Zephyr Group Qld has lodged plans for Banksia, an 18 storey residential building on the Kangaroo Point peninsula, designed by architect Joe Adsett. The proposal would place 64 apartments and a relocated 19th century heritage cottage on a 1,175 square metre corner at 127 to 133 Lambert Street and 30 Shafston Avenue, a short distance from the Brisbane River and the city.
The building takes its name, and its shape, from the Banksia wildflower. Joe Adsett Architects has drawn on the geometry of the plant to build an architectural language of curved balconies and fluid lines, so each floor reads as a soft, undulating band rather than a flat slab edge.
The planning report describes a facade enhanced by cascading native greenery, and the renders bear that out, with timber lined balcony soffits and planting spilling from every level, so the tower reads as much as a vertical garden as a piece of built form. It is an unusual silhouette for the peninsula, and a departure from the rectilinear towers common across the inner city.
Zephyr will build the project through its in house division, Zephyr Build Qld. The developer framed the collaboration around the site’s setting and its heritage.
We are thrilled to have teamed up with Joe Adsett for Banksia. Joe Adsett’s vision brings together architecture, landscape and heritage in a way that feels deeply connected to Kangaroo Point, while creating a distinctive new addition to Brisbane’s skyline.
Shane Winterton, Managing Director, Zephyr Group Qld
Banksia follows Palais Bulimba, the pair’s first project together, a boutique riverfront development the developer describes as nearing sell out.
The clearest point of difference sits at the base. The site carries a local heritage place, a small 19th century timber miner’s cottage with a transverse gable roof, known as Alpha Cottage. Rather than remove it, the proposal relocates the cottage to the northern corner of the site, where it keeps its address and relationship to Lambert Street, and adapts it for a new role as a managers office, mail room and communal resident space.
The front and rear verandahs and the brick chimney would be carefully taken apart, documented and stored on site during construction, then rebuilt, with later additions stripped back to reinstate the original character. Pendergast Architects has guided the heritage work and Edge Consulting Engineers has assessed the relocation, with the planning report framing the move as giving a building of limited current use an ongoing life at the heart of the development.
Banksia sits in the High Density Residential zone, which is mapped for buildings of up to 15 storeys. At 18 storeys plus a rooftop garden it runs above that height, and the planning report leans on the wider precinct to justify the difference, pointing to the Kangaroo Point Peninsula Neighbourhood Plan and nearby approvals of up to 27 storeys, and to a separation of about 34.9 metres to the taller residential building to the east.
Amenity is concentrated at the two ends of the building, the ground and the roof. The proposal counts about 1,071 square metres of communal open space, more than 90 per cent of the site area, split between a landscaped ground level garden set around the relocated cottage and a rooftop garden level.
That rooftop gathers a pool, a gym, a cinema room, a sauna, hot and cold spas, indoor and outdoor dining and barbecue areas, and landscaped terraces, with the renders showing an infinity edge pool looking back across the river to the CBD.
Landscape runs through the whole scheme. Andrew Gold Landscape Architecture has planned about 662 square metres of planting across the site, roughly 56 per cent of the area, including 119 square metres of deep planting at ground level and the cascading greenery carried up the tower.
The Shafston Avenue edge is softened by a landscape buffer of subtropical trees and tiered planting, and the ground plane is organised around a through site link and a central communal garden behind the cottage.
The 64 apartments divide evenly, 32 two bedroom homes, each with a multi-purpose room, and 32 three bedroom homes. The interior renders show open kitchen, living and dining spaces opening to deep balconies through full height glazing, with the city skyline in the frame. Parking for 103 cars and 78 bicycles is held across three basement levels and the ground.
Banksia is the latest design led tower proposed for the Kangaroo Point peninsula, and the second Brisbane collaboration between Zephyr Group Qld and Joe Adsett Architects. The application is now with Brisbane City Council. We will update this article as the assessment progresses.
Project Rundown
| Development Parameter | Proposed Development |
|---|---|
| Address | 127 – 133 Lambert Street and 30 Shafston Avenue, Kangaroo Point QLD 4169 |
| Application Number | A007058091 |
| Development Type | Residential Apartments |
| Site Area | 1,175 m² (Lot 1 on RP56566, Lot 2 on SP211306 and Lot 10 on SP144810) |
| Height | 18 storeys plus a rooftop garden (above the zone’s 15 storey height) |
| Apartments | 64 (32 two bedroom plus multi-purpose room, 32 three bedroom) |
| Heritage | Alpha Cottage, a 19th century timber miner’s cottage, relocated to the northern corner and adaptively reused as a managers office, mail room and communal space |
| Communal Open Space | About 1,071 m² (91.1% of the site), across a ground level garden and the rooftop |
| Rooftop Amenity | Pool, gym, cinema room, sauna, hot and cold spas, indoor and outdoor dining, barbecue and landscaped terraces |
| Landscape | About 662 m² (56.23% of the site), including 119 m² of deep planting, plus cascading greenery up the tower |
| Car Parking | 103 spaces (94 resident, 9 visitor) across three basement levels and the ground |
| Bicycle Parking | 78 spaces (62 resident, 16 visitor) |
| Status | Lodged 26 June 2026 |
| Assessment Level | Impact Assessable (to be publicly notified) |
| Developer and Builder | Zephyr Group Qld (Zephyr Build Qld) |
| Architect | Joe Adsett Architects |
| Landscape Architect | Andrew Gold Landscape Architecture |
| Town Planner | Mewing Planning Consultants |
| Date Submitted | 26 June 2026 |
| Sustainability | Framework: A subtropical design response tuned to Brisbane’s climate. Envelope: Living, dining and kitchen areas are perimeter oriented for natural light and cross ventilation, while the undulating slab edges and integrated screens shade the glazing and cut summer solar heat gain. Living Greenery: Vertical gardens of native species and cascading planting climb the facade, part of about 662 m² of landscape (56% of the site) that includes 119 m² of deep planting and large subtropical trees, with more than 90% of the site given to communal open space and a rooftop garden of locally indigenous planting, plus rainwater harvested and stored for irrigation. Waste & Recycling: The Waste Management Plan specifies a single refuse chute with a diverter system and hoppers on every residential level, so residents select general-waste or recycling on their own floor rather than carrying recycling down to the bin room, which encourages resident recycling. |
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Zephyr Group Qld is a Brisbane builder and developer that delivers projects through its own construction arm, Zephyr Build Qld, and describes a track record spanning more than a decade. Banksia is its second project with Joe Adsett Architects, after the riverfront Palais Bulimba at Bulimba. The group positions itself around design led residential buildings on prominent inner city and riverside sites.
