With it being one of main attractions in Melbourne, Australia, The Eureka tower is the highest residential building in the world, standing at a height of 300m. It opened up on the 11th of October 2006 and took 4 years and 2 months to complete. There are many elements to the building which are quiet vital to its appearance and the history from where the idea comes from. The main materials used within the building are gold coated glazing and power coated aluminium windows.
The name of the building comes from the Eureka stockdade, a rebellion during the Victorian gold rush in 1854. This is shown in the design, with the buildings gold crown which is shown at the very top of the structure which represents the gold rush and there is also a red stripe which is to represent the blood which as spilt during the revolution.
For this assignment I am going to investigate the main elements of the building. With these components I will try to identify the key elements that show and define the architecture. A history of a chosen element will also be investigated.
Eureka Tower
There are many elements to the Eureka tower which give it its significant design finish. It is a great example of the control of high density living for what has traditionally been the low suburban density of Melbourne. It is the second tallest building in Australia and the tallest building in Melbourne. One of its main features to the building is its sky deck which can give a 360 degree view of the city. The glass cube also known as the edge extends itself out from the building and is able to hang over the edge of the tower which is also great for viewing.
I was lucky enough to visit this beautiful structure last year when I visited Australia. When I travelled...
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...arching information on the Eureka tower and its elements, there has been a lot of interesting facts in which I was able to find out about the construction of the building. One of the most fascinating components I found from the building was its gold reflective glass. It was something in which I wasn’t very familiar with on a building. The history in which I found out about the story behind the building was also quite interesting. Visiting the building was another great experience while travelling to Australia and the fact how well it stood out compared to the other buildings which surrounded this incredible structure.
Finding out the history on glazing was also quite interesting. It was a material in which I did not know a lot of information on. I found in very interesting on its development in time and how it has gone through so many uses since being discovered.
I believe that this building is very pleasing for many reasons. One reason is because it lies downtown where everything isn’t so pretty but it brings out a positive in that area. Another is the building itself has many elements that just attracts many people. Last, one of the most pleasing things about it is the knowledge you can learn from the building.
Ali, Mir M. Moon, Kyung Sun. “Structural Developments in Tall Buildings: Current Trends and Prospects” Architectural Science Review, Volume 50, Issue 3, 2007. Web. 27 Sept. 2017.
First and foremost are the architectural elements. These encompass the structural components that Chareau uses to emphasize the current site’s condition, the regularity of the grid used, the characteristics of the materials, the spatial alignment of the program, and so forth. The Maison de Verre would not have been designed the same way if it had been erected elsewhere. The same design principles would have been apparent, but there were extenuating circumstances that the client and the architect encountered at the site. The clients, Dr. and Mrs. Dalsace, inherited the building and the surrounding property from her father, and had the sole intention of tearing down the existing building and resurrecting a new, modern structure that would showcase Chareau’s furniture designs. (Vellay 63). The only thing stopping them was an elderly woman who lived on the second floor of the existing building who refused to leave her apartment (Frampto...
First off I would like to tell as to why I chose this object; this amazing structure. I know I chose a pretty easy object to do a research paper over as well as probably an over used one at that. But I tried searching for just the best object and nothing stood out to me, everything was minuscule compared to this structure. It is the object of United States of America’s freedom.
James F. O'Gorman, Dennis E. McGrath. ABC of Architecture. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. Document. October 2013.
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