Chifley Tower

Chifley Tower
Chifley Tower
	Chifley Tower northern side
	Location in Greater Metropolitan Sydney
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Location	Sydney, Australia
Coordinates	33°51′57.4″S 151°12′41.9″E / 33.865944°S 151.211639°E
Completed	1992
Cost	A$ 1.2 billion
Height
Antenna spire	244 m (801 ft)
Roof	216 m (709 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	53
Floor area	90,000 m2 (968,800 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	29
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Kohn Pedersen Fox
Developer	Bond Corporation Holdings Ltd & Kumagai Gumi
Website
	www.chifley.com.au

Chifley Tower is a premium skyscraper in Sydney, Australia. It was designed by New York City-based architects^[1] Travis McEwen and Kohn Pedersen Fox, with John Rayner as project architect.^[2] Chifley Tower was the tallest building in Sydney from 1992 to 2019.

Location and features

Located at 2 Chifley Square, its cross streets are Hunter, Phillip and Bent Streets with the main entry being on Phillip Street.^[1] Due to its prominent location at the peak in the north-east CBD, the Tower has broad harbour views from its 42 storeys.^[3] The tower is used primarily for commercial use, mostly financial institutions, law firms and corporations.

A 3-metre (9.8 ft) lightning rod was added in 2000, extending its original height from 241 metres (791 ft) to 244 metres (801 ft). To stop the tower from moving in the wind a giant steel pendulum weighing 400 long tons (450 short tons) is held from eight 75-millimetre (3.0 in) wires near the rooftop. The tower is named after former Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley.^{[citation needed]}

At one time All Nippon Airways operated a sales office on Level 32.^[4]

Gallery

Office Lobby
Shopping Arcade
Chifley tower (left) with Aurora Place (right)
Tower from the south with ground plaza at street level
Tower from the west

References

^ ^a ^b "Chifley Tower - Background". Archived from the original on 24 May 2006.
^ "Bio". Bio. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
^ SkyscraperPage
^ "ANA Directory" (Archive). All Nippon Airways. 1998. Retrieved on July 9, 2016. "Sydney Level 32, The Chifley Tower 2 Chifley Square, Sydney N.S.W. 2000, Australia"

External links

Laila Ellmoos (2008). "Chifley Tower". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 9 October 2015.[CC-By-SA]

List of tallest buildings in Australia

Next Shortest

Citigroup Centre
243 m (797 ft)

Next Tallest

The Tower at Melbourne Central
246 m (807 ft)

Heights are to highest architectural element.

[Chifley_Tower-1] "Chifley Tower - Background". Archived from the original on 24 May 2006.

[2] "Bio". Bio. Retrieved 22 April 2011.

[3] SkyscraperPage

[4] "ANA Directory" (Archive). All Nippon Airways. 1998. Retrieved on July 9, 2016. "Sydney Level 32, The Chifley Tower 2 Chifley Square, Sydney N.S.W. 2000, Australia"

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Gallery

See also

References

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