Eureka Tower
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| Place: | Melbourne , Australia |
| Construction time : | 2001-2006 |
| Status : | Built |
| Architectural style : | Modern |
| Architect : | Fender Katsalidis Architects |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height : | 297.3 m |
| Height to the top: | 297.3 m |
| Height to the roof: | 297.3 m |
| Rank (height) : | 67th place (world) 2nd place (Australia) 1st place (Melbourne) |
| Floors : | 91 |
| Elevators : | 13 |
| Building material : |
Concrete steel |
| Building-costs: | AUD- $ 500 million |
Eureka Tower is the name of a skyscraper in the Australian metropolis of Melbourne .
location
The Eureka Tower is located in the center of Melbourne on the Southbank Promenade , an exclusive promenade along the Yarra River .
construction
Construction on the Eureka Tower began in 2001 and was completed in 2006. The project, which is said to have cost the equivalent of 290 million euros, was designed by the internationally recognized architecture firm Fender Katsalidis, which is already responsible for impressive buildings such as the Ian Potter Museum of Art , the Republic Tower and the New Quay Precinct .
Details
With a height of 297.3 meters, the Eureka Tower is the tallest building in Melbourne and the second tallest residential building in Australia and is also one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world . In addition, after the Q1 Tower , which was built in Gold Coast , Surfers Paradise until 2005 , it is not only the second tallest skyscraper in Australia, but also in the southern hemisphere .
On the 88th floor at a height of 285 meters there is a viewing platform with public areas and restaurants. It can be reached with the fastest elevators in the southern hemisphere , which have a speed of over 9 m / s and only need 40 seconds for the 88 floors. It has a total of 92 floors, 3,680 steps and 52,000 square meters of glass windows. On the 90th and 91st floors there is a water tank with a capacity of 300,000 liters to stabilize the building against fluctuations. In strong winds it fluctuates max. by 30 cm. The Eureka Skydeck 88 offers an all-round view of the CBD ( Central Business District ) and the suburbs , the Botanical Gardens, the Dandenongs and Port Phillip Bay . In Eureka there is also a kind of cube platform made of milky glass panes "The Edge", which can be moved approx. 3 meters out of the building and becomes transparent at the push of a button.
Eureka Tower at night from the Rialto Towers seen from
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information according to the Visitor Guide flyer in the building.
Coordinates: 37 ° 49 ′ 17.9 ″ S , 144 ° 57 ′ 51.6 ″ E