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Rialto Towers
525 Collins Street, 3000
Melbourne VIC Australia
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1982 | | Finished | 1986 | | Floor Count | 63 | | Basement Floors | 5 | | Floor Area | 147,000 m² |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | - mechanical | | - observation | | - parking garage | | - restaurant | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - modern | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - concrete, reinforced |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Total height | | 907 ft | | Official Website | | | Including the Basement Floors, The Whole Building, and the Antennas | | | | | Antenna | | 886 ft | | World Federation of Great Towers | | | The Highest Point of the Antennas on the South Towers roof | | | | | Roof | | 824 ft | | | | | The roof of the mechanical penthouse on the South Tower, not including the Antennas | | | | | Main roof | | 821 ft | | | | | The highest point of the South Tower not including the mechanical penthouse | | | | | 60th floor | | 768 ft | | | | | Highest floor of the South Tower | | | | | North tower | | 607 ft | | | | | Floor 45 of the North Tower | | | | | 40th floor | | 552 ft | | | | | The observation deck of the North Tower | | |
Description
• Companies:
- Architect: Gerard de Pru and Partners
- Structural Engineer: W.L. Meinhardt and Partners Pty Ltd
- Consultant Architect: Dino Burratini of Sydney
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Facts & Description:
• Total Cost: $300 Million
• The Rialto Towers have a total of 67 floors counting basement and mechanical floors. The first five floors are used for underground parking. The next three floors are used for the lobby and a cafe. The next 54 floors are used for office. Floor 58 is the Observation Deck and the rest are used for mechanical and other uses.
• There are 1254 stairs to the Observation Deck.
• The Rialto Towers was the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere 1985 - 2004, not counting spires. It is still the tallest office building by roof height in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Member of "World Federation of Great Towers".
• The 55th floor observation deck did not open until July 19, 1994.
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| Companies | | | Gerard de Preu & Partners | - | Architect |
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