Eureka Tower – The World’s Tallest Residential Tower

Located adjacent to the Yarra River at Melbourne

• Eureka Tower opened on October 11, 2006 taking 4 years 2 months to complete.
• Construction cost approximately $500 million.
• The world’s tallest residential tower.
• Height of Building 984.3 ft / 300m.
• Eureka Skydecks lifts are the fastest in the Southern Hemisphere.
• The lifts travel at more than 9 metres per second.
• The facade consists of glass aluminium panels covering an area of 40,000 sq. metres.
• The glass on the top 10 floors is 24 carat gold plated.
• The Tower used 110,000 tonnes of concrete and weighs 200,000 tonnes.
• 3,680 stairs – 92 storeys – 52,000 sq. metres of windows.
• The Skydeck is situated on the 88th floor and is the highest public vantage point (285m) in the Southern Hemisphere.
• The top of the Tower can flex up to 600mm in high winds. Two 300,000 litre water tanks on levels 90 & 91 help to dampen the oscillations.
• Horizontal white lines on Eureka Tower represent the linear line markings on a surveyor’s measuring staff.