Crown Towers

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Crown Towers
Crown Towers, Melbourne Australia in 2010.jpg
Crown Towers in 2010
Crown Towers
Alternative names
  • Crown Towers Hotel
  • Crown Melbourne
  • Crown Casino Hotel
  • Crown Towers [1]
General information
StatusCompleted
Location8 Whiteman Street, Melbourne, Australia
Completed1997
Opened8 May 1997 (1997-05-08)
Height
Architectural152.5 m (500 ft) [2]
Roof141.5 m (464 ft) [2]
Technical details
Floor count43 [2]
Design and construction
Architecture firm
Developer Crown Resorts
Main contractor Grocon
Other information
Number of rooms482 [3]
Website
www.crownmelbourne.com.au/hotels/crown-towers

Crown Towers is a hotel skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Australia. Built in 1997, the hotel is one of three hotels at the Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex, the others being: Crown Promenade (2003) and Crown Metropol (2010). Located on the banks of the Yarra River, it overlooks the city centre, Kings Domain, Port Phillip and Docklands.

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Proposals for a Crown hotel to join the casino date back to as early as 1994, at a time when Crown casino was situated in a temporary location on the north bank of the Yarra River. [4] [5] Designed by Daryl Jackson and Hudson Conway, the Crown Towers hotel was completed in 1997 in Southbank, alongside the new casino complex. [1] The 5–star hotel opened on 8 May 1997, albeit behind schedule. [6] [7] With 482 hotel rooms, across 43 levels, Crown Towers stands at 152.5 metres (500 feet) in height – making it the tallest all-hotel building in Australia. [2] [3] [8] The hotel is the first skyscraper (building to reach at least 150 metres (492 ft)) to be constructed in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, a location wherein some of the tallest buildings in the city stand. [9] [10]

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References

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  5. ↑ Hurley, John (12 June 1996). "Traffic concern over growing size of casino". The Age . p. 8.
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  7. ↑ Gibson, Rachel (15 November 1996). "Casino hotel delayed again". The Age . p. 1.
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