Eureka Tower

Eureka Tower is a skyscraper in the Australian metropolis of Melbourne.

Location

The Eureka Tower is located in the center of Melbourne on the South Bank Promenade, an exclusive promenade along the Yarra River.

Construction

The construction work for the Eureka Tower began in 2001 and were completed in 2006. The project, said to have cost the equivalent of 290 million euros, was designed by the internationally renowned architectural 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

The Eureka Tower is today with a height of 297.3 meters the tallest building in Melbourne and the second tallest residential building in Australia and is also one of the world's tallest skyscrapers. He is also after the Q1 Tower, which was built until 2005 in Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise, not only the second tallest skyscraper in Australia, but also in the southern hemisphere.

In the 88th floor in 285 m height there is an observation deck with public areas and restaurants. She can be reached with the fastest elevators in the southern hemisphere, which have a speed of 9 m / s and only 40 seconds for the 88 floors. The Eureka Skydeck 88 offers a panoramic view of the CBD and the suburbs, the Botanical Gardens, the Dandenongs and Port Phillip Bay. In addition, located in Eureka also a kind of cube platform milky glass panes " The Edge", which can be about 3 feet long moved out of the building and is transparent at your fingertips.