One Shelley Street (The King Street Wharf precinct) is one of the most recognisable new commercial premises in Sydney. The development by Multiplex consists of 33,000 square metres of office space over 11 storeys and feature a unique ‘diagrid’ support façade. Upon completion in mid 2009, One Shelley Street is the only diagrid constructed building in Sydney.
The $350 million development is a state-of-the-art building employing cutting edge technologies throughout.
The Green Building Council of Australia have awarded this building "A6 Green Star - office design rating", which is the highest enviromental building rating achievable in Australia, demonstrating world leadership in sustanable building design. " Ecological features of this building: passive chilled beams and harbour water for heat rejection to cool the building, carbon dioxe monitoring, enhanced indoor air quality by substantially reducing formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds through the careful selection of finishes, automated lighting controls, minimising PCV throuth using enviromentally sustainable timber.
The King Street Wharf precinct (consisting of other new developments such as; Amex, KPMG and Westpac) is set to have over 20,000 people working in the area in 2009 and is now the gateway to the East Darling harbor precinct. With this development complete it will finally restore public access to this part of the harbor for the first time in many years.
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