Telstra Corporate Centre

Telstra Corporate Centre
General information
Type	office
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Coordinates	37°48′36″S 144°58′11″E / 37.809944°S 144.969788°E / -37.809944; 144.969788Coordinates: 37°48′36″S 144°58′11″E / 37.809944°S 144.969788°E / -37.809944; 144.969788
Completed	1992
Height
Antenna spire	218 m (715 ft)
Roof	193 m (633 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	47
Design and construction
Architect	Perrot Lyon Matheison

Telstra Corporate Centre is an office skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia. Standing 218 m high with 47 floors (43 used as offices),^[1] it is in the top ten tallest in Melbourne. It is located at 242 Exhibition Street. It is the world headquarters for Telstra and includes a small retail precinct located on the ground floor towards the Little Lonsdale St side.

The building was designed by Perrot Lyon Matheison, the architect of Rialto Towers. It was opened in 1992 and the building was fully refurbished in 2010 by Lend Lease to include a Telstra store, 2 new cafes, two 15m square HD media walls as well as the food court area. The new reception area features Australia's largest indoor vertical live garden.^[1]

References

Skyscrapers in Melbourne over 150 metres in height Completed: Over 250 m Eureka Tower (297 m, 2006) 120 Collins Street (265 m, 1991) 101 Collins Street (260 m, 1991) Prima Pearl (254 m, 2014) Rialto Towers (251 m, 1986) 200–250 m 568 Collins Street (224 m, 2015) Bourke Place (224 m, 1991) Telstra Corporate Centre (218 m, 1992) Melbourne Central (211 m, 1991) Freshwater Place North (205 m, 2005) 150–200 m Abode 318 (188 m, 2014) Sofitel Hotel (185 m, 1981) ANZ Tower (185 m, 1980) Nauru House (182 m, 1977) MY80 (173 m, 2014) 385 Bourke Street (169 m, 1983) Zen Apartments (168 m, 2012) Australian Stock Exchange Building (167 m, 1991) Casselden Place (166 m, 1992) Ernst & Young Tower (165 m, 2005) SX Stage 1 (163 m, 2005) Royal Domain Tower (162 m, 2005) ANZ World Headquarters (162 m, 1993) National Bank House (161 m, 1978) 2 Southbank Boulevard (160 m, 2005) Verve 501 (159 m, 2006) Upper West Side Tower 2 (156 m, 2014) Optus Centre (153 m, 1975) Crown Towers (152 m, 1997) Upper West Side Tower 3 (152 m, 2015) 140 William Street (152 m, 2005) Urban Workshop Lonsdale (150 m, 2005) Melbourne skyline in 2007. Under construction: Australia 108 (317 m, 2019) Victoria One (241 m, 2018) Vision Apartments (226 m, 2016) 568 Collins Street (224 m, 2015) Eq. Tower (202 m, 2017) 80-82 Collins Street (187 m, TBA) Empire Melbourne (177 m, 2017) Upper West Side Tower 5 (170 m, 2016) 35 Spring Street (166 m, 2017) Platinum Tower (160 m, 2016) Approved: 250 Spencer Street Tower 1 (297 m, TBA) Aurora Melbourne Central (271 m, 2019) Elysium (244 m, TBA) 250 Spencer Street Tower 2 (240 m, TBA) 250 Spencer Street Tower 4 (230 m, TBA) Light House Melbourne (218 m, 2018) 380 Lonsdale Street (North tower) (218 m, TBA) 250 Spencer Street Tower 3 (210 m, TBA) 380 Lonsdale Street (South Tower) (167 m, TBA) Full list of approved projects Proposed: Queensbridge Tower (308 m, TBA) 555 Collins Street (302 m, TBA) Full list of proposed projects Buildings listed in order of height and with year of completion Building data source: Skyscraper Center See also: List of tallest buildings in Melbourne Category:Buildings and structures in Melbourne Category:Skyscrapers in Melbourne