Sky Plaza at sunset. Image of Canberra

djk said :

Holden Caulfield said :

Stunning and depressing all at the same time.

+1. Looks like it could be from a slum in Rio or SE Asia or somewhere. Although the lack of washing on the balconies probably gives it away.

I was about to write that it looks like something out of a Rio favala but djk pretty much beat me to it. It also reminds me of the high rise estate i grew up on in communist Poland – good memories

I actually think SkyPlaza pretty good – better high rise than crappy low rise developments on the outskirts. In theory anyway. Problem is, in the ACT a lot of developers are so shoddy and a lot of what they come up with is poor quality. Yes, shoddiness takes all forms but in high rises the shoddiness is just more apparent for lots of people to see.

EvanJames said :

It’s still bloody ugly. You can’t polish a turd.

You actually ‘can’ polish a turd.

They tested the theory on Mythbusters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJ9fy1qSFI

enrique said :

“Little boxes, on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same”

I’ve heard there are public housing units in there as well. Makes the above song – the theme from Weeds – even more appropriate.

It’s still bloody ugly. You can’t polish a turd.

Lovely shot of the vertical slum.

Building looks really nice from the slopes of Mount Taylor.

I haven’t seen it look nice from anywhere else. Up close it’s very odd.

At least 10 apartments for sale on Allhomes today (98 Corinna). 4 for rent.

Come on people, a modicum of high-rise close to city centres frees up more houses in the suburbs for normal people.

I own a unit here, what a bloody nightmare, when it came time re-sell no one wanted to buy it, the only way we could sell it was at a massive loss so we just kept it and rent it out at some absurd amount per week. The place leaks after a lot of rain and every hallway stinks of curry.

Ugly ugly building. I can’t believe they left that hole when they could have squeezed in some more profit-making apartments. I love 1967’s idea of the scary squash court! And strangely I like the photo. Great colour and patterns. It works, in a Hong Kongesque way. In reality, like Madam Cholet said, it just sticks out by itself. Oh, not that I’m suggesting it would look better if they built some more like it around it!

New Yeah said :

This photo really emphasises the hole in the buildimg – makes it look like they forgot to add some rooms.

Great shot.

I live in hope that one day they’ll glass in both sides of that and build the scariest squash court in the ACT.