Built on the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation
Completed in 2006, Council House 2 (CH2) on Little Collins Street, Melbourne still finds its way onto architects’ precedent boards as one of Australia’s most progressive commercial buildings. A pilot project for the City of Melbourne’s Zero Net Emissions by 2020 strategy, it was the first commercial project awarded a 6-star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council of Australia. As far as “green buildings” go, CH2 could be considered a bit of a celebrity.
This retrospective involved a walk-through with Rob Adams, who oversaw the process as the City of Melbourne’s director of city design and projects, as we tried to uncover how CH2 has fared over the past 16 years, examine changes that have taken place since then,
