Aurora Place
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RBS Tower (formerly ABN Amro Tower) Aurora Place |
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| Basic data | |
| Place: | Sydney |
| Construction time : | 1997-2000 |
| Opening: | 2000 |
| Architects : | Renzo Piano with Innovarchi Architects and Lend Lease Design Group (TSG) |
| Use / legal | |
| Client : | Bovis Lend Lease |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height to the top: | 218 m |
| Top floor: | 188 m |
| Floors : | 41 |
| Height comparison | |
| Sydney : | 8. ( list ) |
| Australia : | 25. ( list ) |
| Australia and Oceania : | 25. ( list ) |
| address | |
| Address: | 88 Phillip Street, 144 Maquarie Street |
| Post Code: | 2000 |
| City: | Sydney |
| Country: | Australia |
Aurora Place is the common name for Renzo Piano's award-winning residential / office tower in Sydney . Its official name is RBS Tower . Originally a New South Wales government office building stood on the site . The builders were Bovis Lend Lease . In January 2001, they sold the building for $ 485 million. The skyscraper is the eighth tallest building in the city of Sydney.
The east facade of the 41-storey building is convex shaped like a wind-filled sail and thus corresponds to the nearby harbor and the opera house there . Piano clad the base with the same terracotta tiles as on Potsdamer Platz .
In June 2009, Alain Robert climbed the building.
Individual evidence
- ^ Property Council of Australia Rider Hunt Award 2002
- ↑ skyscrapercenter.com: Aurora Place, accessed August 24, 2018
- ↑ Latest Stories From News.Com.Au . Archived from the original on June 5, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 5, 2009.
Web links
Commons : Aurora Place - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Andrew Metcalf: Aurora Place . The Watermark Press, Sydney 2001, ISBN 0-949284-53-X .
- Building fact sheet at Emporis
Coordinates: 33 ° 51 ′ 53.6 ″ S , 151 ° 12 ′ 42.8 ″ E