Altair is one of Sydney's most prestigious apartment buildings, recognised in the annual World Architectural Awards as the best residential block in the world for 2001. Praised for both its sharp contemporary design - by award-winning architects Engelen Moore - and its environmental sensitivity, it has been lauded as a blueprint for the future by arbiters of style from across the globe. For those who live there, there's far more at stake too than simply the openness, light and space of its immaculate interiors, innovative cross-ventilation air system and panoramic views, there's also its position: right in the heart of the city's premier cafe, restaurant and nightspot area.