Case Studies

Twelve years after its original construction, the lobby of Santos Place at 32 Turbot Street Brisbane, undertook a significant refurbishment designed by a+ design group and delivered by Built.

Record was engaged very early in the development process by the architects to design its most bespoke Hybrid revolving door design yet. A 200mm high canopy extension in gold colour stainless steel was developed, providing a striking accentuation that was then carried through to the adjacent swing door transom member as well as the sliding door entrance at the other end of the lobby.

To make this revolving door really stand out and complement this custom canopy design, halo lighting was installed along the full perimeter of the door.

With the revolving door replacing an existing sliding door entrance an automatic wind back door wing, with battery backup, was required to ensure the door could, in an emergency, quickly park with one door wing opening outwards to provide additional free egress from the building.

One One One Eagle Street is a 54 floor storey, 6 star Green Star rated office building designed by Cox Rayner architects and located in the heart of Brisbane CBD’s riverfront precinct.

For the two main lobby entrances, record Automatic Doors customed designed and built the most frameless of curved sliding door entries possible with the door canopies bolted to the underside of steel beam structure supporting the surrounding glazing system.

The door canopy fascia, roof and ceiling panels are clad in bead blasted black stainless steel sheeting with the activation and safety sensors flush mounted to the underside of the ceiling finishes so as not to detract from the sleek canopy design.

The curved glass sidewalls are recess glazed in the floor and canopy with low iron glass used for maximum transparency. An RST 20 curved automatic sliding door operator is installed to the outside entrance only, with low iron frameless glass door wings.

A part of the growth and revitalisation of the North Sydney business district, Zurich Tower is a 29 storey A-grade commercial office tower designed by FJMT and built by Roberts Pizzarotti. The building boasts expansive views of Sydney Harbour, particularly from the roof top terrace area which has controlled access via a dual sliding door airlock entrance automated with record STA 20 sliding door operators.

To maximise the clear opening height of the entries the operators are mounted within the ceiling space, with drop down access hatches for servicing the key components of the operators, and record’s own RIC 290 safety sensors flush mounted within the ceiling finishes. The doors are only operational via card reader internally with push button and break glass activation externally in accordance with emergency egress requirements.

To provide a completely hands-free experience for their staff and visitors when using the bathrooms at their Australian headquarters in St Leonards, MasterCard engaged record Automatic Doors to upgrade 22 of their male, female and accessible bathroom entry doors with DFA 127 automatic swing door operators, activated by touchless door controls or radar activation sensors.

Record undertook a full assessment of each entrance to determine a suitable mounting location for the operators with some needing to be mounted inside the ceiling area, with suitable access panels for future servicing requirements, with others needing to be mounted to visible structure within the hallway area.

For the accessible bathrooms record also installed electric locking and its accessible privacy kit system with indicator lights and touchless door controls.

A part of the growth and revitalisation of the North Sydney business district, Zurich Tower is a 29 storey A-grade commercial office tower with expansive views of Sydney Harbour. Designed by FJMT and built by Roberts Pizzarotti, the main entrance features a record Diamond Series revolving door flanked by two frameless glass accessible swing doors powered by floor mounted record C 127 automatic operators.

At 2700mm diameter by 2940mm high, the revolving door made from low iron glass with aluminium door rails and glass edge trims in champagne gold powder coat aluminium to match the surrounding portal frame supporting the frameless glass assembly above. The drive motor is mounted within a floor pit with servicing access via removable floor panels.

In addition to its work on the main entrance, record also installed two STA 20 sliding door operators to the Level 29 sky terrace.

The lobby upgrade to One Farrer Place in Sydney involved replacing the existing 20 year old canopy style revolving doors with new fully frameless record Diamond Series revolving doors as preferred by the architects Johnson Pilton Walker.  

Such an upgrade presented a number of unique challenges. Firstly, the size and complexity of the surrounding cable truss supported frameless glass assembly meant this could not be modified however the small size of the existing doors would not be sufficient for the current occupancy demands of the two commercial office towers. Therefore, the new revolving doors needed to be offset completely within the building to maximise their diameter, and therefore maximum capacity, as much as possible.

To achieve this record designed the revolving doors with extended glass roofs with a square front face to align with the frameless glass above, along with new glass return glazing, one side of which pivots to allow for cleaning access between the two doors.

Secondly, with a glass roof design the drive motors needed to be mounted to the underside of the existing structural slab so the builder, FDC, needed to core hole through this slab to allow the drive shaft to pass through, but also relocate the existing building services directly below the slab that would have interfered with the mounting of the drive system.

In addition to the four revolving doors on both sides of the lobby foyer, record also supplied and installed four DFA 127 automatic swing door operators that, like the revolving door drive motor, were mounted to the underside of the suspended slab to allow for the most frameless entrance design possible.

The Sky Lobby on Level 7 of PwC Tower is a hotel style environment creating an extension of the occupants’ working space as well as being the ideal place to meet clients or colleagues, that then opens out onto the Sky Terrace, an outdoor sanctuary in the heart of the Auckland CBD. With airy, light-filled spaces, spectacular art, café and a variety of seating, the vision for the Sky Lobby is to be the welcoming heart of the commercial office community — a place to support connectivity and exchange.

To provide as much natural light into the lobby as possible a seven metre tall frameless glass assembly, supported with glass fins, wraps around 3 sides of the space. On the Northern side of this lobby the architects, Warren & Mahoney chose a record Diamond Series revolving door as the main access door to the outdoor Sky Terrace area. The full frameless glass design of this door allowing for seamless design integration with the surrounding glazing.

The practicalities of this revolving door are just as important as the design aesthetics, providing a full-time airlock to ensure the internal lobby space maintains a consistent temperature without the wind gust conditions that would normally be expected with sliding or swing doors for such as exposed entrance. This was particularly important due to the position of the lobby café directly within the entrance, to ensure pleasant conditions for the users all year round.

At 2500mm diameter and 3830mm high, this revolving door has the distinction of being both one of the narrowest, and one of the tallest, Diamond revolving doors ever designed and installed by record Automatic Doors.

Officially opened in mid 2020, PwC Tower is a 39 storey office building at the heart of Auckland’s transformative Commercial Bay development. Designed by Warren & Mahoney, in collaboration Woods Bagot and NH Architecture, it is the tallest office building in New Zealand boasting a never before seen, at this height and design complexity, completely steel framed structure with a distinctive curved form glass curtain wall system making it instantly identifiable and iconic within the Auckland skyline.

Warren & Mahoney engaged record Automatic Doors to assist in the design of the revolving door entrances to the ground floor entries off Lower Albert Street, as well as the expansive upper Sky Lobby entrance, overlooking the outdoor terrace area.

For the ground floor entries two 3000mm diameter x 3000mm high Diamond Series revolving doors were selected and positioned within freestanding portal entries that support the striking surrounding frameless glass assembly installed by our client Thermosash.

Low iron glass was used for optimum clarity with linished stainless steel trim to the sidewall edges and door leaf rails while the drive motors are contained within floor pits accessible via removable floor matting.

Macquarie Corporate Centre is a 12 storey state of the art commercial office tower, designed by WMK Architecture and located at 2 Banfield Road, Macquarie.

In addition to a Diamond Series revolving door and DFA 127 automatic swing door operator to the main entrance, record supplied and installed an STA 22 heavy duty sliding door operaotr to the adjacet internal entrance. 

The 2800mm high x 2000mm frameless glass door panel weighs 210kg with activation and safety achieved via record RIC 290 sensors mounted on both sides of the entrance. The 200mm high aluminium pelmet was also powdercoated black to match the surrounding framing.

Originally constructed in 1976, 388 George Street Sydney is a 28 storey A-Grade commercial office tower on the corner King Street in the heart of the Sydney CBD. In its 44 year history the building has undertaken two extensive lobby refurbishments. The first was in 1998 when record’s former Australian business, AGP Door Systems, installed its first generation glass roof revolving doors, called Crystal Series, and the second was completed by Multiplex this year where the architects FJMT included record’s second generation glass roof revolving door, Diamond Series, for the main entrance.

The Diamond Series revolving doors on this project are truly two of a kind, pushing the limits of frameless glass design in a revolving door to limits never even considered before. The design requirement from FJMT was for these frameless glass revolving doors to also assist in supporting the dead load weight of the surrounding frameless glass design. A concept never before even considered.

To achieve this record Automatic Doors worked with the façade contractor Permasteelisa to take our standard Diamond Series design and make it bigger and bolder. The result was Permasteelisa installing the curved glass sidewalls and roof panels in triple laminated low iron laminated glass with SGP interlayers and a structural recessed floor track.

The rest of the door design, from the frameless glass centre carousel and floor pit mounted drive motors were as per the standard Diamond design. The door was clad in Rimex Quartz Champagne stainless steel.

A key component in the design of The Star’s VIP gaming area, Sovereign, is the extensive outdoor gaming and garden area, to ensure compliance with Government smoking regulations. To provide air locked entrances to these areas, record Diamond Series revolving doors were selected due to their full frameless glass minimalist design.

Each revolving door is 2400mm diameter x 3185mm high and automated via record’s slimline floor box mounted drive system with the control box for each door concealed within nearby ceiling areas. 

Unlike most record revolving doors, that continually rotate at a consistent run speed, these revolving doors have radar activation sensors mounted to the edge of the glass roof panels to allow the doors work in stop/run operation, revolving only as people approach.
 

As part of record’s package of automatic revolving, swing and swing doors installed at The Star’s recently upgraded and expanded Sovereign VIP gaming room are eight C 127 floor mounted automatic swing door operators to the outdoor gaming and garden areas. 

For each outdoor entrance a record Diamond Series glass roof revolving door is installed to minimise the air flow and noise however to comply with disabled access and emergency egress requirements, adjacent automatic swing doors are required and to ensure the most frameless entrance design possible, the C 127’s fully concealed floor mounted direct pivot design proved to be ideal. 

The doors are activated via green push buttons mounted on free standing bollards made from aluminium RHS members clad in Rimex quartz champagne stainless steel sheet.
 

Sovereign at The Star is the largest invitation only VIP gaming room in Australia with every element of the design focusing on luxury and quality. record Automatic Doors was engaged to design, supply and install all the automatic revolving, sliding and swing doors used on the project, continuing an enduring relationship with The Star’s premises in Pyrmont dating back over 20 years.

The main entrance to Sovereign has a circular reception room with a full height curved sliding door entrance at the far end of the room. The curved doors, 4100mm high x 1100mm wide, are made from custom designed steel framing clad in Rimex quartz champagne stainless steel sheet with frosted glazing, manufactured by our client Facade Innovations. They weigh 160kg each and due to the impressive height are supported by a full length recessed floor track across the door opening.

record’s RST 20 curved automatic sliding door operator provides smooth and consistent operation of the doors via activation sensors flush mounted in the ceiling.

For the exponsion of The Star’s VIP gaming area, Sovereign, record Automatic Doors was engaged to supply and install 11 automatic sliding door operators, to various entries and back of house areas. This included our STA 21 opeators to buy in rooms, STA 20 operators to lobby areas and TSA 20 telescopic to entry corridors. 

For this particular entrance to the exclusive Chairman’s gaming area, record Automatic Doors installed two STA 22 operators at either side of the reception lobby. These operators and concealed within the ceiling and support bi-parting door leaves 4100mm high x 1100mm wide with a total weight of 320kg. These panels are made from custom designed steel framing clad in Rimex quartz champagne stainless steel sheet with frosted glazing, manufactured by our client Facade Innovations. 

For this twin sliding door entrance at 2-4 Yarra Street in South Yarra, record Automatic Doors replaced the existing sliding door operator to the external entrance, due to continual breakdowns and unreliability, with an STA 22 heavy duty operator. 

For the new Melbourne office of the architecture firm Architectus at 385 Bourke Street, a large automatic single sliding door entrance from the lift lobby was installed by record Automatic Doors. 

The 3000mm wide x 2950mm high x 240kg aluminium framed sliding door panel is supported off record’s STA 22 heavy duty operator. 
In normal operation the operator works off combined radar/safety sensors mounted off the pelmet. After hours access is via push button inside and a card reader mounted in the lift lobby. 

The project was undertaken by Schiavello and designed by Architectus, of course.

Enfold Projects in conjunction with Mirvac, the building owner, have delivered an iconic End of Trip Facility at 101 Miller St, North Sydney. This stunning facility has just made pounding the pavement and riding to work a little easier.

record Automatic Doors were engaged to carry out the installation of three STA 21  automatic door operators. Working closely with Enfold, record assisted in ensuring the project was delivered on time and an aesthetically pleasing installation was achieved.  

The Bike entry consisted of a single sliding STA 21 operator with an aluminium door and frame. A custom designed screen was installed to visually enhance this entry as well as provide ventilation and security.

Male and female entries included STA 21 operators installed within the ceiling space to create a complete frameless look without compromising security or access.

For an internal office fitout in the tallest of Barangaroo's commercial towers, International Towers One, record Automatic Doors supplied and installed two TSA 20 telescopic single sliding door operators with frameless glass door leaves and sidelights. 

The operators were mounted in the ceiling with combination safety and activation sensors flush mounted within the ceiling finishes. 

With the Reserve Bank of Australia and NSW Parliament House as neighbours, 60 Martin Place is located in the legal, banking and business centre of the Sydney CBD.

For the two lobby entries off Macquarie Street and Martin Place (pictured), record Automatic Doors installed three Diamond Series revolving doors and two C 127 floor mounted automatic swing door operators.

As part of the main entry lobby refurbishment to the 442 St Kilda Road apartment building, record Automatic Doors supplied and installed three STA 20 automatic sliding doors. Two of the operators were mounted in the ceiling space with record combination sensors flush mounted within the ceiling finishes. 

Changing Places are facilities designed to improve access, not restrict use, for people with a disability, alleviating the difficulty faced in finding accessible facilities that are open after hours. For the first Changing Places facility in the Melbourne council area of Darebin, record Automatic Doors was engaged to supply and install an STA 20 automatic sliding door operator along with the accessible privacy kit to provide a secure facility for users, and let people outside know when it is being occupied. Access is only available to eligible carers with an MLAK key.

Westpac Place, at 275 Kent Street Sydney has undertaken a significant refurbishment with the creation of  The Urban Park, a new green space area with retail and dining outlets along with upgrade to the existing lobby entrances. The project was managed by the building owners Mirvac and designed by Woods Bagot architects with record Automatic Doors responsible for the supply and installation of ten record STA 20 and STA 22 autoamtic sliding door operators to various entries off Kent Street, The Urban Park and the Westpac branch.

The upgrade to Investa's 347 Kent Street Sydney commercial office building features a new podium level with striking glass facade, designed by Woods Bagot and delivered by Buildcorp.

record Automatic Doors was engaged to supply and install five STA 20 automatic sliding doors to the main lobby entrance off Kent Street along with new retail entries off King Street. 

Looking to expand its Australian operations, Bank of China in 2016 acquired 140 Sussex Street, a 14 storey A grade office tower with views of Sydney’s Darling Harbour. Before relocating its Australian head office to this site, an extensive lobby refurbishment was undertaken by Built and designed by Group GSA architects.

In addition to the Hybrid Series revolving door, record also installed its DFA 127 automatic swing door operator to the adjacent aluminium framed hinged door, necessary for meeting the building's DDA obligations. To allow free egress at any time of the day or night an internal push button is mounted on the mullion while externally a card reader was provided by the security contractor to allow for after hours access. 

Looking to expand its Australian operations, Bank of China in 2016 acquired 140 Sussex Street, a 14 storey A grade office tower with views of Sydney’s Darling Harbour. Before relocating its Australian head office to this site, an extensive lobby refurbishment was undertaken by Built and designed by Group GSA architects.

For the main entrance a 3000mm diameter record Hybrid Series revolving door, in a linished stainless steel finish, was selected with a height of 3465mm to ensure the door canopy sits directly below the internal ceiling finishes.

Instead of standard LED downlights in the centre rotating ceiling, this revolving door features record’s unique halo lighting feature, with the canopy structure modified to accommodate this lighting around the full perimeter of the door.

To provide additional free egress in an emergency this revolving door is fitted with an automatic wind back door wing, with fire trip connectivity and battery backup for operation in a power failure.

In addition to the revolving door record also provided a DFA 127 automatic operator for the adjacent DDA compliant swing door, as well as disabled toilets in the upper levels, along with STA 20 sliding door operators to some of the lift lobby entries.

The extensive lobby redevelopment of 595 Collins Street involved extending the main entrance further out onto Collins Street with a striking frameless glass assembly supported by black steel framework.

Within this framework sits a record Hybrid Series revolving door, 3000mm in diameter and height, specified by Peddle Thorp architects due to its frameless glass sidewall and rotating carousel design, allowing it to effortlessly blend in with this surrounding lobby glazing.

A revolving door for this entrance will allow the future food and beverage tenancies within the new foyer to operate in the consistent comfort of an airlocked lobby entrance, unaffected by cold wind gusts that occur from a sliding door entrance. 

Ideally positioned at the end of Collins Street, overlooking the Yarra River, 839 Collins Street is the second Melbourne office for ANZ Bank, neighbouring it’s head office at 833 Collins Street. 

Developed by Lendlease and designed by Denton Corker Marshall, the 20 storey building features an expansive ground floor lobby with an impressive frameless glass assembly supported by cantilevered glass fins and stainless steel spider fittings. 

On two faces of this facade sit two 3600mm diameter record Diamond Series revolving doors with linished stainless steel cladding and 100 x 50 RHS sidewall mounted bollards for slow speed and emergency stop buttons. 

In addition to the two Diamond Series revolving doors to the main lobby entrance at 100 Mount Street, record C 127 automatic swing door operators were also installed to the two adjacent frameless glass swing doors. 

With a concealed floor mounted design, these swing doors are fully automated, to ensure disabled access requirements are met, without detracting from the streamlined frameless glass appearance desired by the project architects, Architectus. The operators were installed with custom made stainless steel floor trims which sit flush with the floor surface and allows the flooring contractor to provide a removable stone inlay, necessary for servicing access, to match the surrounding floor finishes. 

Freestanding stainless steel clad bollards on either side were installed for the mounting of necessary green mushroom head push buttons, for normal hours activation, card external reader, for after hours access, and an intercom system. The doors are secured via electromagnetic locks mounted to the transom member above with full height back to back D handles ensuring the doors can be operated manually in the event of a power failure.  
 

For the main entrance to 100 Mount Street North Sydney, designed by Architectus in association with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, two record Diamond Series revolving doors were selected to complement the full height frameless glass assemblies of this striking 8 metre high lobby design. 

These frameless glass doors are 3600mm diameter and 2850mm high with low iron glazing used to maximise clarity. To match the finish of the transom structure and column claddings, a custom bead blasted stainless steel finish was used for the door rails, glass edge trims and even the floor separation ring of the revolving doors.

The drive motors are mounted in floor pits formed in the concrete slab during construction, accessible via full removable floor mats recessed within. The door control devices are mounted on freestanding stainless steel bollards, also used by the controls for the adjacent DDA swing doors, powered by record C 127 floor mounted automatic door operators. 
 

100 Mount Street is a 34 storey commercial office building located in the heart of North Sydney, owned by Dexus. Built by Laing O'Rourke and designed by Architectus, the striking ground floor lobby, at 8 metres tall, features large frameless glass assemblies to maximise natural lighting levels, an imposingly large LED screen for the display of artwork and a combination of automatic sliding, swing and revolving doors supplied and installed by record Automatic Doors. 

To the Spring Street entrance of the lobby, two automatic bi-parting sliding door systems were installed with 19mm frameless glass door panels weighing 200kg each. 

To provide the lowest possible pelmet heights for automatic doors of this weight, record installed four STA 20 DUO single sliding operators which were then synchronised to work together as two automatic bi-parting door operators.