The Urban Developer
AdvertiseEventsWebinarsUrbanity
Industry Excellence
Urban Leader
Sign In
Membership
Latest
Menu
Location
Sector
Category
Content
Type
Newsletters
Urban Leader Awards Logos RGB White
EARLY BIRD ENDING THIS THURSDAY START YOUR NOMINATIONS TODAY
EARLY BIRD ENDING THIS THURSDAY URBAN LEADER AWARDS
LEARN MOREDETAILS
TheUrbanDeveloper
Follow
About
About Us
Membership
Awards
Events
Webinars
Listings
Resources
Terms & Conditions
Commenting Policy
Privacy Policy
Republishing Guidelines
Editorial Charter
Complaints Handling Policy
Contact
General Enquiries
Advertise
Contribution Enquiry
Project Submission
Membership Enquiry
Newsletter
Stay up to date and with the latest news, projects, deals and features.
Subscribe
ADVERTISEMENT
SHARE
print
Print
ConstructionRalph NicholsonSun 16 Jun 24

Vaughan Tops Out Brighton Grammar’s New Science Centre

Brighton Grammar Hero

Seventy-year-old national builders Vaughan Constructions have topped-out a two-storey science and creativity centre at an exclusive boys’ school in Melbourne’s southern suburbs.

Brighton Grammar School’s Centre for Science, Creativity and Entrepreneurship is a collaboration with St Andrew’s Brighton Parish and the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.

The multi-purpose centre has a gross floor area of 11,930sq m, on the school’s 4.2ha site at 90 Outer Crescent, Brighton, 11km south of Melbourne’s CBD.

The project, which has construction costs of about $70 million, includes an area for building and testing robotics and mechanical prototypes, three general-purpose laboratories for science, chemistry, physics and biology, a studio for drawing, painting, sculpture, print making and digital artwork, as well as staff offices, storage and technical spaces.

The design by Architectus includes basement parking for 72 vehicles.

Three tennis courts and a clubhouse will be built on the top level of the facility as part of the St Andrew’s Tennis Club.

“These innovative and dynamic learning spaces will provide a creative environment for students to thrive, whilst also strengthening the connection between BGS and St Andrew’s,’’ the school’s headmaster, Ross Featherston, said in a statement.

The centre will include an area for building and testing robotics and mechanical prototypes.
▲ The centre will include an area for building robotics and mechanical prototypes.

Vaughan Constructions was formed in 1955 and specialises in retail, commercial and industrial projects, with an annual turnover of about $400 million.

Brighton Grammar School is a private Anglican boys school that began in February, 1882, with eight students. Today it boasts about 1500.

Notable graduates include a Victorian premier, Sir Stanley Argyle [in office 1932-1935]; 2016 Australian Paralympian of the Year and wheelchair tennis player Dylan Alcott; brothers Andrew and Paul Bassat who founded the jobs portal Seek; TV presenter Charlie Pickering; and AFL high-flyer Warwick Capper.

Sir Lionel Hooke, a wireless operator with Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Antarctic Expedition, and Robin Batterham, chief scientist of Australia from 1999 to 2005, were also former student.

The science centre is expected to complete by January next year.

EducationMelbourneArchitectureConstructionEducation
AUTHOR
Ralph Nicholson
More articles by this author
ADVERTISEMENT
TOP STORIES
Exclusive

New Wave of Capital Washes Over Evolving Surf Park Sector

Phil Bartsch
10 Min
North Sydney TUD Plus HERO
Exclusive

NSW Housing Fix Tips North Sydney into New Era

Vanessa Croll
7 Min
 GemLife site Currumbin Waters EDM
Exclusive

Pop-Out Apartments Power GemLife’s $450m Vertical Experiment

Clare Burnett
6 Min
Scape's Gurrowa place artist impression
Exclusive

Red Tape Blocking PBSA Housing Crisis Help, says Sector Pioneer

Leon Della Bosca
5 Min
Rob Stokes on Faith Land Housing Opportunities across australia
Exclusive

Salvation at Hand: Why Ex-MP is Championing Faith-Based Land Development

Renee McKeown
6 Min
View All >
Sponsored

Why Social Performance is Property’s Next Big Edge

Partner Content
Policy

Commonwealth, Qld Agree on Games Delivery Collaboration

Lindsay Saunders
Residential

Dasco Approved to Add 105 Homes to Epping Scheme

Patrick Lau
The tallest of the project’s five towers will now top out at 18 storeys and the percentage of affordable homes has tripl…
LATEST
Development

Why Social Performance is Property’s Next Big Edge

Partner Content
5 Min
Policy

Commonwealth, Qld Agree on Games Delivery Collaboration

Lindsay Saunders
2 Min
Residential

Dasco Approved to Add 105 Homes to Epping Scheme

Patrick Lau
2 Min
Hengyi is filing bigger apartment plans in the Melbourne beachside suburb of Sandringham
Residential

Hengyi Plots Midrise Trio After Sandringham Refusal

Renee McKeown
2 Min
View All >
ADVERTISEMENT
Article originally posted at: https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/vaughan-tops-out-brighton-grammar-s-new-science-centre