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Winyu House showcases a new way of working

  • May 09, 2018

Winyu House showcases a new way of working

A state-of-the-art government office project in Gungahlin has picked up the ACT’s top property honour for a design that drives collaboration, interaction and innovative working.

Building owner and developer KDN Group was presented with the Property Council of Australia’s RLB ACT Development of the Year award last week.

Winyu House – which means ‘House of the Sun’ in the local Ngunnawal language – is the first A Grade commercial office building to be built in the Gungahlin Town Centre and is fully leased by the ACT Government. 

According to the Property Council’s ACT executive director Adina Cirson, the development was a “unique collaboration” between the ACT Government, owner KDN Group and project manager Lendlease.

“Winyu House presents a new procurement and delivery process for office accommodation in the ACT,” Cirson says.

The building incorporates more than 10,000 sqm of commercial office space, 200 car parking spaces, ground floor retail, conference facilities, an integrated child care centre and a government shopfront.

Accommodating 700 staff, Winyu House features an impressive open central atrium space with a glass skylight linking all four levels. Staff are connected both vertically and horizontally across the open atrium.

“Winyu House showcases a new way of working and stacks up against office accommodation found in other markets like Sydney and Melbourne,” Cirson explains.
RLB provided cost management and quantity surveying services on the project.

“The sustainability features at Winyu House are impressive, and include intelligent lighting, a 74kW solar array that feeds energy back into the building and a sophisticated stormwater treatment system,” says RLB’s Managing Director, Mark Chappe.

Chappe says the modern, open plan design “sets new standards for ACT Government accommodation” and is the benchmark for new office buildings currently under construction in Civic and Dickson.

The ACT Development of the Year award is part of the national 2018 Property Council of Australia / Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation and Excellence Awards program. 

RLB has partnered with the Property Council to present the awards program since its inception in 1982.

Winyu House is also competing in two award categories at the national awards, which will be held in Sydney on Friday 11 May.