340 Queen Street, Brisbane

340 Queen Street, Brisbane

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340 Queen Street is a refurbishment of the historical Piccadilly Arcade building in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD

The building is rich in history and has been totally refurbished by Evolve, both internally and externally to provide a boutique A-grade office or flagship store in one of Australia’s better-known retail strips based along Queen Street.

The interior floors were removed with new floors installed to create an additional level, and a basement was excavated to enable the provision of an underground restaurant. An existing clerestory timber roof has been retained and refurbished for its character.

The Queen Street façade designed by Blight Rayner is partly based on the historic form of the building presented in the 1890s when a retail department store, with twin deep entrances on either side of a window display box. The left side entrance accesses the basement and the restaurant, while the right side entrance accesses a full-height foyer atrium fronting the three office levels.

The 45-metre long, 10-metre wide building is able to be naturally ventilated through louvres at the front and opening windows to the rear lane.