Brookfield Place (Perth)

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Brookfield Place
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Brookfield Place Tower 1 with Tower 2 in the midground
Brookfield Place (Perth)
General information
StatusCompleted
Type Office
Location125 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°57′17.35″S115°51′17.49″E / 31.9548194°S 115.8548583°E / -31.9548194; 115.8548583
Construction startedApril 2008
Completed2012
Opening2012
Cost A$500 million (est.)
Height
Antenna spire234 m (767.72 ft)
Roof204 m (669.29 ft)
Top floor190 m (623.36 ft)
Technical details
Floor count46
Floor area71,000 m2 (760,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators28
Design and construction
Architect(s)Tower 1: Hassell, Fitzpatrick + Partners
Tower 2: Woods Bagot
Developer Brookfield Properties
Main contractor Brookfield Multiplex
Website
bfplperth.com

Brookfield Place is a skyscraper within the Brookfield Place office complex in Perth, Western Australia. It is currently the second tallest building in Western Australia. Located at 125 St Georges Terrace, the major tenant is BHP.

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Construction commenced in April 2008 and was completed in 2012. The project is estimated to have cost around A$500 million. [1] Other tenants include PwC, Allianz, Barrick Gold, Navitas and Servcorp.

Developers Brookfield lodged a development application for the second stage of Brookfield Place in July 2011, for a 30,000 m2 (320,000 sq ft) 16-storey office tower to be situated to the south of the main tower fronting Mounts Bay Road. [2] Tower 2 was completed in 2015, with major tenants including Multiplex, Westpac, Wesfarmers, Ashurst, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Deloitte.

Retail tenants in the Brookfield Place complex include Montblanc and Daniel Hechter.

History

Design

Brookfield Place Tower is the tallest side core commercial building in the southern hemisphere. Designed by Hassell and Fitzpatrick + Partners, it included the restoration of the surrounding historic Newspaper House Group of Buildings, comprising four heritage-listed buildings, constructed between 1910 and 1932. [5]

The offset core protects the enclosed space by buffering the façade against the adverse northern sun and the associated solar heat gain. Externally, the expressive structural east and west exoskeletons create the distinctive tower aesthetic. The vertical expression of the tower structure accentuates the height of the building, which terminates in a tapered structural roof crown. [6]

Tower 2 was designed by Woods Bagot. It features large column-free floor plates of approximately 2,100 m2 (23,000 sq ft). The project also incorporates a sheltered upper-level walkway across Mounts Bay Road to provide greater connectivity between the Elizabeth Quay bus station, Elizabeth Quay railway station and Perth's CBD. [7]

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