Neutral bay is an apartment building including twenty five two and three bedroom luxury apartments located in Neutral Bay, Sydney.

The site is a heavily sloping site falling away from the streetscape towards the west with views of the North Sydney city skyline.  Towards to he east are views of the city including the harbour bridge.  Single residences occupy the northern, southern and western boundaries.  

The existing site was originally four sites that had existing apartment buildings which were amalgamated into a single site.  This allowed a new residential flat building to be permitted under the existing land use rights legislation as the site was not zoned for multi unit developments.  

The slope of the site allowed the building envelope to be minimised within the streetscape, allowing the project to mimic the built form scale of the surrounding context.  This also reduced any environmental impacts such as overshadowing surrounding buildings.  

The building is five storeys with an average of six dual aspect apartments per level.  Two levels are above the streetscape with the remaining three levels below streetscape following the natural slope of the site.  Parking was concealed in the lower levels below the streetscape behind the apartments facing the western views and accessed via a car lift due to the slope of the site.  A landscaped rooftop terrace was utilised for the occupants of the building and to provide a natal landscaped view to the surrounding context.  

To further reduce the scale of the project the building was divided into two built forms connected by a vertical transparent entry.  Each built form has its own vertical circulation core of a lift and stair and an average of three dual aspect apartments.  This approach provided greater amenity and maximised the facade area to improve the environmental performance of the proposed units by increasing the number of dual aspect apartments.  

Apartments were designed to be efficiently planned to maximise living areas without compromising the performance of amenities such as kitchens, bathrooms and laundries.  The layout of the interiors was to provide the experience of a house within the form of an apartment.  To achieve this such as wide corridors and butlers kitchens were adopted within the design.

The dual aspect layout of the apartments were further enhanced by the panoramic design of the facade.  A horizontal facade of continuous glazing was adopted to maximise views, light and ventilation.  Within the glazing a combination of fixed and operable screens were utilised to control shading and privacy.  The horizontal concept was further articulated via the concrete floor levels and Brik balustrades with integrated planting.  These provide for further privacy both vertically and horizontally while also greening the project and allowing it to blend with the natural landscape of the site and surrounding context.