388 George Street | fjcstudio

The identity of the iconic King George Tower, designed by John Andrews in 1976, has eroded through previous refurbishments. fjcstudio’s scheme restores the site’s integrity, defining the street corner with a new building and ensuring the tower lands independently on the ground with the distinctive concrete corner supports and expressed fire-stairs visible. Separated by an elegant glass-roofed laneway, a finely crafted precast-concrete pavilion brings solidity to the streetscape and enhances pedestrian connections, revitalising the busy King and George Street corner. A simple inserted glass-box lobby aligns centrally with the tower’s exposed columns, reinforcing the building’s presence to George Street.