1.The distinctive architecture of 7 London Circuit reflects the innovative, high-tech business of its key tenant, National ICT Australia (NICTA). Designed to make a strong visual statement, the building reinforces the significance of the City West site and is in keeping with Griffin’s urban design principles. The building is organised around a visual axis and through-site-link to City Hill. This axis is augmented at ground level by a pedestrian street that connects the atrium of the building to the adjoining development of 18 Marcus Clarke. 2.An enhanced public domain by way of a specialised landscape treatment helps create a clear transition between the commercial and residential zones along London Circuit. An external colonnade frontage along London Circuit, Farrell Place and Gordon Street creates a dynamic and vibrant link between the landscape zone and the internal building spaces. The through site link that is on axis with City Hill provides a valuable urban connection and mid-block activation. This link, together with the retail activated ground plane, enhances the pedestrian experience and contributes to the repair of the urban-scape of this part of Canberra. 3.The building forms a significant component of the planning hierarchy of the western sector of Civic. The built form responds to the massing principles defined for the site by NCA and are in accordance with the Griffin Legacy. The site is incredibly important given its position on the radial junction of the hexagon street grid. 4. The

large 2,000sqm floor plates offer a new workplace to what has previously been provided in Canberra. Our research into the workplace has been instrumental in creating a design that offers a highly effective and efficient work environment. 5.Key stakeholders and consultants were involved very early on in process. A collaborative consultant team was engaged early on in the process to ensure a resolved outcome that completed the building. 6.7 London Circuit is an iconic development providing a standard of commercial office space currently unmatched in Canberra. As well as achieving standards of quality and corporate workplace unparalleled in the National Capital, the development has also made value for money a prime consideration. 7.Passive design measures were central to the design concept in a strategy to minimise energy consumption and create a healthy workplace. A veil folds from the roof to the west façade and increases the insulation to the western aspect of the building as well as reducing the extent of glazing to this façade. The roof was conceived to act as a fly roof does on a tent. It is open at its lower end and its form encourages the passage of air beneath it resulting in a further cooling of the shaded roof deck below. 8.The design is an innovative response to the urban design of Civic and the Griffin Legacy. It achieves this by integrating intelligent ESD initiatives within a form generated from a thorough understanding of context and the history of place making in Canberra.