30 The Bond

30 The Bond is the first office building in Australia to commit to a 5 star energy rating and is a leading example of social and environmental sustainability within commercial objectives.

The building has 30% lower CO2 emissions than a typical office building. This has been achieved through the use of natural ventilation, passive chilled beam cooling and fully operable shading on the facades.

The building has a roof top garden with drought resistant plants. This provides a valuable amenity for occupants and neighbours and enhances biodiversity.

The building design features 100m long floor open plates, glass fronted lifts, open stairs, side cores, balconies and terraces.

The four-storey sandstone wall is the longest and oldest convict-hewn sandstone cutting in Sydney, and provides additional cooling as well as acting as an airduct out of the building.

Materials used reflect the local environment and maritime heritage with oxidised steel, recycled wharf timbers and patinated copper.

The atrium is wireless-enabled, and includes a public café on the ground floor.

The site was established as AGL’s first gasworks in the 1820s, burning coal to provide gaslight to the streets of Sydney. Extensive remediation works were carried out to clean the site.

The Lend Lease Headquarters
Lend Lease occupies levels 3-8, as well as the Child Care Centre on the ground floor. The Lend Lease work floors feature open work spaces, meeting pods that jut out into the atrium for communal activities and shared kitchens, and a chill/meet zone on the western perimeter for quieter meetings and activities.

Lend Lease employees actively contributed to the design of the building and the fitout, and have great ownership of the result.

IP telephony and other technological innovations, as well as contemporary art installations, are solutions which stemmed from the employee design briefs.

Natural finishes including bamboo, wool, sisal, goat hair, linen, cotton, and leather all contribute to the health of the environment. Great contemporary design, mixed with some recycled classics, has contributed to a headquarters with a real “wow” factor.

Community Engagement
A residents committee was formed to work with Lend Lease during construction, and this group provided connections into the Millers Point community. Working bees in the Community Centre, support for the Observatory Hill Environment Education Centre, and a youth mentoring scheme are some of the ways Lend Lease creates this Bond with the local people.