The Gold Coast has half a million inhabitants spread over a 400 sq km large area, along a 30 km long sand beach. The waves along the beach make the area an ideal spot for surfers and life guards, tourists, students and weekend visitors. But why half a million inhabitants chose to live in this post modern suburbia demands a more complex analysis.
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| Surfers Paradise with three of the worlds tallest residential towers looking north towards Main Beach and Southport. Most buildings are 'only' 20-35 stories. |
The area is reach by motorway or the adjacent direct rail service from Brisbane and the Airport. It easy to see why the planners chose to locate the rail line along the motorway, but apart from a good location for Park & Ride, the rail service is something of a oddity. The train is soon to be supplemented with a tram line along the coast, the two eventually intersecting at the northern and southern end.
As in the central business district of Brisbane, there are
not height restrictions on buildings along parts of the Gold Coast,
with the result that three of the worlds tallest residential tower of 70-80
stories are located here, together with two dozen towers of 40-50 stories,
half of which area located in central area of Surfers Paradise, and the
other half either in neighboring Main Beach, Southport, Broadbeach or further south
towards the border with New South Wales.
High-rise living in Brisbane adding to the housing supply of Queensland?
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| Infinity, a not yet completed residential tower, with 550 apartments on 80 stories, seen from Wickham Park looking south. |
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| A residential tower seen from the City Botanic Gardens looking northwest. |
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| Another residential tower seen from Brisbane Square looking west. |
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