Brisbane Square (City of Brisbane, QLD)

Australia / Queensland / Brisbane / City of Brisbane, QLD / George Street, 266
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Brisbane Square is a skyscraper located in the Central Business District of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The building roses to 151 m (495 ft) and has 36 floors. The building's main use is for office space. The first three floors are leased to retailers and it has a 350-space car park in its three underground floors. Significant tenants include the Brisbane City Council and Suncorp. The building has a floor area of 59,500 sq m (640,570 sq ft). It is raised 18 metres (60 feet) above ground on stilts. There are four distinctive multicoloured rectangular spaces on the base of the building. Two of the spaces contain the new Brisbane City Council Central Library. 8,000 sq m of concrete and 3,800 tonnes of steel were used to construct this building.

Brisbane Square is owned by ABN AMRO and was designed by Denton Cooker Marshall. The civil and structural engineers for the project were Qantec McWilliam consulting engineers. Baulderstone Hornibrook constructed the building from 2004 to 2006. Brisbane Square is the largest commercial office building in Australia to have been awarded a 5 star Green Star rating
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Square
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Coordinates:   27°28'14"S   153°1'21"E

Comments

  • I worked here for a couple of months!
  • Suncorp!
  • Suncorp is a Bank... used to be State owned Insurance giant...then came privatisation and deregulation..
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