nearby, Bulletin Place marks the spot where the antithesis of the cookie-cutter main street The Bulletin magazine was published from 1880. shop and megamall. Mayfair, for example, Further up the hill, Phillip Lane with its charming has rediscovered its master craftspeople, from sandstone archway was established in the 1840s Lock & Co Hatters, and John Lobb bootmakers, to service the grand homes which once lined to Floris perfumers, and cheesemakers, Macquarie Street. Over the years, Sydney’s 57 Paxton & Whitfield. inner-city laneways became forgotten, as the Here in Sydney, our earliest laneways focus turned to main streets and coarse-grain around Circular Quay, date back to shortly after development. the arrived. They began as dirt tracks, One of these was Rowe Street, running used to gain access from the rear of properties between Pitt and Castlereagh Streets, near to stables, gardens and the — present day . During the 1940s that freshwater trickle around which the early and 50s, Rowe Street was Sydney’s most colony settled. loved laneway, a slice of Paris where the city’s

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bohemians flocked to drink coffee in the Lincoln Adrian Villella, Associate Director, Planning Coffee Lounge, and read poetry in the Roycroft at Urbis, has been working on the Loftus Lane Bookstore, while the well-heeled visited the redevelopment for the past five years. He says specialty fashion boutiques, or Henriette Loftus Lane is part of the vision to create a LaMotte’s fabulous hat shop. In 1972, it all dynamic global city. went under the wrecking ball, along with the glamorous Hotel Australia. Thankfully, with help from the City of Sydney, artists and businesses are injecting new life into the long-neglected laneways that remain. Work on the laneways began back in 2008, with the City of Sydney announcing a $10 There is a strong million investment in laneway infrastructure. Since the advent of the city’s laneways drive and ambition revitalisation, there has been a dramatic increase in foot traffic. For example, in 2007, to create an 18/7 Angel Place saw only 1700 people come through each day. Now that figure is closer to 5,000. CBD, where people Other successful laneway transformations in recent years, include Kensington Lane and Spice visit after business Alley in the Central Park development, and the subterranean Regent Place in Chinatown. hours. In the new Quay Quarter neighbourhood a tapestry of laneways will be reinstated and transformed, creating a permeable social link from through to Goldsbrough Lane. Circular Quay has thousands of people passing through the ferry and train terminals “There is a strong drive and ambition to each day, and according to a 2017 Urbis study, create an 18/7 CBD, where people visit or the local worker population is forecast to grow remain in the Northern CBD precinct after from 44,441 people in 2017 to 51,037 people business hours, from Monday to Friday and in 2031. This offers enormous potential to on weekends,” he says. “By having a mixed-

SNEAKERBOY SNEAKERBOY HIGH-END FOR BOUTIQUE ONLINE SNEAKERS FOUNDED IN 2013, DISCRETELY LOCATED IN TEMPERANCE LANE realise the transformation of the laneways and use focus around the development of Loftus attract significant foot traffic to discover the Lane, with retail, food and beverage at the new destination. lower levels, and residential above, it provides Goldsborough Lane is an historic an opportunity to really establish that 18/7 thoroughfare that once ran behind the old activation.” Farmers & Graziers building. After being lost Villella also says the pedestrianisation of some 50 years ago, it will once again become Loftus Lane will significantly improve access an intimate link from Customs House to the within the Quay Quarter precinct: “In Circular Police and Justice Museum, running between the Quay we have these north-south connectors, original 1962 AMP Building and Quay Quarter but very limited east-west connectors. Loftus Tower. Quay Quarter’s “merchant laneways” will Lane will solve this, introducing arcades and re-introduce laneway culture to Circular Quay. enabling people to visit and traverse those For much of its long history, Loftus Lane areas of the CBD, that were previously hidden.” has provided rear access to the buildings A strong heritage interpretation of of adjacent Loftus Street and Young Street. Loftus Lane is the focus of Quay Quarter’s These buildings were home to shipping development team in collaboration with brokers, custom agents and wool buyers. But Villella. “Our goal is to give new life to the a radical transformation of the Quay Quarter neighbourhood’s historic buildings, particularly neighbourhood, will soon see Loftus Lane the old Hinchcliff House woolstore. We want become not just a new residential address, to open up this significant building - one of but a dynamic destination of pocket bars, the last surviving of its type in the area - and cafes, boutiques, and artisans, from tailors to give the general public an opportunity to really coffee roasters. appreciate its charm.” ASH STREET TUCKED IN ASH AWAY STREET YOU'LL FEEL LIKE YOU'VE STUMBLED INTO THE BACKSTREETS OF PARIS

15 16 On the There was a time when Australia rode to prosperity on the sheep’s back. From 1871 until the 1960s, wool was our biggest commodity, driving the nation’s economy and making us the envy of the world. sheep’s

HINCHCLIFF HOUSE A LARGELY INTACT WOOL STORE OF THE MID-19TH CENTURY back17 18 Authentic features include the original cathead pulleys, internal post and beam construction and exposed timber floors. Now, after years of being mothballed, Sydney architects, Carter Williamson have been enlisted The store to restore and reinterpret Hinchcliff House as an elegant destination for dining, and boutique demonstrates retail. Shaun Carter of Carter Williamson said, “Hinchcliff’s story has inspired us, the City and the former use AMP Capital to restore Hinchcliff House to its former glory. Removing the accretion of “junk” and function fabric of over a century of use. The refurbished and restored building with be a showcase of of Circular original heritage fabric and grand spaces. The authenticity of these spaces and materials Quay as the provide a perfect balance and juxtaposition to the many new and exciting architectural principal works forming around Hinchcliff House at Quay Quarter. A mix of old and new buildings trading port of anchored by beautifully considered and design public domain providing exemplary city making the colony for a significant part of Sydney's urban fabric. A vital addition at the edge of Sydney’s cultural of NSW... ribbon. We believe Hinchcliff House, in that great European tradition of Heritage building housing many exciting types of businesses will be the perfect anchor for an inspired tenant.” Situated in one of the key corners of the emerging Quay Quarter Lanes precinct, Hinchcliff House will open its historic, three- Of course, all that fine merino fleece had to story loading bays to engage with streets, lanes be stored somewhere safe, and so we saw and people. A hidden, basement bar, accessed the advent of the ‘wool castle’; grand storage via an old fire door in Loftus Lane, will provide houses such as the imposing 1864 Mort Wool an element of surprise and intrigue, for workers, Store by architect Edmund Blacket, and the locals and tourists. Barker Wool Store, designed by Blacket’s son, The story of wool may be a time gone by, but Arthur, in 1894. Hinchcliff House survives to take its part in an As time went by, those wool stores that didn’t entirely new story of a dynamic new urban burn to the ground, were converted to luxury neighbourhood. apartments, or demolished. Thankfully, the former Hinchcliff Wool Store at 5-7 Young Street, Circular Quay, wasn’t one of those to face the wrecking ball. Which is why it has achieved State heritage significance as a rare example of a largely intact wool store of the mid-19th century. A. Hinchcliff Son & Co was started in 1845 by the ‘Wool King’, Andrew Hinchcliff. Andrew Hinchcliff, commonly known as the “Wool King” in his time, started his rise with Hinchcliff House. A small holding on the busy sea port of Semi-Circular Quay, Hinchcliff started with the south building and as business grew he acquired the iron mongers workshop next door to complete the fine wool store that we know today as Hinchcliff House. By the 1880s two substantial stone wool stores stood side by side, and it is these interconnected buildings that survive today. Over the years, ‘Hinchcliff House’ has been used by St Vincent de Paul, a hostel for homeless men, a chapel, and an English school. According to the Office of Environment & Heritage: “The store demonstrates the former use and function of Circular Quay as the principal trading port of the colony of NSW…”

19 Soft hands.

John Goldsbrough says his girlfriends, always loved his hands. “They used to say they were as soft as a baby’s bum, because of the lanolin in the wool I handled,” laughs the retired wool classer, auctioneer and valuer. John has strong connections to wool. He is related to Richard Goldsbrough, the famous wool merchant who moved from Yorkshire to start an empire in Australia. So, it was no big surprise he should enter an industry that was in his blood. On leaving high school in 1959, John joined Goldsbrough Mort and trained at their wool classing school in Ultimo, eventually gaining a wool classing certificate. Later he became a wool valuer and auctioneer. “They’d send me out to the bush, to areas such as Merriwa, to offer advice on the preparation of the wool and to ask the farmer whether he’d be selling to Goldsbrough Mort the following year. It was all done on a handshake,” says John. Throughout the 1960s, he worked in the Goldsbrough Mort office in Loftus Street. “It was a bustling area,” he recalls. “The North British Hotel was opposite, and the Paragon. In fact, I had my first beer at the Paragon when I was 18. Just up the road was Macquarie Place with the statue of Thomas Sutcliffe Mort on the corner of Bridge Street. And the Royal Exchange was nearby, where merchants would go to trade. We used to auction off our wool there.” As part of his job, John would often visit the Goldsbrough Mort woolstore in Pyrmont. His overriding memory of those visits is the strong scent of lanolin. He says despite the building’s enormous size it was always quite a comfortable temperature inside, because of the insulating quality of the wool bales. He says the storemen had ‘photographic memories’. “You’d describe a bale to them, and they could locate it straight away, out of the thousands that were in there, it was incredible.” “It was another world within the bowels of the woolstore. This was the era before forklifts, and so there were men with trolleys, and bales would be dropped down chutes into waiting trucks. Most of our wool went to England, and some to Italy as well, but there was a growing Japanese market.” According to John, a little-known fact about Sydney’s wool- stores, such as Hinchcliff House, was they had south-facing, saw-tooth roofs. “They were built that way to catch the soft, even light, so wool could be appraised from early in the morning until sunset.” John left the wool industry in 1969 to start a career as a life insurance agent with AMP. John retired in 2003. And yes, he still has soft hands.

22 of spirit, it can move the soul,prompt us to think about life’s big neighbourhood. Not only doespublic art suggest agenerosity questions, or simply make ussmileas we goabout our day. Public art will beamajor element of the new Quay Quarter Taking flight

THE DISTANCE OF YOUR HEART BY TRACEY EMIN. WEBUYYOURKIDS ILLUSTRATION. QUAY QUARTER IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF SYDNEY. CONSTRUCTION HOARDING, SYDNEY CBD. children will love. and adults both one is Emin’s of art work of discovery, thrill the with associated elements of scattered comprised hunt atreasure Like of my heart". distance the to measure site “…the as this perfect saw earliest roads developed in the colony. She the along measured, are Wales South New in locations to various distance the which from Greenway by Francis designed of Distances Obelisk of the site the is this you feeling. are actually of how amessage to send hard very is it but doing are you what and are you where of image an to send easy is it technology of age today’s in believes She them. missing are you know love you people the to let photographed, to be aplace as this sees Emin Park. Place Macquarie in bath bird stone alarge on inscribed are heart” homesickness.” Tracey Emin, Artist. and of distance feelings conveys the that miss, they that ones loved to the back send to taken image their can have they else andbusinessmen women; somewhere old, the backpackers, the tourists and the the young, the for Sydney in site counter the way birds are, and thoughtful-looking. in scale in modest –lonely, of abird form the in was, answer Her words?’ without does one express the feeling of loneliness ‘How was, herself asked she question The world. of the rest the from distance Emin wanted to Australia’s address overpowering. and of monumental opposite the size, life being bird each with by Emin handmade is work The to everybody’. accessible and straightforward ‘simple, as, Sydney for thoroughfare. Emin describes her work the along walkers enticing awnings, on and doorways above poles, on perch sculptures Tracey bird The Emin. artist British by acclaimed designed sculptures, than 60 delicate bronze handmade bird more features Your of Heart Distance The underpass, Street Kent refurbished and Grosvenor streets and through the project. rail light Government’s NSW to the of Sydney’sCity $220 million contribution of the part Plan, Art Public Centre City the through birds beautiful of to aflock host to play about is CBD northern Sydney’s Emin chose Macquarie Place because of your distance “The words The a to make my like artwork would “I Sydney, for of awork conceiving In Bridge on end northern city’s the At 24 cityscape for all to share. to share. all for cityscape to “transformation”, enlivening our demonstrates a distinctly unique approach these internationally renowned illustrators to interpret opportunity the given each and KaranWebuyyourkids were Singh Illustrators Craig andhoardings. Karl, the Sydney Quay Quarter construction for work curate and to design illustrators Australian contemporary three engaged of Capital public art, AMP supporters program, andhoardings as committed frontingstreetscape. the Like anurbanart gallery As part of the City of Sydney’s creative creative of Sydney’s City of the part As created by created piece Each film. and music skateboarding, books, comic as such from influences draws work Webuyyourkids’ way. humorous often and athoughtful in executed & Karl Craigrepetition. pattern through dimension and depth on focusing of minimalism interpretation aplayful is work Circular Quay. workplace and to dining, the from retail guises: its all in “transformation” Singh’s bold bold Singh’s

KARAN SIGHN & WEBUYYOURKIDS WEBUYYOURKIDS ARTWORK. ARTWORK. QUAY QUARTER CONSTRUCTION QUAY QUARTER CONSTRUCTION HOARDING, SYDNEY CBD HOARDING, SYDNEY CBD Fred Holt Penny Fuller Partner, 3XN Founding Partner, Silvester Fuller “Our philosophy is always to enhance the everyday “Our approach to creating experience, and we do that activated and exciting city Street through making sure there spaces aims to promote is always possibility for authenticity and diversity. So, interaction, beyond what the when it comes to buildings brief is actually asking for. we always look to program as much of the ground plane That means allowing the frontage as possible. We architecture to flow, in a way create a diversity of spaces that actually produces spaces for different people to for co-mingling and dynamic occupy, from small hole-in- opportunities for socialising. It’s the-wall pockets promoting really about creating spaces creative use of limited space, where people can interact, to larger spaces for more and then the space becomes established, traditional uses, dynamic as a result. It’s about such as a restaurant, café or a making connections, it’s about boutique. This is how we can juxtapositions, it’s about Adam Haddow attract a diversity of people Sacha Coles overlaps, it’s dual purpose Director, SJB to the area, by providing for Founding Director, We sat down spaces, it’s making sure that an them in both traditional and ASPECT Studios Sydney entry is more than an entry… “Sydney is such a special place surprising ways.” over a drink it provides ease of wayfinding, – the amazing geography “The best urban places are and asked a it leads to the next space, it’s and weather make it an ideal often the ones that don’t try visual connectivity.” city to live. I think we forget too hard. There’s an organic stellar group of that people go on holidays to nature to these places that international and find cities as special as this, feels authentic. Our goal is to and we’re lucky enough to call design places where people local architects Sydney home! Therefore, we want to be and where they their design feel an incredible responsibility want to return to. As a design when we’re asked to make a philosophy, we put 90 per philosophy for new building that will impact cent of our effort into the creating exciting, the spirit of the city well bottom two to three floors beyond our lives. Our belief is of any development. This is activated city to look to context to find the where the public interacts. You spaces. essential ingredients to help have to think about where the sculpt a new building: history, Melissa Bright building comes to the ground, environment, and even the Founding Director in a very different way to spirit of the city. We hope Make Architecture what the building might do our buildings are restrained as it reaches for the sky. My and ordered, but playful and “To me it’s all about surprise interest is really about that engaged too.” and delight; designing spaces intersection between the public that are people focused, realm, and the first floor of the pedestrian activated, and with architecture.” a rich material quality and diversity…places to stop, places to move through. What this means is arcades and porous links and laneways; places to be discovered.” Photo by Jess Lindsay

Talk27 28 Photo essay by Saskia Wilson

Saskia’s Sydney

Saskia Wilson will never forget the first time she saw Sydney. Coming from the lush green hinterland of the far north coast of NSW, she wasn’t used to busy, urban environments. “We were on a school art excursion to the Art Gallery of NSW and I remember coming over the bridge and just thinking how exciting it all was,” says Saskia. “There was the Quay, the harbour, the , the skyscrapers, and that wide blue sky. It was just like the postcards.”

29 Over the years, Saskia has managed to see Sydney through those same fresh eyes; her photography capturing the golden light, the shadows, the honeycomb sandstone, the vignettes of city life that sing with energy. She is one of the few photographers to successfully blur the line between commercial work and high art.

31 Saskia’s photography is featured in the coffee table book, Loftus Lane, Sydney at Home. As for Saskia’s Sydney, her favourite spaces are anywhere close to water. “It’s pretty special to have a city full of career opportunities, right next to a sparkling harbour. Having a beer after working and sitting at the Quay watching the sun set is such a privilege.”

33 34 Book Offer. Readers are invited to contact [email protected] to request a free copy of the limited edition coffee table book Sydney at Home (available while stock lasts).

35 36 Sydney is consolidating its position as a global city with dynamic dining and culture. Going Global VIEW FROM QUAY QUARTER. SYDNEY CBD, VIVID FESTIVAL.

37 38 37 38 So, what makes a global The four pillars of urban life. According to a A stronger business precinct. In addition to report published by the Chicago Council on new commercial buildings being developed city? Global cities are the Global Affairs in 2017, and authored by Richard on George Street, one of the most important economic powerhouses that Longmore, global cities need to balance ‘four elements of the transformation of Circular Quay pillars of urban life’: is the development of Quay Quarter. Not only run the world. They typically will it create a vibrant city gateway and vital have diverse populations 1 commercial precinct, the development will Civic. That is, city government supported by deliver a massive financial benefit to the city, exceeding 3 million non-government institutions such as think-tanks. attracting locals and tourists to enjoy the 18/7 (Sydney’s population stands 2 lifestyle and new city neighbourhood. Commercial. Where the global city boasts at around 5 million) are a powerful business and finance sector with Creating an 18/7 culture. James Hulme, Director hubs of innovation, rich equally powerful global connections. of Advocacy for The Committee for Sydney, says 3 Quay Quarter will play a huge part in fostering in know-how, and boast Quality Education & Research. Through top- Sydney’s night time economy and opening our healthy creative industries. tiered schools and universities. front door to the world. 4 Well-educated workers are Cultural. People thrive in an environment with “A night time economy is not just about going attracted to global cities, a booming arts and entertainment scene. out to the pub. It’s about creating a diverse and vibrant precinct by offering a whole range of not just for employment, Sydney's economic growth. According to activities, particularly around food and drink, but for the dynamic dining, the report, Sydney, with an economic output art and culture, and retail. Global cities have all topping $300 billion, is well positioned to grow this on offer. culture and fine art. even further in the future. Factor in landmark property developments across the city and the “Circular Quay is the gateway for the whole of new $1.5 billion International Convention Centre Australia and contains some of the most iconic Sydney, and it’s obvious the city is on the way landmarks in the world, but it’s also a precinct up. Still to come is the CBD and South East Light that closed down at night. That’s because Rail project, plus the Sydney Modern Project traditionally it was a hub for financial and which will see the Art Gallery of NSW become business services; sectors that once the office one of the world’s great gallery spaces. And closed at 6pm, the precinct tended to close with the Sydney Opera House renewal project is the it. It’s really encouraging to see Quay Quarter biggest change at the House since 1973. It’s an changing all that.” exciting time to be in Sydney. Hulme says the activation of Quay Quarter’s Transformation of Circular Quay. There's a merchant laneways is a step in the right great deal of development action happening direction. “Sydney is blessed with a fantastic in Circular Quay which is undergoing a great climate where you can enjoy being outside nine transformation. Sydney, and Australia is finally or ten months of the year. It’s good to see Quay getting the international gateway it deserves, Quarter encouraging that Mediterranean style, with more than $6 billion being spent on the laneway café culture, where you can sit outside area; a mix of public and private funding. and have dinner at nine, or ten in the evening.”

Residential in The Quay. New residential and Domestic & International visitors. With the hotel developments will bring more residents city receiving 9.5 million domestic visitors, into the Quay, including Opera Residences (due plus 3.7 million international visitors last year, for completion in 2020), One Circular Quay there’s little doubt Circular Quay has a big role residential tower and luxury international five- to play in cementing Sydney’s role as a major star hotel; the heritage listed Sandstones on global city. Bridge Street into a luxury hotel; and the three Quay Quarter residential buildings designed by Silvester Fuller, Make Architects and SJB (due for completion in 2020).

GEORGE STREET. SYDNEY CBD.

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The world’s love affair with Australian beef is well known. What is less well-known is that one of Sydney’s newest restaurants celebrates our local beef like no other. First there’s the rather secretive location. Diners enter through an anonymous doorway hidden away in a backstreet at Aesop the northern end of the CBD. A dark staircase descends to a Even a lot of Australians wood-lined bar and through don’t realise that this global to a concealed dining room; cosmetics brand started off in a subterranean world for Melbourne in 1987. Aesop was discerning carnivores. Diners founded by hairdresser, Dennis have the choice of just one Paphitis, who began adding main dish, but it’s a good one: essential oils to hair colouring Black angus T-bone sourced treatments. Customers from southern NSW and aged WORLD liked the natural scents, for two-days, before being and so Paphitas decided to grilled over iron-bark and concentrate on creating an seasoned with just olive oil and entire range of products for the sea salt. Visiting Bistecca is a hair, hand and body and skin. bit of an adventure and one The first Aesop Store was built you’ll want to take. And while on a hotel’s car parking ramp. the rest of the planet may From such humble beginnings not know about it yet…they there are now more than soon will. Quay Restaurant 100 stores across the world, from Canada to Norway, and 3 Dalley Street, Sydney Such is the global reach of the BEATERS in keeping with the brand’s Fink Group’s Quay Restaurant creative philosophy, no two that people come from all stores are the same. Quay over the planet to sample Quarter’s closest Aesop store is Dinosaur Designs the contemporary Australian at 95 George Street, The Rocks. cuisine of head chef, Peter Curiosity, luxury and Gilmore. Gilmore likes to keep imagination fuelled Louise things new and innovative, Olsen and Stephen Ormandy's hence the mid-year multi- desire to start Dinosaur million-dollar makeover Designs over thirty years ago and removal of the iconic while at art school. As artists ‘Snow Egg’ dessert from the and designers these elements menu. Quay is consistently For a country with a remain central to a sense of rated among the world’s 50 play that continues to fuel their best restaurants. And with population of just 25 work as they create pieces with signature dishes such as the million people, we really a philosophy of colour, texture smoked pig jowl fan shell razor and form. clams, shiitake, sea cucumber punch above our weight crackling, it’s little wonder when it comes to creating Dinosaur Designs is primarily there’s a six-month waiting known for their resin jewellery list for a table for two. In fact, desirable objects and and homewares which is so amazing is the food, that amazing cuisine. And handmade in their Sydney you almost forget about the studio, and are complemented equally amazing views across it seems the world just by pieces in silver, brass the sparkling harbour to the can’t get enough of our and glass. Sydney Opera House. home-grown produce. From prime beef, to resin jewellery, our locals are in constant demand.

41 42 Keeping energetic and Mindfulness Meditation the need for emotionally happy to maintain high work supporting its employees. performance as well as a She suggests that busy workers This could include: Fostering healthy, harmonious home take just ten minutes each a positive workplace culture life is the main game for most day to practice mindfulness where people feel good about of us. meditation; the idea of being in coming to work; Managing the moment. people through not imposing Performance A recent study by the University heavy workloads, unrealistic of Sydney, concluded that “Mindfulness is a way of deadlines and workplace Australia is in the grip of a Mindfulness connecting with your life, paying uncertainty; supporting people fatigue epidemic, with the attention to the present moment with mental health conditions majority of people surveyed doesn’t and in a non-judgemental way,” by giving them time to rest or getting less than seven hours’ says Pottenger. “A number of seek professional help; and sleep, six out of seven days. actually peer reviewed scientific studies taking a zero-approach to The co-author of the survey, stop the life have shown that just ten- discrimination and bullying. Anxiety Sean Hall, says this is not near minutes mindfulness a day can enough to ensure personal decrease anxiety and increase From the workplace design well-being and productivity. stresses from feelings of calm. point of view, modern thinking is all about providing a variety Couple this with skipping happening “Mindfulness doesn’t actually of places for people to work meals, and 70-plus-hour high stop the life stresses from that suit the type of work to stress working weeks, it’s little to us, what it happening to us, what it does be done – quiet spaces for wonder busy professionals, do is changes our reaction to business writing, collaborative entrepreneurs and small does do the stress.” spaces for creative interaction business owners are struggling and so on. This gives people to cope. Australian Bureau is change our How to do simple deep the freedom to choose when of Statistics figures show that breathing. and where to work to perform 45 per cent of Australians reaction at their best. Additionally, new between the ages of 16 and 85 A great stress management buildings will be designed will experience a mental health to the stress. technique is deep breathing. to maximise daylight, condition in their lifetime. Take a 5-minute break and opportunities for views and focus on your breathing. Sit green spaces, temperature Chelsea Pottenger of EQ up straight, eyes closed, with control for maximum air Consulting, has devoted her a hand on your belly. Slowly quality, and providing both life to making a difference. Chelsea Pottenger, inhale through your nose, lifestyle amenity, concierge Pottenger is a world expert EQ Consulting. feeling the breath start in style services and wellbeing in delivering cognitive tools your abdomen and work its facilities like gyms, cycle racks to recharge the human brain, way to the top of your head. and showers – all of this goes helping busy professionals be Reverse the process as you towards helping us perform at healthier, happier and more exhale through your mouth. our best, and engage happily productive. Deep breathing counters the with our colleagues and effects of stress by slowing the customers. Pottenger is currently studying heart rate and lowering blood a PhD in clinical psychology pressure. and neuroscience and forged a career as an internationally A total lifestyle Feeling stressed? accredited mindfulness and Try the Parasympathetic meditation teacher in the Mindfulness and breathing Breath technique corporate world. She is also are not the only solutions to a proud ambassador of the workplace and performance “One strategy we coach R u OK? Charity, The Gidget stress. A total lifestyle all corporate professionals Foundation, and runs her own management routine should at the first sign of your consulting company. include getting plenty of sleep; fight or flight response is to a healthy diet with lots of parasympathetic breath. green leafy vegetables, nuts It lowers your cortisol Chelsea Pottenger in an expert in delivering tools to and lean meat; and exercise (stress hormone) levels by – for example, a combination 25 per cent.” recharge your brain, helping intelligent professionals to be of yoga for flexibility, free- — Chelsea Pottenger. more productive. You can learn tools to recharge, develop weights for bone density, and jogging for cardiovascular 1. Close your eyes an understanding behind the science of the brain and learn fitness. 2. Inh ale through the how to minimise the collateral damage caused by anxiety nose for 4 seconds Empathetic and human 3. Hold the breath and over-working, to maximise your potential. centered workplace for 7 seconds 4. Exhale through the Of course, just as important is mouth for 8 seconds It's about better relationships, better productivity, working within an empathetic 5. Repeat the process

better creativity and making powerful choices. POTTENGER CHELSEA CONSULTING EQ workplace that recognises for 90 seconds

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of revolutionary revolutionary of deeply humanist philosophy around how the built environment functionality andsimplebeauty, the same themes of repetitive Conceived asasocial catalyst, anincubator for businessand Designed by Danish-basedarchitects 3XN,Quay Quarter human interaction, Quay Quarter Tower embodies3XN’s The shape shape The variation andelegance as the Sydney Opera House. Tower buildson the Scandinavian tradition of clear can best meet the needsof the future workforce. thinking 47

QUAY QUARTER TOWER ARTIST'S IMPRESSION 48 When Utzon described how he approached the design of the Sydney Opera House, he talked about turning around a matchbox in his hand and looking at it from different perspectives — this inspired me. A building should be different as you move around it. This tower will be visible from many parts of Sydney and will appear different from each perspective — that idea has been a form director for us. KIM HERFORTH NEILSEN FOUNDER, PARTNER, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, 3XN

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seating facing a stage. Covering it Danish all would be a roof of soaring shells, utilizing the latest reinforced concrete technology. What makes the Opera House so potent is this juxtaposition of Australia and Denmark have enjoyed the ancient with the futuristic, creating a close relationship dating as far a stunning sculptural ensemble. back as the 1850s, when Danish Ground was broken on March immigrants attempted to strike it rich 2, 1959. However, it wasn’t until 1961 on the goldfields. Today more than when Utzon solved the complex roof 50,000 Australians lay claim to Danish geometry, basing the forms on the ancestry. segments of a humble orange. The The connection between our finished shells would be clad in two two countries is most evident in the types of off-white tiles: one matt and Sydney Opera House; the sculptural the other glazed. masterpiece of Danish architect, Jørn The Sydney Opera House’s first Utzon. Sydney is privileged to be home performance was held on November to one of the greatest buildings of the 9, 1960, when American bass singer 20th century; a soaring monument to Paul Robeson sang Ol’ Man River to Danish ingenuity. the construction workers during their "The sun did not know how lunch break. beautiful its light was, until it was reflected off this building." Louis Kahn. It's difficult to imagine Sydney without its glorious Opera House. Over the past 45 years it has become more than just a magnificent building; but a symbol of the city and the nation. And yet, it might never have been, if Finnish-American architect, Eero Saarinen had not rescued Utzon’s competition entry during the early The sun did not competition rounds. The year was 1957. At the time Jørn know how beautiful Utzon was an up-and-coming Danish architect, but little known outside its light was, until it Denmark. And yet his scheme for the new Opera House on was reflected off in Sydney, was audacious and inventive; reaching into the exotic corners of this building. architectural history. Utzon envisaged a terraced Mayan platform, into which was carved two concert halls based around the classic

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51 However, it would be more Designed as a ‘vertical village’, than a decade before the Sydney the Tower takes the ambience and Opera House was officially opened. social character of the street and Queen Elizabeth II cut the ribbon on translates it into a vertical community. October 20, 1973, before enjoying Quay Quarter Tower revolutionises the a performance of Beethoven’s 9th experience of the workplace through Symphony. its emphasis on natural light and ample Over the years, the Sydney Opera access to green spaces. House has played host to a who’s Expansive open areas encourage who of world talent, ranging from La possibility; not only for office design, Stupenda and Pavarotti, to Massive but interaction, knowledge sharing and Attack and Crowded House. It has seen connectivity. The result is an intimate Nelson Mandela speak of forgiveness, and vibrant workspace that benefits the the advent of the pioneering Message well-being and health of each worker. Sticks Festival celebrating indigenous In keeping with all things Danish, culture, and its sails become the canvas the podium park will feature an for each year’s Vivid festival of light. innovative sculpture giving back to the In 1999 Jørn Utzon was re- people of Sydney through dynamic engaged as a design consultant for public art. future work on the Opera House. Five years later the Reception Hall was renamed the Utzon Room and became the first interior space rebuilt to an Utzon design. The Sydney Opera House was listed as a World Heritage site in 2004, for its outstanding cultural heritage. The Australian-Danish connection We activate continues today with AMP Capital’s appointment of Danish architectural the potential in studio, 3XN, to design Quay Quarter Sydney, a globally significant new spaces to create business and lifestyle quarter at Circular Quay. It will be the first major life in and around project in Sydney designed by a Danish architect since Utzon’s Opera House. buildings by letting “It makes me feel very proud,” says Kim Herforth Nielsen, Creative Director plaza squares and Founding Partner, 3XN Architects. “I am a big fan of Utzon of course. and buildings Utzon is the only architect that has made an icon for an entire country.” blend together. Quay Quarter Tower builds on the Danish tradition of clear functionality Interaction and simple beauty, capturing a similar rich variation of sculptural shapes as between people seen in the Sydney Opera House. 3XN’s remarkable architectural design is happens where achieved through a series of shifting glass volumes stacked upon each other, the buildings and maximising the stunning views over Sydney Harbour. streets meet. The building has been conceived as a social catalyst; an incubator for business and human interaction, embodying 3XN’s humanist philosophy around how the built environment Kim Herforth Nielsen, can best meet the needs of the future Creative Director and Founding workforce. Partner, 3XN Architects.

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AMY CHANTA. CHAT THAI. the shots as executive chef at Chat Thai restaurant, and her specialty is the flavoursome cuisine of the Asaam region in Northern Thailand. The spicy papaya salad is a standout dish and really bites you back.

Chat Thai was established 30 years ago as a hole in the wall family business. Nothing much has changed, except now there are nine Chat Thai restaurants scattered around the city, with the most successful being at Gateway Circular Quay. “There’s just so much potential in this area,” says Amy.

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57 58 Circular Quay is undergoing a skyscrapers and major Sydney to feed on, but remember, multi-billion-dollar upgrade, hotels such as the Shangri-La, we have the Botanic Gardens which will see it become not QT and Swissotel. “We reckon on our doorstep, plus it’s not only the global gateway to our bees have got some of the unusual for bees to travel up Sydney, but an entire new best views in Sydney.” to 8 kilometres to find flowers. neighbourhood of apartments, As for the logistics of We’ve seen our Shangri-La bars, restaurants, shops and keeping a beehive in the bees even heading towards public spaces. clouds, Purdie says it’s just parklands in Ultimo.” However, another urban a matter of finding a rooftop And if you’re thinking CBD transformation is happening that doesn’t have too much honey won’t be as good as way up in the air, where wind exposure, and has a country honey, you’re wrong. hundreds of thousands of the good amount of sun, but not Matter of fact, it’s way more city’s busiest workers are toiling too much in the summer. complex than something like away. Those busy workers are Access is also important. Yellow Box, because it comes European honeybees, and their “Honey is very heavy, so you from a huge variety of flowers workspaces are the hives that don’t want to be clambering (The technical term is multi- City are appearing on rooftops right across the city. Urban beekeeping is having a moment, and it’s a welcome one. It has been estimated that one in every three mouthfuls of food is only made possible because of the pollination of crops by bees. Bee keeping is one of Without bees, the world would quite literally starve. my favourite and most And yet, despite their importance to the planet’s alluring hobbies. Not just wellbeing, our bees are in danger. Their numbers great for the environment are declining around the globe due to pesticides, loss but wonderful for the of habitat, and the highly destructive Varroa mite; a mind, too, contemplating parasite that spreads disease throughout hives. the enormous contribution Doug Purdie, co-founder of The Urban Beehive currently these small creatures looks after around 100 hives around the city, including make to our lives. 25 in the middle of the CBD itself. There are more bees throughout the city than your average person might realise,” says Purdie. “You wouldn’t even know they were there, especially the ones up high.” The Urban Beehive has been operating for a decade, up ladders carrying buckets floral honey). What’s more, and Purdie says there’s no of it,” says Purdie. every harvest is different, while sign of interest slowing down. Speaking of honey, commercial honey is blended “We get lots of people coming Purdie’s rooftop hives will to have the same flavour along to the courses we hold average around 50 kilograms every time. in , they are each per year, depending If you want a taste test, Buzz all keen to learn about keeping on the season. The current you can purchase The Urban bees in their city backyard.” drought will see the yield Beehive honey from the Purdie says many of a lot lower than usual. Shangri-La Hotel, Fine Food the beehives he manages “People assume that Store in The Rocks, and the are on the rooftops of CBD CBD bees will have nothing Botanic Gardens Shop.

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