120 Collins Street

120 Collins Street is a 265-metre (869 ft) skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was built from 1989 to 1991 and it comprises 50 levels of office accommodation and 4 levels of plant.

The building was designed by architectural firm Hassell, in association with Daryl Jackson. Structural engineers were Connell Wagner, and mechanical, electrical and fire services engineers were Lincolne Scott.

120 Collins Street is a postmodern style building, paying homage to New York City's grand Art Deco buildings, such as the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building. This influence can be seen in the building's granite façade, its setbacks and its central mast.

The building is home to a number of high-profile tenants including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, Rothschild, Standard & Poor's, Bluescope Steel, Mitsubishi, Rio Tinto Group, Ord Minnet, System Partners, and Citigroup's Melbourne office.

When completed, the building had a roof height of 220 metres with a 45-metre spire on top, bringing the total height to 265 metres. It surpassed the Rialto Towers as Australia's tallest building (Although the Rialto was still taller by roof). It was the tallest for fourteen years until it was surpassed by the Q1 in 2005. It remained the tallest building in Melbourne until being surpassed by the Eureka Tower in 2006. It is currently the third tallest building in Australia.

Nauru House

Nauru House (also called 80 Collins Street) is a landmark 52-story building located in the Melbourne CBD. The building was designed by architectural firm Perrott Lyon Timlock & Kesa.

History

The land the building sits on was bought in 1972 at a price of A$19 million by the government of the Republic of Nauru as an international investment. Nauru, which had become incredibly wealthy thanks to the selling of phosphate, began the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust (NPRT) to re-invest profits in international real-estate.

Controversy was stirred when construction began in 1972, as the government of Nauru decided to raze two buildings with "high heritage value" in order to have the building face the desirable Collins Street, and thus, a Collins Street address. Even amid public outcry, the historic buildings were torn down to make way for construction.

When completed in 1977 it became the tallest building in Melbourne however it was not tall enough to take the mantle as Australia's tallest building, with the strikingly similar MLC Centre in Sydney retaining that honour from when it was completed just a few months earlier in the same year. In 1981, Nauru House was surpassed in height by the Regent Hotel (now Sofitel Melbourne) to no longer be the tallest building in Melbourne.

568 Collins Street

568 Collins Street is a mixed–use skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The building was first proposed in 2011 and later approved by then-Planning Minister Matthew Guy in early 2012. The skyscraper reaches 224 metres in height– making it one of the tallest buildings in Melbourne. The tower includes 588 residential apartments spanning across 69 levels, as well as offices.

Construction on the $161 million project commenced in mid-2012 and was completed in September 2015. Following its completion, 568 Collins Street became the equal 4th-tallest building in Melbourne to roof and equal 6th-tallest overall.

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568 Collins Street under construction in December 2014

568 Collins Street under construction in December 2014

568 Collins Street under construction in March 2015

568 Collins Street under construction in March 2015

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