Crown Group has come away with a treble of wins at the Master Builders Association Awards held in Sydney on Saturday night, with the company's Arc development taking out Best Mixed Use Development, Best Use of Steel and Best Use of Bricks.

The 25-storey tower, Arc by Crown Group, was designed by internationally acclaimed Koichi Takada Architects, and consists of 148 residential apartments, 73 serviced hotel apartments, luxury facilities for residents and guests, and a new retail and dining precinct.

The building has become well-known since opening at 161 Clarence Street last year, offering a heritage-inspired street level rustic red brick façade and 59 gleaming white cathedral-like curved arches that envelop the tower’s rooftop lounge and garden.

Facilities include an indoor heated swimming pool, spa, gym and rooftop garden with beautiful water feature and panoramic city views.

Crown Group has worked collaboratively to restore Skittle Lane, which was originally built in the 1800’s as a laneway to service the surrounding warehouses and also used as a bowling alley for sailors and soldiers.

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The pool area of Arc by Crown Group. Source: Crown Group

Using trachyte blocks, Crown Group repurposed Skittle Lane into a pedestrian and boutique retail thoroughfare with an eight-storey atrium linking King Street with Kent and Clarence Streets, adding an archaeological display using the findings from its site works.

At ground-level, Arc by Crown Group’s modern retail precinct is home to Michi Izakaya & Ramen, Ministry of Coffee, Delicatessen by Pony Dining and Grew & Co Fine Jewellery, with Meu Jardim by UES to open soon.

Saturday nigtht was not the first time the project has been recognised by the industry, having also won 2019 MBA’s best Commercial Pool and best Commercial spa awards, the 2019 HIA-CSR Australian Housing Award Best Apartment Complex, the Architecture MasterPrize, Architizer A+ Awards and the 2019 UDIA’s NSW Award for Excellence in High-Density Development.

Crown Group Chief Operating Officer Pierre Abrahamse said the building stands out from any other new creation in Sydney.

"We are proud that Arc by Crown Group was able to set new parameters in building and create an eye-catching attraction that its residents, guests and our teams are really thrilled to be a part of," he said.

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