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]

List of tallest buildings in Australia

Next shorter

Bankwest Tower
214m

Next taller

Aurora Tower
219m

Heights are to highest architectural element.

List of tallest buildings in Melbourne

Next Shortest

Freshwater Place
205m

Next Tallest

Melbourne Central
246m

Heights are to highest architectural element.

References

1 2 Telstra Global Headquarters by Lend Lease

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)

200–249 m	568 Collins Street (224 m, 2015) Bourke Place (224 m, 1991) Vision Apartments (223 m, 2016) Telstra Corporate Centre (218 m, 1992) Melbourne Central (211 m, 1991) Freshwater Place North (205 m, 2005) Eq. Tower (203 m, 2017)

150–199 m	Abode318 (187 m, 2015) Sofitel Hotel (185 m, 1980) ANZ Tower (185 m, 1978) Nauru House (182 m, 1977) MY80 (173 m, 2014) Upper West Side Tower 5 (170 m, 2016) 385 Bourke Street (169 m, 1983) Zen Apartments (168 m, 2012) Platinum Tower One (167 m, 2016) Australian Stock Exchange Building (167 m, 1991) Casselden Place (166 m, 1992) 35 Spring Street (166 m, 2017) 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 (161 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) 140 William Street (152 m, 2005) Urban Workshop Lonsdale (150 m, 2005)

Melbourne skyline in 2015.

Under construction

Over 250 m	Australia 108 (317 m, 2020) Aurora Melbourne Central (269 m, 2019)

200–249 m	Victoria One (246 m, 2018) Swanston Central (237 m, 2019) Light House Melbourne (218 m, 2018) Collins House (204 m, 2018)

150–199 m	Empire Melbourne (197 m, 2017) Capitol Grand (178 m, 2019) Upper West Side Tower 5 (170 m, 2016) Avant (167 m, 2018) 35 Spring Street (166 m, 2017) The Fifth (165 m, 2017) Southbank Central (153 m, 2017) Shadow Play (153 m, 2018)

Approved

Over 250 m	25–35 Power Street (280 m, TBA) West Side Place Tower 1 (270 m, TBA)

200–249 m	Queens Place Tower 2 (249 m, TBA) Premier Tower (249 m, TBA) Queens Place Tower 1 (247 m, TBA) Elysium (244 m, TBA) West Side Place Tower 2 (240 m, TBA) West Side Place Tower 4 (230 m, TBA) 93–119 Kavanagh Street Tower 1 (226 m, TBA) 93–119 Kavanagh Street Tower 2 (226 m, TBA) 380 Lonsdale Street (North tower) (218 m, TBA) West Side Place Tower 3 (210 m, TBA)

150–199 m	93–119 Kavanagh Street Tower 5 (180 m, TBA) 93–119 Kavanagh Street Tower 3 (175 m, TBA) 93–119 Kavanagh Street Tower 4 (175 m, TBA) 380 Lonsdale Street (South Tower) (167 m, TBA) Full list of approved projects

Proposed

One Queensbridge (323 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

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