101 Collins St
Record height
Tallest in Melbourne from March 1991 to August 1991[I]
Preceded byRialto Towers
Surpassed by120 Collins Street
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
LocationCollins Street, Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates37°48′54″S 144°58′14.8″E / 37.81500°S 144.970778°E / -37.81500; 144.970778
CompletedMarch 1991
Height
Antenna spire260 m (850 ft)
Roof195 m (640 ft)
Technical details
Floor count57
Floor area82,800 m2 (890,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Denton Corker Marshall
Website
www.101collins.com.au
A lush sanctuary garden inside the building

101 Collins Street is a 260 m (850 ft) skyscraper located in Collins Street, Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. The 57-storey building designed by Denton Corker Marshall was completed in March 1991. Towards the end of project, with a change of developer, the foyer space was designed by John Burgee, noted as a pioneer of postmodern architecture.[1]

It overtook Rialto Towers and became the tallest building in Melbourne and Australia until August 1991, when 120 Collins Street was completed. As of 2022, the tower is the sixth-tallest building in Melbourne and the 11th-tallest building in Australia when measured up to the tallest architectural point, which is the 60 m (200 ft)-tall spire.[2]

The tower contains 83,000 m2 (890,000 sq ft) of rentable space. The floor-to-ceiling height is unusually large for a skyscraper at 2.77 m (9 ft 1 in). The 30 m (98 ft) lifts can reach speeds of 7 m/s (23 ft/s). There are 414 underground car park spaces. The building contains double glazed windows with surface coated tempered glass to increase thermal efficiency.

A large part of the site for 101 was created by demolishing the 26 floor CRA Building, the tallest in the city in the mid 1960s.[3] It the first skyscraper to be demolished in the city.[4]

The owners of 101 Collins have implemented a strategy of buying adjacent properties to safeguard the building's views, particularly towards the south. As a result, Flinders Lane has experienced an emergence of new restaurants and bars in older buildings.[5]

101 Collins Street lends its name to a Yarra Trams stop that is served by routes 11, 12, 48 and 109.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "101 Collins Street: About" Archived 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. 101collins.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ↑ SkyscraperPage.com's entry
  3. ↑ Emporis.com - Building ID 108454
  4. ↑ Annear, Robyn (26 March 2014). A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne. Black Inc. ISBN 978-1-922231-41-3.
  5. ↑ Simon Johanson; Nicole Lindsay (1 October 2019). "'Tower of power' splashes out to protect tenants' views". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Departures from 7-Exhibition St/Collins St (Melbourne City)". Citymapper. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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