Q1 (building)

Q1 (Queensland Number One)
Q1 (Queensland Number One)
	Q1 is the second tallest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere and the tallest building in Australia
Record height
	Tallest in the Southern Hemisphere from 2005 to 2022[I]
Preceded by	120 Collins Street
Surpassed by	Autograph Tower
General information
Type	Residential, Observation
Location	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	28°00′22″S 153°25′46″E / 28.00611°S 153.42944°E
Construction started	2002
Completed	November 2005
Cost	$255 million
Height
Architectural	322.5 m (1,058 ft)
Roof	245 m (804 ft)
Top floor	235 m (771 ft)
Observatory	235 m (771 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	78 (+2 basement floors)
Floor area	107,510 m2 (1,157,200 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Buchan Group & Sunland Group
Developer	Sunland Group
Main contractor	Sunland Group
Website
	www.q1.com.au
References

Q1 Tower (an abbreviation of Queensland Number One)^[4] is a 322.5-metre (1,058 ft) supertall skyscraper in Queensland, Australia. The residential tower on the Gold Coast was the world's tallest residential building from 2005 to 2011. As of 2023, it is the tallest building in Australia, the second tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere,^[5] and the third-tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, behind the Autograph Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand. The Q1 officially opened in November 2005.^[4]

The landmark building was recognised as one of Queensland's icons during the state's 150th-birthday celebrations.

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^ Gold Coast’s Highest Tower, Buchan Group, accessed May 4, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Kevin Pilley (13 November 2008). "Q1". The Sydney Morning Herald: Travel. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
^ "Tower Tops Out in Jakarta Mixed-Use Complex". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2021.