1 William Street, Brisbane
| 1 William Street | |
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Building at sunset
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office tower |
| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Location | 1 William Street, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Coordinates | 27°57′5.137″S 153°02′5.779″E / 27.95142694°S 153.03493861°ECoordinates: 27°57′5.137″S 153°02′5.779″E / 27.95142694°S 153.03493861°E |
| Current tenants | Queensland Government |
| Construction started | 4 March 2013 |
| Opening | October 2016 |
| Cost | $650 million |
| Owner | Cbus Property |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 259.8 m (852 ft) |
| Top floor | 179.1 m (588 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 46 |
| Floor area | 119,977 m2 (1,291,420 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 24 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Woods Bagot |
| Developer | Cbus Property |
| Main contractor | Brookfield Multiplex |
| References | |
| Building webpage, CTBUH Skyscraper Center[1] | |
1 William Street is a skyscraper in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and is the tallest in the city at 259.8 metres. The modernist style office building is located in the Brisbane central business district, in close proximity to Parliament House. The building was developed for the Queensland Government as part of the government's plan for a renewed Government Administrative Precinct and to meet its accommodation demands.
Construction cost of the tower was expected to be $538 million, with a total development cost of over $650 million. It was completed in October 2016 with staff moving in over 6 weekends.
The site was formerly bisected by Short Street and comprised a number of different allotments and uses. Buildings occupied the area as early as 1854 and it was used for a variety of functions including; manufacturing, warehousing, shipping, housing, and electricity generation.
The Queensland Government began purchasing the properties in the 1960s as part of their Government Precinct development scheme and began demolishing the existing buildings, some dating to the 1850s. The demolition of the adjacent Bellevue Hotel and construction of 80 George Street saw the spoil from there dumped on the 1 William Street site. Short Street was closed and all of the site was amalgamated into one allotment, 1 William Street.
In 1974, the site was allocated for future government offices.
1 William Street is a 6,778-square-metre (72,960 sq ft) site, owned by the Queensland Government, and from 1982 until 2013 it was used as a government car park. The site encompasses a whole city block between William, Alice and Margaret Streets and Riverside Expressway.
Since 2012, 1 William Street is often referred to as the "Tower of Power" in the media which is a reference to the political strength of the commissioning former Newman Government and that the building is filled entirely with Queensland Government public servants.
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