15 Otis Lifts at Elliptical tower 1 Blight street in Sydney

Sydney’s financial district boasts about the elliptical tower, 1 Bligh Street conceived as a “solitaire” which has graceful curves, creative use of glass and 15 Otis elevators, featuring eight of them with curved-glass walls.  Even the lift hoistways are fully exposed and the machine-room walls, floors and ceilings are also glass making it transparent.  The soaring glass atrium in curvilinear shape brings out sunlight and fresh air into the building’s core.  The curvaceous tower dubbed the “ Marilyn Monroe”, has used recycled materials and low-VOC (volatile organic compound) solvents and paints. It took the Otis team included 10 engineers, 26, installation specialist and one project manager for its design, electrical, mechanical and logistical work. Designed by Germany’s Christoph Ingenhoven Architects and Australia’s Architectus, the 139-meter-tall, the 30-floor elliptical tower offers residents several ground-breaking technological advances, as its geometry gives simple and that beauty arising from necessity.\

At the top of the steps in the office lobby with a naturally vented by frameless glass louvres and large, pivoting glass doors, opening up to a café.

At the top of the building, the inner glass skin peels away, creating a large outdoor timber terrace populated with banksia trees. A solar array on the roof is the six-star green star strategy which includes a tri-generation plant.

“Otis  globally moves  2 billion people every day and serve customers in 200 countries, and maintain 2 million units around the world” Judy Marks, Otis President , part of Untied Technologies.