Citibank House, Office building in Perth, Australia.
Citibank House is an 18-storey office tower at the corner of St Georges Terrace and Barrack Street in Perth. Its steel frame of 32 columns is clad in aluminium, glass and precast aggregate concrete panels, with a ground floor of black polished granite. A service tower on the west side rises 8.31 m above the main roof.
The site at St Georges Terrace and Barrack Street held hostelries and later the Weld Club before the Moir Building, designed by Talbot Hobbs, was built in 1897 during the Western Australian gold rush. That building became the T & G Chambers, headquarters of the T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society. It was demolished in early 1960, and the new T & G Building opened in 1962 as Perth's tallest until 1970.
The foundation construction required a continuous pour of 740 cubic meters of concrete using a raft-type method due to the area's high water table.
The building has high-speed elevators that make access to upper floors quick and efficient. Its location in downtown Perth puts it within walking distance of other business districts and city attractions.
The service tower on the west side rises 8.31 m above the main roof and once carried a 12-metre steel flagpole that doubled as a lightning conductor. It held four high-speed lifts, plumbing, toilets and two escape stairwells, keeping each floor's 390 square metres of office space free of services.
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