Nightingale Anstey is carefully designed to reduce visual and physical bulk, for the benefit of the urban form and for improved apartment performance. ⁠Although existing on one site, the building is divided into two distinct forms with different visual languages. The Station and Laneway communities will each have their own set of shared facilities (like laundry and bathhouse) while still being internally connected. By breaking up the project into parts, the oppressive feeling created by large and looming building masses is designed out. It also allows for a smaller number of apartments per landing, which raises the likelihood of neighbourly engagement.