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Eureka Tower
Sign in to saveskyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Key facts
- Preceded by
- 120 Collins Street
- Surpassed by
- Australia 108
- Status
- Completed
- Type
- Residential Apartment Building, Observation Tower
- Architectural style
- Modern
- Location
- Southbank , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
- Construction started
- August 2002 ; 23 years ago ( 2002-08 )
- Completed
- 11 October 2006 ; 19 years ago ( 2006-10-11 )
- Cost
- U$415m in 2006
- Architectural
- 297.3 m (975 ft)
- Top floor
- 292.3 m (959 ft)
- Observatory
- 285 m (935 ft)
- Floor count
- 91 plus 1 underground
- Floor area
- 123,000 m (1,320,000 sq ft)
- Architect
- Fender Katsalidis
- Developer
- Eureka Tower Pty Ltd
- Main contractor
- Grocon
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tower block
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- City of Melbourne
- Official website
- www.eurekatower.com.au
- Image
- Eureka Tower 0944a.jpg
- Height
- 297.3
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- Commons category
- Eureka Tower
- floors above ground
- 91
- number of elevators
- 13
- architectural style
- modern architecture
- date of official opening
- 2006-10-11
- inception
- 2006-10-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Eureka Tower is a 297.3 m (975 ft) skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction began in August 2002 and the exterior was completed on 1 June 2006. The plaza was finished in June 2006 and the building was officially opened on 11 October 2006. The project was designed by Melbourne architectural firm Fender Katsalidis Architects and was built by Grocon (Grollo Australia). The developer of the tower was Eureka Tower Pty Ltd, a joint venture consisting of Daniel Grollo (Grocon), investor Tab Fried and one of the Tower's architects Nonda Katsalidis.
Construction began August 2002. The tower was officially opened on 11 October 2006. The building's design is themed around the Eureka Stockade. It contains 556 apartments serviced by 13 lifts. Level 88 features an observation deck and level 89, a restaurant, cocktail bar and event space. The building is home to the annual Eureka Climb and a 2013 experiment involving airplants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eureka Tower” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.