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Office skyscrapter in Sydney, Australia

Aurora Place


General information
Type	Commercial skyscraper
Location	88 Phillip Street, Sydney, Australia
Construction started	1998
Completed	2000
Height
Architectural	218 m (715 ft)
Roof	188 m (617 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	41
Floor area	49,500 m (533,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Renzo Piano Building Workshop in association with Innovarchi Architects, Sydney and Lend Lease Design
Developer	Lendlease
Structural engineer	Arup Group
Awards and prizes	Sir John Sulman Medal, 2004 Property Council of Australia Rider Hunt Award, 2002
Website
www.auroraplace.com.au

Aurora Place is a commercial skyscraper and residential block on Phillip Street in Sydney, Australia. Designed by Renzo Piano, the 41-storey building stands at a height of 218 m (715 ft) high to the top of the spire and 188 m (617 ft) to the roof.

The building has an unusual geometric shape where not one panel is parallel to any grid. The east façade bulges out slightly from its base, reaching its maximum width at the top floors. The curved and twisted shape of east façade is aimed to correspond spatially with Sydney Opera House and to represent the sublime marine environment of the harbour. The exterior glass curtain-wall extends beyond the main frame, creating an illusion of its independence. The steel spire attached to the north facade is 75 metres in length.

Uniquely for an office building of its size and age, Aurora Place features a number of winter gardens, providing natural environments for the building's tenants. These winter gardens are located in the North West and South East corners of the tower floor place, facing Sydney Harbour and the adjacent botanical gardens, with sophisticated operable louvre facades.

Aurora Place also features a significant collection of art on public display, reported to be among the most valuable corporate art commissions in Australia. Artists featured at Aurora Place include Kan Yasuda, Caio Fonseca and Tim Prentice.

History

The building was built on the site of the former State Office Block by Bovis Lend Lease. The assumptions of a planned tower were first presented to the Central Sydney Planning Committee in 1996, when three main architects: Mark Carroll, Shunji Ishida and Renzo Piano put forward the innovative project. The building was sold in January 2001 for $485 million. Aurora Place was the winner of prestigious 2002 Property Council of Australia Rider Hunt Award, handled out for technical and financial qualities. On 2 June 2009, French urban climber Alain Robert scaled this building in protest against climate change.

Construction materials

Materials that are used for this building were unique compared to its neighbours, Chifley Tower and Governor Phillip Tower. The façade which makes up the primary component of the building is the milky white fritted glass which has been laminated. The aesthetics of the material gives a visual metaphor of a sail. It is inspired by the tiling of the Sydney Opera House, which is 800 metres (less than half a mile) to the north. Terracotta tiles makes up much of the lower section of the building to contrast the white dominated glass cladding. It also reconciles the orange-clad lobby and the residential complex.

A number of international law firms, namely Jones Day (level 41) and Squire Patton Boggs (level 17), are tenants in the building, as well as the world’s largest management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company (level 35).

References

"Aurora Place - the Building - About Aurora Place".
"Aurora Place - the Building - About Aurora Place".
"Latest Stories From News.com.au". Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.

Metcalf, Andrew (2001). Aurora Place. Sydney: The Watermark Press. ISBN 0-949284-53-X.
See the Emporis Building Fact Sheet for more information.

External links

Media related to Aurora Place at Wikimedia Commons

SAW, Architect led tours of Aurora Place

Skyscrapers in Sydney over 150 metres in height

Completed

Over 200 m	Crown Sydney (271 m) Salesforce Tower (263 m) Chifley Tower (244 m) Citigroup Centre (243 m) Deutsche Bank Place (240 m) Greenland Centre (237 m) World Tower (230 m) 25 Martin Place (228 m) Governor Phillip Tower (227 m) Latitude Tower (222 m) Aurora Place (219 m) International Tower 1 (217 m) Quay Quarter Tower (216 m)
150–199 m	ANZ Tower (195 m) Suncorp Place (193 m) Century Tower (183 m) 88 Walker Street (181 m) Grosvenor Place (180 m) International Tower 2 (178 m) Capita Centre (173 m) Australia Square (170 m) The Peak (168 m) International Tower 3 (168 m) 1 O'Connell Street (166 m) Westpac Place (166 m) 201 Elizabeth Street (165 m) Gateway Plaza (164 m) 1 Denison Street (159 m)

Under construction
One Sydney Harbour (Tower 1) (247 m) One Sydney Harbour (Tower 2) (230 m) 6 & 8 Parramatta Square (228 m) 180 George Street (North Tower) (213 m) 180 George Street (South Tower) (189 m) 1 Elizabeth (174 m) Parkline Place (155 m)

Approved
505 George Street (270 m)

Buildings listed in order of height and with year of completion
Building data source: Skyscraper Center

v t e Skyscrapers in Sydney
Sydney CBD
Central Business District	1 Bligh Street 1 Elizabeth 25 Martin Place AMP Building ANZ Bank Centre Aurora Place Australia Square Avery Building AWA Tower Capita Centre Century Tower Chifley Tower Citigroup Centre The Connaught Crown Sydney Deutsche Bank Place Governor Phillip Tower Greenland Centre Grosvenor Place International Towers Latitude North Apartments One Sydney Harbour The Peak Apartments Quay Quarter Tower Roden Cutler House Salesforce Tower Suncorp Place Sydney Tower UTS Tower Westpac Place World Tower
Other	Blues Point Tower Coca-Cola Place Horizon Apartments MLC Building Stamford on Kent Zenith Centre
Skyscrapers over 150 metres (490 ft)

v t e Architecture of Sydney
Historical buildings and structures (pre-1930s)	Admiralty House Boronia House Carthona Central Local Court Central railway station Chief Secretary's Cloncorrick Customs House Conservatorium of Music Downing Centre Education Department General Post Office GIO Building Government House Hong Kong House Hyde Park Barracks Hyde Park Obelisk Lands Department Lindesay Mortuary railway station Parliament House Queen Victoria Building Registrar-General's St Andrew's Cathedral St Mary's Cathedral Sydney Hospital The Mint Sydney Observatory Town Hall Trades Hall The Old Treasury University of Sydney (Main Quad.) Victoria Barracks
Modern buildings and structures (post-1930s)	1 Bligh Street 25 Martin Place AMP Building Anzac Memorial Auburn Gallipoli Mosque Aurora Place Australia Square Bennelong Apartments Blues Point Tower Central Park Chau Chak Wing Museum Chifley Tower Citigroup Centre Dr Chau Chak Wing Building Deutsche Bank Place Dunc Gray Velodrome Governor Phillip Tower Grace Building Horizon Apartments International Towers Latitude MLC Building Paddy's Markets (redev.) Quay Quarter Tower The Ribbon IMAX Sydney Sirius Building Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Stamford on Kent Suncorp Place Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney Opera House Sydney Tower TNT Towers UTS Tower World Tower Zenith Centre
Notable architects	Australian architects NSW Government architects
Styles	Non-residential Residential Tallest buildings

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