Eureka Sky Deck..The World's Tallest Residential tower.. by happysnaps

Eureka Sky Deck..The World's Tallest Residential tower..

Height of Building 984.3 ft | 300m
Eureka's 13 lifts are the fastest in the Southern Hemisphere
Lifts travel at more than 9 metres per second
The facade consists of glass aluminium panels covering an area of 40,000 sq. metres
The glass on the top 8 floors is 24 carat gold infused..
The tower used 110,000 tonnes of concrete and weighs 200,000 tonnes
3,680 stairs - 92 storeys - 52,000 sq. metres of windows
The Skydeck is situated on the 88th floor and is the highest public vantage point (285m) in the Southern Hemisphere
The top of the Tower can flex up to 600mm in high winds. Two 300,000 litre water tanks on levels 90 & 91 help to dampen the oscillations
Horizontal white lines on Eureka Tower represent the centimetres and millimetries of a ruler
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What an incredible building. I thought those lines looked like a ruler. Love all the info you shared too. A real architectural feat, oh my!
March 20th, 2018  
Wow! Impressive.
March 20th, 2018  
Bep
Gorgeous architecture.
March 20th, 2018  
A fabulous view of the city from up there too. Did you go to the skydeck?
March 21st, 2018  
It is an impressive building :)
March 21st, 2018  
A great capture Valerie and interesting information.
March 22nd, 2018  
Interesting info, the water tanks dampen movement???, a touch spooky to think about. The sky is terrific with the bird as well, fav
March 23rd, 2018  
Love the view!
March 24th, 2018  
Great capture of the bird too.
March 24th, 2018  
Wow! That's certainly an impressive building! :-)
March 24th, 2018  
cool capture fav
March 25th, 2018  
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