Chifley Tower

Chifley Tower is a premium skyscraper in Sydney, Australia. When measured to the top of its spire, it is considered the tallest building in Sydney.^[1]

It was designed by Travis McEwen and Kohn Pedersen Fox (Project Architect: Nigel Dickson),^[2] New York City-based architects.^[3]

Located at 2 Chifley Square, its cross streets are Hunter, Phillip and Bent Streets with the main entry being on Phillip Street.^[3] Due to its prominent location at the peak in the north-east CBD, the Tower has broad harbour views from its 42 storeys.^[4] The tower is used primarily for commercial use, mostly financial institutions, law firms and corporations.

A 3-metre lightning rod was added in 2000, extending its original height from 241m to 244m. To stop the tower from moving in the wind a giant steel pendulum weighing 400 tonnes is held from 8×75 mm wires near the rooftop. The tower is named after former Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley.

At one time All Nippon Airways operated a sales office on Level 32.^[5]

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  Chifley Tower (left) and surrounding buildings from the east

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  Ben Chifley statue in ground Plaza

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Sydney
• List of tallest buildings in Australia

References

External links

• Level 41 Restaurant
• Laila Ellmoos (2008). "Chifley Tower". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Retrieved 9 October 2015. [CC-By-SA]

Skyscrapers in Sydney over 150 metres in height
Completed Over 200 m Chifley Tower (244 m, 1992) Citigroup Centre (243 m, 2000) Deutsche Bank Place (240 m, 2005) Meriton World Tower (230 m, 2004) MLC Centre (228 m, 1977) Governor Phillip Tower (227 m, 1993) Ernst & Young Tower (222 m, 2004) RBS Tower (219 m, 2000) International Tower 1 (217 m, 2016) 150–199 m ANZ Tower (195 m, 2013) Suncorp Place (193 m, 1982) AMP Centre (188 m, 1976) Century Tower (183 m, 1997) Grosvenor Place (180 m, 1988) International Tower 2 (178 m, 2015) Capita Centre (173 m, 1989) Australia Square Tower (170 m, 1967) Meriton Tower (170 m, 2006) Metro Grand (170 m, 2014) The Peak (168 m, 1996) International Tower 3 (168 m, 2016) 1 O'Connell Street (166 m, 1991) Westpac Place (166 m, 2005) 201 Elizabeth Street (166 m, 1978) Gateway Plaza (164 m, 1989) HSBC Centre (162 m, 1988) The Cove (158 m, 2003) Hordern Towers (156 m, 1999) 200 George Street (155 m, 2015) Metro Spire (155 m, 2014) Angel Place (152 m, 2000) Sydney Central (152 m, 1992) 85 Castlereagh Street (151 m, 2011) Lumière Residences (151 m, 2007)		Sydney skyline in 2014.
Under construction Crown Sydney (271 m, 2019) Greenland Centre Sydney (236 m, 2019) International Tower 1 (217 m, 2017) Altitude Apartments Tower A (177 m, 2017) 189 Macquarie Street North Tower (167 m, 2017) 33 Bligh Street (165 m, TBA)
Approved Quay Quarter Sydney (216 m, 2020) Full list of approved projects
Proposed Full list of proposed projects
Buildings listed in order of height and with year of completion Building data source: Skyscraper Center See also: List of tallest buildings in Sydney Category:Buildings and structures in Sydney Category:Skyscrapers in Sydney