Central Park (skyscraper)

Central Park
Central Park tower in 2017
General information
Type	Office tower
Location	152–158 St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates	31°57′13.2″S 115°51′20.2″E / 31.953667°S 115.855611°E / -31.953667; 115.855611
Construction started	1988
Completed	1992
Opening	1992
Cost	A$186.5 million
Owner	Perron Group
Height
Antenna spire	249 m (816.9 ft)
Roof	226 m (741.5 ft)
Top floor	205 m (672.6 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	51 (occupied)
Floor area	66,500 m2 (716,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	18[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Forbes & Fitzhardinge
Structural engineer	Bruechle Gilchrist & Evans
Main contractor	Multiplex
Website
centralparktower.com.au

Central Park is a 51-storey office tower in Perth, Western Australia. The building measures 226 m (741 ft) from its base at St Georges Terrace to the roof, and 249 m (817 ft) to the tip of its communications mast. Upon its completion in 1992, the tower became the tallest building in Perth, and was the 4th tallest in Australia from then till 2005. It is also currently the sixteenth tallest building in Australia (tied with the Infinity Tower) and the tallest building in the western half of Australia.^[2]

The approval of the tower was controversial due to the plot ratio concessions made by the Perth City Council to the developers. These concessions enabled the developers to construct a tower more than twice the height which would otherwise be allowable on the site. There was also opposition to the Council's decision to ignore its own town planning experts in allowing a large car park to be constructed underneath the site.

The building is formed by a composite steel and concrete frame, with various setbacks in its profile, meaning the upper floors are much smaller in area than lower levels. Outrigger trusses at the top of the building and at the various setbacks help to stiffen the building's reinforced concrete core against the strong winds prevalent in the area. The base of the building features a small park, for which the tower is named.