In with the old and in with the new as architect faces Collins Street challenge, Philip Hopkins, The Sydney Morning Herald

An ambitious new office building must fit in with its 100-year-old neighbour.

IT'S an ambitious task: building Melbourne's first premium-grade office building in more than 20 years on a small site, and integrating it with a 100-year-old building in the heritage heart of Collins Street. An added complication is that it will form a backdrop to St Paul's Cathedral.

Architect Bates Smart is confident it has got the design right, as are the owners and developers - a joint venture between Charter Hall Office Real Estate Investment Trust (previously the Macquarie Office Trust) and Cbus Property. BHP-Billiton has already been snared as the anchor tenant.

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