It's the Scots Church in Sydney, re-christened (excuse the pun) as "Portico". The project included saving the original neo-gothic church including the assembly space on the interior. Then, after some structural gymnastics, they added an entirely new development of apartments on top.
The resulting facades are fantastic. The architects managed to find a way to extend some of the neo-gothic porportions up into the new residentail facades without mimicking them; instead they make for a new layered expression. And anyone who has followed Facade Fridays will know that I do admire a layered facade.
Images from Detail 360 and Architecture Media
The architects are Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, and the project is a great example of saving a fantastic historical/significant structure and making a compelling new building in the process.
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