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Is Eureka Tower 88 or 91 stories? Both numbers have been referenced, and I think that the 88 may refer to only the number of residential stories, and 91 includes the uppermost machine floors and observation deck etc. Noticably, www.skyscrapers.com lists 91. Hypernovean 09:59, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

The tower itself is 91 stories, but the highest public-access floor (the observation deck) is on level 88. I believe that above that are the lift motor rooms and other plant equipment. Salamagd 20:16, 24 Mar 2004

Tangerine Cossack, do you think that your inclusion of Sky Tower is appropriate? For one, it's not a residential tower, in fact, it's not even a skyscraper, rather a freestanding structure. Sydney Tower is also not mentioned on this page, even though the tip of its spire is taller than the roof of Eureka. Salamagd 09:42, 29 Mar 2004

the picture that someone put up (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Eurekatower.jpg) is going to be deleted because whoever put it there forgot to mention its COPYRIGHT STATUS!!! whoever did it please do so... Shrewd.user 07:05, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Eureka Tower - More information needed 2 Under Construction? 3 Second Tallest Residential Building? 4 What was the supposed big fib? 5 Observation deck 6 Rewrite

[edit] Eureka Tower - More information needed

I have just had a look at this article and the only real information is it's height and the number of floors. If anyone has the information and spare time, can they please expand it with information such as close proximity to the CBD, Southbank and Crown Casino, the different types of apartments and the total number of them, info about the shops, carpark, controversy (I doubt there is any though. It's a very good looking building in my opinion). Because of the lack of information in the article, I have also given it stub status. Lakeyboy 07:31, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Under Construction?

I'm not entirly sure, but i think construction has completed on the eureka tower, the cranes are down and it said in a newspaper (forgotten which) that construction was complete. But perhaps construction is still underway inside the building.

The tower is externally complete, but since external completion just means cranes down and all glass panels installed, there's still a lot of work to do inside on the upper floors because the glazing also functions as the building's walls :) That said, the lower floors have been inhabited for quite some time now. invincible 10:46, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Second Tallest Residential Building?

It says that Eureka Tower is the tallest skyscraper in the southern hemisphere, but also says it is the second tallest residential building (being beaten by Q1). To me it seems these two statements are contradictary. According to wikipedia the Q1 is 80 storeys high and Eureka Tower is 91. Eureka Tower is 297.2 metres high and Q1 is 275 metres (not inclusive of the spire). But mainly how can it be the tallest building in the southern hemisphere and and second tallest residential building to one located in the southern hemisphere at the same time?

Yes, it should say that it is the second tallest building in the southern hemisphere. --WikiCats 13:56, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

The problem is, people keep changing these pages back and forth according to which building they want to be the tallest. The Q1 was designed to be the world's tallest residential tower. An up-swept structure was incorporated at the top and this includes the spire. This is part of the building. For Eureka Tower they chose not to include a spire. Buildings are measured to the top of the spire because it is part of the architecture. --WikiCats 14:31, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[edit] What was the supposed big fib?

The "controversy" section makes no sense. It says that a big fib was told, but doesn't say what the fib (supposedly) was. This section should be made clearer, or removed. Rocksong 02:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

It's a disagreement over whether spires count or not. Q1's spire reaches 322m but the top floor is only around 240m high, whereas Eureka's highest point is the 91st floor (or to be precise, a 3m parapet that extends above the roof of the 91st floor) reaching 297m above ground. Deciding on which building is taller then depends on interpretation of the rules, and whether a spire should contribute to the building height. In Australia, spire heights were never recognised until Q1 was built: the spires on 101 Collins Street and 120 Collins Street are both taller than the Rialto Towers but the Rialto was always considered the tallest building in Australia until the construction of Eureka and Q1. Maybe I should have just added that to the article. invincible 08:54, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Observation deck

Is the observation deck open?

Not yet. The website is incredibly out of date and provides no info though. invincible 10:49, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite

I'm going to start a rewrite of the article, but I'll need lots of help with finding sources because I'm writing a lot of stuff out of the top of my head or at best using info from the threads at OzScrapers (search Archives). I can get a fair bit of info down since I've been following the tower's construction but sources are quite hard to find especially considering a few of the forumers went out to do their own research. Here's the work in progress, feel free to contribute: User:Invincible/Eureka Tower. invincible 11:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

The existing article mentions the different way tallest building is measured, and its rivalry with Q1 (building). Make sure you include that. Actually the Q1 article may be a reasonable template. Rocksong 23:37, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Point taken. :) I'll take a while to get through the rewrite though since I tend to get carried away with other things (like the summer). invincible 12:17, 8 December 2006 (UTC)