Telstra Corporate Centre

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Telstra Corporate Centre
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Telstra Corporate Centre
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice
Location Melbourne, Australia
Coordinates 37°48′36″S144°58′11″E / 37.809944°S 144.969788°E / -37.809944; 144.969788
Completed1992
Height
Antenna spire218 m (715 ft)
Roof193 m (633 ft)
Technical details
Floor count47
Design and construction
Architect(s) Perrott Lyon Mathieson

Telstra Corporate Centre is an office skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia. Standing 218 m high with 47 floors (43 used as offices), [1] it is the equal 21st tallest in Melbourne as of 2024. [2] It is located at 242 Exhibition Street. It is the world headquarters for Telstra and includes a small retail precinct located on the ground floor towards the Little Lonsdale Street side.

The building was designed by the large commercial architects Perrott Lyon Mathieson. It was opened in 1992 and the building was fully refurbished in 2010 by Telstra’s General Manager of Infrastructure Ross Lambi and team in partnership with Lendlease to include a Telstra store, two new cafes, two 15m square HD media walls as well as the food court area. The new reception area features Australia's largest indoor vertical live garden.

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References

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  2. Telstra Corporate Building - The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat . Retrieved 22 February 2024