Allendale Square
Allendale Square is a 32-storey skyscraper in Perth, Western Australia. When opened in 1976, the 132-meter (430 ft) building surpassed the AMP Building to become the tallest completed building in Perth, a title which it only held until 1977 when St Martins Tower opened.
The tower is located on a 4,053-square-meter (43,630 sq ft) site, 15 meters (49 ft) above sea level, however the tower itself only occupies 25% of this land area. Designed by architects Cameron, Chisolm and Nicol, the building is rotated 45 degrees relative to St Georges Terrace, in order to secure a plot ratio concession from the Perth City Council.
The walls of the tower are stepped in plan, creating V-shaped protrusions along each face. In order to maximize views towards the Swan River whilst reducing heat loads, the building has windows only on the north and south-facing sides of these steps, and the remainder of the tower is clad with aluminum. The 400 tones (880,000 lb) of aluminum panels were created from locally-mined bauxite, refined at Kwinana by Alco in the largest aluminum task ever undertaken in Australia at that time. On its opening, the building was the largest fully aluminum-clad freestanding tower in Australia, and one of the largest in the world.
Other Information
- Location : 77 St Georges Tce, Perth, Western Australia
- Coordinates : 31°57′19.87″S 115°51′29.45″E
- Status : Complete
- Constructed : 1974 – 1976
- Opening : 1976
- Use : Office tower
- Height Roof : 132 m (430 ft)
- Floor count : 34 (including basements and plant floor)
- Floor area : 27,700 m2 (298,000 sq ft) (tower only)
- Elevator count : 9 (plus one to basement car park)
- Architect : Cameron, Chisholm and Nicol
- Contractor : Multiplex
- Owner : GE
Links
- Allendale Square Official site
- Emporis page on the building
- Skyscraperpage article about the building
- Allendale Square photographs
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