A new development in Turner is blending residential living with a local art gallery as a way of supporting local artists.
One of the most striking pieces of art already installed in the building is on the side of the lift well, which residents will be able to see as they travel up to their apartments.
At more than 30 metres tall, it is believed to be one of the largest pieces of art in the ACT.
Artist Ronan Moss took inspiration from the development's name, and designed the artwork to look like the windows of a neighbouring building.
"You look into the windows and you can see various kinds of goings on with the inhabitants of those different apartments," Mr Moss said.
"It's just supposed to be a diversity of colour and interest, so that as you're taking a trip from the basement up to level 10, you're looking in a world."
Mr Moss's original characters join those from pop culture in the imaginary "art house" next door. A few real-life people - including some former prime ministers - also make an appearance.
The artwork took about six months to complete. Smaller pieces were painted or printed in Mr Moss's workshop, and then adhered to the lift well while the building was still under construction.
Mr Moss, standing on top of the lift car, then painted between the parts on the collage to create a cohesive piece.
More artwork will join the collection as the new residents move in over the next few months. On each floor, one of the corridors has a dedicated "art wall", where paintings or sculptures can be placed under specially designed lights.
Those common spaces, as well as the gallery in the lobby, which will be open to the public, will be curated by a professional, who the developers are in the process of hiring.
Mr Moss, who also works as an architect, said there was an opportunity for new developments to support art and artists.
"People are either living or working in these buildings, so art can offer a lot of well-being and interest and curiosity," he said.
For lead selling agent Narelle Casey, the artwork was just one part of the building's appeal.
In fact, Ms Casey and her husband were so impressed with the development that they bought an apartment for themselves to live in.
"I drive past every day when I'm heading home and as the form started to really come to life and the scaffolding was coming down, I kept looking at the outside of the building saying, 'I cannot wait to come home to that'," Ms Casey said.
The design of the building avoided the usual "bland-looking foyer and white walls", she said, and she was looking forward to being able to bring visitors to the building, and being proud of the building as soon as they entered it.
"It just feels welcoming and homely from the time that you come in, but with that touch of class with the artworks."
Ms Casey said many of the prospective buyers said similar things when they came to look at the display suites. Just 14 of the apartments were still available a day before settlements began.
That was a particularly low number for Canberra developments, Ms Casey said, which have struggled to find buyers as property prices fall and a preference for standalone houses persists.
"It just goes to show how much thought has been put into here," Ms Casey said.
"The market has really accepted this development as a quality building, a quality build all the way through."
David Shearer, director at SpaceLab, who led the project design, said the company had workshopped with people who had decided against apartment living to see if they could solve the problems turning people off.
The result was a large number of buyers being downsizers, who were attracted to the spacious bathrooms, bath tubs, and larger storage space than is typical of apartments.
"All these things - they're little things, they're little changes that cumulatively make a big living benefit," Mr Shearer said.
