Brookfield Place (Perth) Explained

Brookfield Place
Location:125 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates:-31.9548°N 115.8549°W
Status:Complete
Start Date:April 2008
Completion Date:2012
Opening:2012
Building Type:Office
Roof:2042NaN2
Top Floor:1902NaN2
Antenna Spire:2342NaN2
Floor Area:71000m2
Elevator Count:28
Floor Count:46
Cost:A$500 million (est.)
Architect:Tower 1: Hassell, Fitzpatrick + Partners
Tower 2: Woods Bagot
Developer:Brookfield Properties
Main Contractor:Brookfield Multiplex

Brookfield Place is a skyscraper within the Brookfield Place office complex in Perth, Western Australia. It is currently the second tallest building in Western Australia. Located at 125 St Georges Terrace, the major tenant is BHP.

Construction commenced in April 2008 and was completed in 2012. The project is estimated to have cost around A$500 million.[1] Other tenants include PwC, Allianz, Barrick Gold, Navitas and Servcorp.

Developers Brookfield lodged a development application for the second stage of Brookfield Place in July 2011, for a 16-storey office tower to be situated to the south of the main tower fronting Mounts Bay Road.[2] Tower 2 was completed in 2015, with major tenants including Multiplex, Westpac, Wesfarmers, Ashurst, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Deloitte.

Retail tenants in the Brookfield Place complex include Montblanc and Daniel Hechter.

History

Design

Brookfield Place Tower is the tallest side core commercial building in the southern hemisphere. Designed by Hassell and Fitzpatrick + Partners, it included the restoration of the surrounding historic Newspaper House Group of Buildings, comprising four heritage-listed buildings, constructed between 1910 and 1932.[5]

The offset core protects the enclosed space by buffering the façade against the adverse northern sun and the associated solar heat gain. Externally, the expressive structural east and west exoskeletons create the distinctive tower aesthetic. The vertical expression of the tower structure accentuates the height of the building, which terminates in a tapered structural roof crown.[6]

Tower 2 was designed by Woods Bagot. It features large column-free floor plates of approximately . The project also incorporates a sheltered upper-level walkway across Mounts Bay Road to provide greater connectivity between the Elizabeth Quay bus station, Elizabeth Quay railway station and Perth's CBD.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: BHP tower lifts city building gloom . . 3 January 2009 . 1 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090114101627/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=3&ContentID=115879 . January 14, 2009 .
  2. http://www.wabusinessnews.com.au/en-story/1/90039/Brookfield-lodges-DA-for-2nd-City-Square Brookfield Lodges DA for 2nd City Square
  3. News: Collins & Spencer. Perth mayor drops BHP HQ relocation bomb. The Age. 13 March 2008. 9 March 2015.
  4. Sprague J-A. & Whyte J. BHP shuns Sydney, Melbourne with $15bn Perth HQ. Australian Financial Review 12 August 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015
  5. News: Brookfield Place (City Square), Perth – Multiplex. Multiplex. 2018-03-19. en-US. 11 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200811040611/https://www.multiplex.global/projects/brookfield-place-city-square-perth-wa-australasia/. dead.
  6. Web site: Brookfield Place. The Skyscraper Center. 2018-03-19.
  7. News: Brookfield Place Tower 2, Perth – Multiplex. Multiplex. 2018-03-19. en-US. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144651/https://www.multiplex.global/projects/brookfield-place-tower-2-perth-wa-australasia/. dead.