Eureka Tower in Southbank, Melbourne, was designed by Fender Katsalidis Architects for Eureka Tower Pty Ltd, a joint venture including Grocon's Daniel Grollo, Tab Fried and Nonda Katsalidis. Construction began in August 2002, and it opened on October 11, 2006. The infobox lists a Modern style, and the text names none.
The tower is 297.3 meters (975 feet) high with 91 floors above ground. Slipform reinforced concrete forms the structure, with blue glass cladding and 24-carat gold-plated glass on the top ten floors. Two 300,000-liter water tanks near the top are pumped to counter wind-induced sway.
It holds 556 apartments, and the Melbourne Skydeck is on level 88, with The Edge, a glass cube that projects 3 meters (10 feet) from the building. The design draws on the Eureka Stockade, with a gold crown and a red stripe. The article gives its tallest-in-Melbourne span as 2006 to 2019 in one place and 2020 in another.
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