Brookfield Place, Commercial skyscraper in Perth, Australia
Brookfield Place is a 46-story office tower in Perth with a distinctive offset core and extensive glass paneling across its facade. The structure extends both above and below ground, providing spacious office areas designed for large organizations.
The site was part of the Perth Technical College before being sold in 1988 to Kerry Packer and Warren Anderson for A$270 million and renamed Westralia Square. A 1990s A$2 billion Samma Group development collapsed, and in 2003 Packer sold to Multiplex and Stowe for A$19 million. Construction of Brookfield Place began in April 2008 and finished in 2012, incorporating the 1910–1932 Newspaper House Group.
The tower's base incorporates the Newspaper House Group, four heritage-listed buildings from 1910 to 1932 that were restored as part of the project. The complex also has retail tenants such as Montblanc and Daniel Hechter, and a sheltered upper-level walkway across Mounts Bay Road links the tower to the Elizabeth Quay bus and railway stations.
The building has numerous elevators distributed across its different levels, making it easy to move around inside. An elevated walkway connects it to nearby transport links, so visitors can easily access public transit options.
The tower's structural core is set to one side rather than at the centre, making it the tallest side-core commercial building in the southern hemisphere. This offset shields the offices from the northern sun and lets the east and west exoskeletons carry the load, ending in a tapered roof crown.
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