Tomkins provided Design and Construction services to complete Sierra Nuvo, a six-level, 44-apartment residential development located at Highgate Hill. The project included delivery of four bespoke penthouses; with the remaining residences a mix of two, three and four-bedroom apartments.

Designed for owner-occupiers, the development boasts large floor plans, ensuites for each bedroom, walk-in laundries, and an abundance of glazing to maximise natural light. The apartments’ kitchens are fitted with natural stonework and high-end Smeg appliances.

Residents will be able to enjoy the development’s ‘Sky Garden’ located at Levels 6 and 7. Surrounded by tiered, landscaped gardens with an unobstructed view of Brisbane City, the Sky Garden features a 16-metre infinity-edge pool with a children’s wading area, a sunken lounge at the side of the pool, an astro-turf recreation zone, two separate dining areas complete with barbeque facilities, a formal dining zone set underneath one of four aluminium feature arbours, and a day bed zone.

Designed with a cozy and homelike aesthetic, Sierra Nuvo presents as a four-storey building when viewed at street level, with Levels 5, 6 and 7 set back from the facade to give the illusion of a smaller overall height. Softening features on the facade such as a patterned precast, simple aluminium balustrades and modest colours also support the development’s harmonisation with local surrounds.

Communal amenities

• ‘Lightwell’ void extending from the lobby to the roof, providing natural light and ventilation
• Feature entrance lobby with green walls
• Level 1 common kitchen, lounge and outdoor entertaining garden
• Storage cages for each unit located within the carparking facility
• Built-in honed concrete seating
• Italian cobble stones laid in decorative patterns
• LED handrail lighting.

Sky Garden

• 16 metre infinity edge pool and a wading pool, both built with flush transitions to the deck level and both fully suspended on springs
• Dining terraces
• Day bed terraces
• 2 x communal barbeque areas
• Astro-turf recreation zone.

Units

• Curved ceilings
• Recessed lighting
• Oversized glazing from sill to ceiling height
• Glazed louvres with anti-fall screens
• Internal glazed partitions
• Smeg appliances
• Natural stonework
• Timber-look, 2 Pac veneer surfaces
• Baths available throughout
• 3.6 metre high ceilings on select units
• 2.7 metre high ceilings on standard units.

Penthouses

• Coffer ceilings
• Recessed pelmet lighting
• Recessed curtain lighting
• Stone baths
• Dual shower heads
• Clipsal iconic switch plates
• Strip grates
• Frosted glazing
• 3 x Smeg ovens per unit
• Warming drawers
• Vintec refrigerators
• Pitt six-burner cooktops
• 3.0–3.2 metre high ceilings.