101 Collins Street

101 Collins St
101 Collins St
Record height
	Tallest in Melbourne from March 1991 to August 1991[I]
Preceded by	Rialto Towers
Surpassed by	120 Collins Street
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	Collins Street, Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	37°48′54″S 144°58′14.8″E / 37.81500°S 144.970778°E
Completed	March 1991
Height
Antenna spire	260 m (850 ft)
Roof	195 m (640 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	57
Floor area	82,800 m2 (890,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Denton Corker Marshall
Website
	www.101collins.com.au

101 Collins Street is a 260 m (850 ft) skyscraper located in Collins Street, Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. The 57-storey building designed by Denton Corker Marshall was completed in March 1991. Towards the end of project, with a change of developer, the foyer space was designed by John Burgee, noted as a pioneer of postmodern architecture.^[1]

It overtook Rialto Towers and became the tallest building in Melbourne and Australia until August 1991, when 120 Collins Street was completed. As of 2022, the tower is the sixth-tallest building in Melbourne and the 11th-tallest building in Australia when measured up to the tallest architectural point, which is the 60 m (200 ft)-tall spire.^[2]

The tower contains 83,000 m² (890,000 sq ft) of rentable space. The floor-to-ceiling height is unusually large for a skyscraper at 2.77 m (9 ft 1 in). The 30 m (98 ft) lifts can reach speeds of 7 m/s (23 ft/s). There are 414 underground car park spaces. The building contains double glazed windows with surface coated tempered glass to increase thermal efficiency.

A large part of the site for 101 was created by demolishing the 26 floor CRA Building, the tallest in the city in the mid 1960s.^[3] It the first skyscraper to be demolished in the city.^[4]

The owners of 101 Collins have implemented a strategy of buying adjacent properties to safeguard the building's views, particularly towards the south. As a result, Flinders Lane has experienced an emergence of new restaurants and bars in older buildings.^[5]

101 Collins Street lends its name to a Yarra Trams stop that is served by routes 11, 12, 48 and 109.^[6]

References

^ "101 Collins Street: About" Archived 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. 101collins.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ SkyscraperPage.com's entry
^ Emporis.com - Building ID 108454^[usurped]
^ Annear, Robyn (26 March 2014). A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne. Black Inc. ISBN 978-1-922231-41-3.
^ Simon Johanson; Nicole Lindsay (1 October 2019). "'Tower of power' splashes out to protect tenants' views". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "Departures from 7-Exhibition St/Collins St (Melbourne City)". Citymapper. Retrieved 25 May 2023.

External links

Official Website

Preceded by Rialto Towers	Tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere March–August 1991	Succeeded by 120 Collins Street

List of tallest buildings in Australia

Next Shortest

Prima Pearl
254 m (833 ft)

Next Tallest

120 Collins Street
266 m (873 ft)

Heights are to highest architectural element.

List of tallest buildings in Melbourne