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Official Name Q1 Tower
Former / Other Name Q1
Type building
Status Completed
Country Australia
State Queensland
City Gold Coast
Street Address / Map 9 Hamilton Avenue
Building Function residential
Structural Material concrete
Start of Construction 2002
Completion 2005
Global Ranking #44 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #1 tallest in Oceania
National Ranking #1 tallest in Australia
City Ranking #1 tallest in Gold Coast
Figures
Height: Architectural 322.5 meter / 1058 feet
Height: Occupied 235.0 meter / 771 feet
Height: To Tip 322.5 meter / 1058 feet
Height: Observatory 235.0 meter / 771 feet
Floors Above Ground 78
Floors Below Ground 2
# of Elevators 11
Top Elevator Speed 9 m/s
Tower GFA 107,510 m² / 1,157,228 ft²
# of Apartments 527
# of Parking Spaces 730
Companies Involved
Developers Surfers Paradise Beach Resort;
Sunland Group
Design Architects Sunland Group;
Innovarchi
Structural Engineer Arup
Main Contractor Sunland Constructions
Other Consultants KONE;
(elevator supplier)
Windtech Consultants;
Dow Corning Corporation
Other CTBUH Links
Tall & Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Report, 2011
Tall & Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Poster, 2011

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