Brisbane Square

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Brisbane Square
Brisbane Square July 06.jpg
Brisbane Square from South Bank
General information
Status Complete
Address 266 George Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Completed 2006
Owner ABN AMRO
Height
Roof 151 m (495 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 37
Design and construction
Architecture firm Denton Corker Marshall
Structural engineer Qantec McWilliams
Main contractor Baulderstone Hornibrook
References
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Brisbane Square is a high-rise building in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The building has 38 floors and rises to 151 metres.[2] The building's main use is for office space, the lower floors leased to retailers, with a 350-space car park below the building. Significant tenants include the Brisbane City Council (floors 1-23) and Suncorp (floors 24-37).

Brisbane Square is situated on the block bounded by William Street, George Street, Queen Street and Adelaide Street. The building faces the Conrad Treasury Casino on Queen Street and formerly, the Law Courts Complex on Adelaide Street.

Design

Brisbane Square under construction in 2006

Brisbane Square is owned by ABN AMRO and was designed by international architects Denton Corker Marshall.[3] The Civil and Structural engineers for the project were Qantec McWilliam consulting engineers. Two of the four distinctive, rectangular, coloured spaces near the base of the building contain the new Brisbane City Council and Brisbane Square Library.[4] Brisbane Square is the largest commercial office building in Australia to have been awarded a 5 star Green Star rating. The original development application included a number of residential floors on the top of the building, however this was rejected on the basis that noise levels would be excessive.

Construction

Construction was completed in late 2006. The project was constructed by Baulderstone Hornibrook QLD Pty. Ltd. Key personnel during the construction phase were Chris MacDonald (Project Manager), Brian Weigal (Site Manager) and Phil Reed (Senior Engineer).

File:Brisbane-scene-with-the-Queensland-Law-Court-on-left.jpg
The garden park area, in front of the Law Courts Complex (and the State Law Building), is the block of land on which Brisbane Square now stands

See also

References

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  2. Tight Arse Tours
  3. site of Brisbane City Council
  4. Brisbane Square Library and Customer Centre

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons