Bourke Place, Office skyscraper in Melbourne central business district, Australia
Bourke Place is a 224-metre modernist office tower at 600 Bourke Street in Melbourne's central business district, completed in 1991 and designed by Godfrey & Spowers. Its facade consists of 170,000 square metres of laminated glass, and its sloped roof, which conceals communications equipment, defines its skyline profile.
The tower was completed in 1991, designed by the architecture firm Godfrey & Spowers during a period when Melbourne's city centre was growing fast. It was one of the tallest buildings in Melbourne when it first opened and shaped the look of the central district for years.
The ground-floor lobby was redesigned in 2019 by 3XN and NH Architecture, turning it into an open space that office workers pass through every day. The light-filled entry area gives the building a welcoming feel at street level.
The building sits in Melbourne's central business district and is easy to reach on foot from major streets and public transport stops. Since it is a private office tower, visitors without an appointment can generally only access the ground-floor lobby.
The sloped roofline that makes the tower easy to spot is partly shaped by communication equipment installed at the top of the building. Most people walking past simply see it as a design choice, without realizing there is a functional reason behind the shape.
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