Bates Smart - The Skyscraper Center

Member Since: 2012

Member Offices: Sydney

Website: http://www.batessmart.com.au

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Silver

Member Since

2012

Member Offices

Sydney

Rank	Name	Height
1	One Barangaroo	271.3 m / 890 ft
2	Brisbane Skytower	269.6 m / 885 ft
3	Melbourne Central	211 m / 692 ft
4	Freshwater Place Residential Tower	205 m / 673 ft
5	Collins House	190 m / 623 ft
6	Sofitel Hotel - Collins Place	188 m / 617 ft
7	ANZ Tower - Collins Place	188 m / 617 ft
8	Chapel Tower	178 m / 584 ft
9	Victoria Cross Metro Station Tower	170 m / 558 ft
10	35 Spring Street	164.4 m / 539 ft

Award of Excellence: 271 Spring Street

Best Tall Building under 100 meters 2021

Philip Vivian

CTBUH Chapter Chair, 2018 – Present

Sydney

Colby Wright

CTBUH City Committee, Sydney, 2018 – Present

Karen Wong

CTBUH Awards Best Tall Building Australia Jury, 2021

Melbourne

Building Completions Timeline

01 October 2020

Timber Rising | Philip Vivian

Designing Tall Mass Timber Office Buildings: 25 King, Brisbane, & 55 Southbank, Melbourne

30 October 2017

Shaping Australia’s Tall Tower Design And High Livability Standards

With nearly 90% of its population expected to live in its state-capital cities by 2053, Australia is on track to become one of the world’s...

01 March 2021

North Sydney Skyscraper Breaks Ground

Construction has started on an AU$1.2 billion (US$850 million) commercial tower rising to 42 stories above the future Victoria Cross metro station in North Sydney....

Formerly Named

Bates Smart & McCutcheon

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Queensbridge Tower	Melbourne	-	308 m / 1,010 ft
2	555 Collins Street	Melbourne	-	298 m / 978 ft
3	8 Parramatta Square	Parramatta	-	290 m / 950 ft
4	AMP Tower	Melbourne	-	275 m / 902 ft
5	One Barangaroo	Sydney	2020	271 m / 890 ft
6	Brisbane Skytower	Brisbane	2019	270 m / 885 ft
7	8 Parramatta Square	Parramatta	-	239 m / 783 ft
8	Melbourne Central	Melbourne	1991	211 m / 692 ft
9	435 Bourke Street	Melbourne	2023	210 m / 690 ft
10	Freshwater Place Residential Tower	Melbourne	2005	205 m / 673 ft
11	LK Tower	Melbourne	-	197 m / 646 ft
12	Queen Victoria Market Tower	Melbourne	-	196 m / 643 ft
13	Collins House	Melbourne	2019	190 m / 623 ft
14	Sofitel Hotel - Collins Place	Melbourne	1980	188 m / 617 ft
15	ANZ Tower - Collins Place	Melbourne	1978	188 m / 617 ft
16	Chapel Tower	Melbourne	2019	178 m / 584 ft
17	Victoria Cross Metro Station Tower	Sydney	2023	170 m / 558 ft
18	Victoria Cross Metro Station Tower	Sydney	-	167 m / 548 ft
19	35 Spring Street	Melbourne	2017	164 m / 539 ft
20	2 Southbank Boulevard	Melbourne	2005	161 m / 528 ft
21	1 Denison Street	Sydney	2020	159 m / 521 ft
22	555 Collins Street	Melbourne	-	152 m / 499 ft
23	125-129 Bathurst Street	Sydney	2023	140 m / 459 ft
24	140 George Street	Parramatta	-	138 m / 453 ft
25	420 George Street	Sydney	2010	136 m / 447 ft
26	105 Miller Street	Sydney	-	130 m / 427 ft
27	Boomerang Tower	Sydney	2019	126 m / 413 ft
28	177 Pacific Highway	Sydney	2016	125 m / 410 ft
29	One30 Hyde Park	Sydney	2019	123 m / 404 ft
30	181 William Street	Melbourne	2008	123 m / 404 ft
31	Opal Tower	Sydney	2018	117 m / 384 ft
32	AMP Square	Melbourne	1969	113 m / 372 ft
33	One Australia Avenue	Sydney	2015	107 m / 351 ft
34	Concavo Tower Two	Melbourne	2015	104 m / 341 ft
35	Convesso Tower One	Melbourne	2012	104 m / 341 ft
36	161 Sussex Street Redevelopment	Sydney	2016	103 m / 338 ft
37	Twenty8 Freshwater Place	Melbourne	2008	103 m / 338 ft
38	Hotel Lindrum	Melbourne	-	100 m / 328 ft
39	Crown Metropol	Melbourne	2010	99 m / 323 ft
40	854 Hunter Street East Tower	Newcastle	-	98 m / 322 ft
40	854 Hunter Street West Tower	Newcastle	-	98 m / 322 ft
42	Ryde Garden Building B	Sydney	2018	92 m / 302 ft
43	Crown Promenade Hotel	Melbourne	2003	92 m / 302 ft
44	No. 1 Collins Wharf	Melbourne	2018	90 m / 296 ft
45	IGLU Building	Melbourne	2018	90 m / 295 ft
45	The Melburnian West	Melbourne	2001	90 m / 295 ft
47	6-8 Claremont Street	Melbourne	-	89 m / 290 ft
48	171 Collins Street	Melbourne	2013	86 m / 283 ft
49	Australia Towers II	Sydney	2015	84 m / 277 ft
50	Orica House	Melbourne	1958	84 m / 275 ft
51	Ryde Garden Building A	Sydney	2018	82 m / 269 ft
52	ATO Quattro Collins Square	Melbourne	2013	80 m / 262 ft
53	Sydney Water HQ	Parramatta	2009	76 m / 249 ft
54	Iglu South Yarra	Melbourne	-	74 m / 244 ft
55	271 Spring Street	Melbourne	2019	73 m / 241 ft
56	Iglu Brisbane City	Brisbane	2016	73 m / 240 ft
57	47 Wentworth Avenue	Sydney	2021	70 m / 230 ft
58	55 Southbank	Melbourne	2020	70 m / 229 ft
59	Site 18	Sydney	-	65 m / 213 ft
60	88 On Regent	Sydney	-	63 m / 207 ft
61	Proximity (Building A)	Sydney	2000	61 m / 200 ft
62	596 St. Kilda Road	Melbourne	-	60 m / 197 ft
62	Opera	Melbourne	2018	60 m / 197 ft
64	IGLU Building	Sydney	2017	60 m / 197 ft
65	88 Alfred Street South	Sydney	2017	60 m / 197 ft
66	The Quay Tower 1	Sydney	2014	57 m / 187 ft
66	The Quay Tower 2	Sydney	2014	57 m / 187 ft
68	Urbanest Haymarket	Sydney	2010	55 m / 180 ft
69	854 Hunter Street Office Building	Newcastle	-	55 m / 179 ft
70	Proximity (Building B)	Sydney	2000	50 m / 164 ft
71	The Eastbourne	Melbourne	2017	50 m / 164 ft
72	25 King	Brisbane	2018	47 m / 153 ft
73	Ryde Garden Building C	Sydney	2018	45 m / 148 ft
74	Toorak Tower	Melbourne	2019	45 m / 147 ft
75	32 Flinders Street	Melbourne	2024	- m / - ft
76	The Lyall	Perth	-	- m / - ft
77	13 Spring Street	Melbourne	-	- m / - ft
78	52-60 Collins Street	Melbourne	-	- m / - ft
79	540-550 Lonsdale Street	Melbourne	-	- m / - ft
80	407-409 King Street	Melbourne	-	- m / - ft
81	Macquarie Exchange	Sydney	-	- m / - ft
82	51 Flinders Lane	Melbourne	2024	- m / - ft

150 m+ Buildings

11 Completed

1 Under Constr.

Average Building Age*

11 Years

Most Common Function*

Residential (53%), 29 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (77%), 41 Buildings

Function
Material

Total: 55 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 53 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

Building Completions Timeline

Construction Time Chart

NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.

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01 October 2020 | Chicago

Timber Rising | Philip Vivian

Designing Tall Mass Timber Office Buildings: 25 King, Brisbane, & 55 Southbank, Melbourne

30 October 2017 | Sydney

The Tall Timber Office: A Tale of Two Buildings in Australia

While there have been many proposals for tall timber buildings around the world, they are typically residential or student accommodation. Australia is at the forefront...

30 October 2017 | Sydney

CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference - Session 3C: Tall Timber Q&A

Monday 30 October, 2017. Sydney, Australia. Terri Meyer Boake, Professor, University of Waterloo, chairs the question and answer session with Philip Vivian, Director, Bates Smart;...

30 October 2017 | Sydney

CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference - Session 4C: Vertical Schools Q&A

Monday 30 October, 2017. Sydney, Australia. Karen Wong, Associate Director, Bates Smart, chairs the question and answer session with Shu-Hsin Soong, Technical Director & Education...

30 October 2017 | Sydney

Interview: Philip Vivian

Philip Vivian of Bates Smart is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.

27 October 2015 | New York City

Sydney 2050: A Sustainable City Vision for Greater Height, Public Benefit & Tall Building Resurgence

Sydney 2050 investigates how an increased height limit in Central Sydney can allow for both sustainable population growth and also benefit the public. The vision...

27 October 2015 | New York City

2015 New York Conference - Session 5a - Q&A

Karl Fender, Katsalidis Architects; Philip Vivian, Bates Smart; and Caroline Stalker, Architectus, answer questions at the end of 2015 New York Conference Session 4e: Developments...

11 October 2011 | Seoul

Tall, Green and Sub-Tropical

Designed by Bates Smart 111+222 is a mixed-use development in Brisbane consisting of a 36 level 45,000sqm commercial office building, and a 92 level five...

11 October 2011 | Seoul

Seoul Conference 2011 Track Session 20: Q&A

Question & Answers session for Track Session 20.

Research

30 October 2017

Shaping Australia’s Tall Tower Design And High Livability Standards

Guy Lake, Katie Rathbone, Philip Vivian & Kristen Whittle, Bates Smart

With nearly 90% of its population expected to live in its state-capital cities by 2053, Australia is on track to become one of the world’s...

17 October 2016

A Case Study on Designing Superslim in Melbourne

Kristen Whittle, Bates Smart

Collins House Melbourne, the newest super slim tower to hit the global stage, will be the most slender tower in Australia and the fourth globally....

26 October 2015

Sydney 2050: A Sustainable City Vision for Greater Height, Public Benefit & Tall Building Resurgence

Philip Vivian, Bates Smart

Sydney 2050 investigates how an increased height limit in Central Sydney can allow for both sustainable population growth and also benefit the public The vision...

01 March 2021 | Sydney

North Sydney Skyscraper Breaks Ground

Construction has started on an AU$1.2 billion (US$850 million) commercial tower rising to 42 stories above the future Victoria Cross metro station in North Sydney....

26 February 2021 | Melbourne

Lonsdale Street Tower Plans Move Ahead in Melbourne

Victorian property developer Colin DeLutis is one step closer to gaining approval for a premium 23-story office tower, along with retail and restaurant plans on...

28 October 2020 | Sydney

New Sydney Tower Welcomes 1,000 Office Workers

Upwards of 1,000 new office workers have begun to fill out the AUD$1.2 billion (US$850 million) 1 Denison commercial tower, the tallest building in North...

20 October 2020 | Melbourne

Green Light for Flinders Lane Office Towers in Melbourne

GPT Group will build two office towers in Flinders Lane with an AUD$500 million (US$353 million) end value after receiving development consent from the department...

14 July 2020 | Sydney

Plans Lodged for Office Tower in North Sydney

Fund manager Investa, with joint venture partner Oxford Properties Group, is pushing ahead with a major North Sydney project, lodging plans for a AU$500 million...

09 July 2020 | Sydney

Forty-Two Story Over-Station Development Approved in Sydney

A new AUD$1.2 billion (US$840 million) commercial tower set to rise 42 stories above the future Victoria Cross metro station in North Sydney has officially...

02 July 2020 | Sydney

Tower Owners Face Insurance Bill in Sydney

Opal Tower residents have filed legal proceedings against the NSW state government to fix the “cracks of the building industry” after finding 500 new defects....

26 May 2020 | Sydney

One Barangaroo Tops Out in Sydney

Crown Sydney has topped out, reaching the vertical limits of the 272-meter-high hotel resort and residences at One Barangaroo. After four years of construction, Crown...

20 March 2020 | Melbourne

Plans for a 26-Story Office Tower Move Forward in Melbourne

Dexus’ plans for a 26-story office tower has been given the final assent by the City of Melbourne following initial concerns about overshadowing and the...

25 February 2020 | Sydney

Mixed-Use Skyscraper Tops Out in North Sydney

A new AUS$1.2 billion (US$790 million) mixed-use skyscraper has topped out in North Sydney, now among tallest buildings in the district, according to its developer,...

10 February 2020 | Sydney

High-Rise Hotel Proposed for Sydney’s Darling Harbour

ASX-listed casino operator Crown Resorts has unveiled early images for Sydney's first six-star hotel and its serviced apartments at One Barangaroo, a controversial AU$2.4-billion (US$1.6-billion)...

06 February 2020 | Sydney

Mixed-Use Development to Rise at New Transit Hub in Sydney

Development approval has been granted for the AU$750 million (US$505 million) Macquarie Exchange community business district, which aims to convert a 15,260-square-meter site into four...

23 January 2020 | Melbourne

Melbourne Skyscraper Approved Under New Zoning Regulations

Cbus Property has won approval from Victorian state planners for an AU$1-billion- (US$6.8-million-) plus office tower that will reach 49-stories in Melbourne’s CBD. Dubbed 435...

19 December 2019 | Sydney

Residents Return to Sydney Tower After Extensive Repairs

Opal Tower builder Icon has cleared residents to return to the Sydney apartment building, which was evacuated 12 months ago after cracking was discovered in...

10 December 2019 | Melbourne

Student Residential Tower Approved in Melbourne

The City of Melbourne has voted in favor of a Bates Smart-designed proposal for a student accommodation tower, 407-409 King Street, to be built atop...

27 November 2019 | Perth

Plans for Apartment Tower in South Perth Approved

Sirona Capital and Singapore's construction group Chip Eng Seng Corporation’s plans for its apartment tower in South Perth have been green-lit by the Metro Central...

16 October 2019 | Melbourne

Melbourne to Add New Skyscraper

The highly-anticipated new addition to the Melbourne skyline, 435 Bourke Street, has undergone a significant design iteration process to ensure it meets council compliance and...

29 August 2019 | Sydney

Sydney Tower’s “Provision for Defect” Fund Falls Short

Since the evacuation of Opal Tower at Sydney’s Olympic Park, Construction giant ICON claims it has spent AU$24 million (US$16.2 million), despite putting only AU$1...

13 May 2019 | Melbourne

Melbourne Welcomes a Luxury High-Rise Development

Prominently located on the corner of Toorak Road and Chapel Street in Melbourne’s CBD, the Capitol Grand development, by global construction company Multiplex, consists of...

19 April 2019 | Melbourne

Another Large Office Tower to be Built on Melbourne’s Collins Street

Charter Hall tapped Gensler to design an 80,000-square-meter office tower project on Melbourne’s Collins Street, based on the US-based architecture firm’s experiences designing workplaces for...

17 April 2019 | Sydney

Social, Collaborative Office Tower Proposed for Sydney

Chinese-backed Maville Group has proposed an AU$66 million (US$47.2 million) office tower in North Sydney, with nearly 20 percent of the property devoted to coworking,...

15 March 2019 | Sydney

Sydney’s One Barangaroo Reaches New Construction Milestones

Following 14 months of construction, the One Barangaroo hotel and casino development stands almost 120 meters above the harbor, with the first level of the...

01 March 2019 | Sydney

Report on Sydney’s Opal Tower Blames Structural Design, Construction Flaws for Cracks

The Opal Tower final report, made public on March 1, 2019 after a two-month investigation, found that critical hob beams in the residential tower were...

02 January 2019 | Sydney

Residents in 36-Story Sydney Tower Evacuated, Remain Stranded

The developer of a Sydney high-rise building which had to be evacuated on Christmas Eve says it has been “stunned” by structural defects which have...

11 December 2018 | Sydney

Ryde Garden Has Officially Reached Completion

Country Garden Australia’s first project, known as Ryde Garden, in Sydney’s North Ryde, has officially reached completion, with buyers now moving into the first of...

01 March 2021 | Sydney

North Sydney Skyscraper Breaks Ground

Construction has started on an AU$1.2 billion (US$850 million) commercial tower rising to 42 stories above the future Victoria Cross metro station in North Sydney....

26 February 2021 | Melbourne

Lonsdale Street Tower Plans Move Ahead in Melbourne

Victorian property developer Colin DeLutis is one step closer to gaining approval for a premium 23-story office tower, along with retail and restaurant plans on...

28 October 2020 | Sydney

New Sydney Tower Welcomes 1,000 Office Workers

Upwards of 1,000 new office workers have begun to fill out the AUD$1.2 billion (US$850 million) 1 Denison commercial tower, the tallest building in North...

20 October 2020 | Melbourne

Green Light for Flinders Lane Office Towers in Melbourne

GPT Group will build two office towers in Flinders Lane with an AUD$500 million (US$353 million) end value after receiving development consent from the department...

14 July 2020 | Sydney

Plans Lodged for Office Tower in North Sydney

Fund manager Investa, with joint venture partner Oxford Properties Group, is pushing ahead with a major North Sydney project, lodging plans for a AU$500 million...

09 July 2020 | Sydney

Forty-Two Story Over-Station Development Approved in Sydney

A new AUD$1.2 billion (US$840 million) commercial tower set to rise 42 stories above the future Victoria Cross metro station in North Sydney has officially...

02 July 2020 | Sydney

Tower Owners Face Insurance Bill in Sydney

Opal Tower residents have filed legal proceedings against the NSW state government to fix the “cracks of the building industry” after finding 500 new defects....

26 May 2020 | Sydney

One Barangaroo Tops Out in Sydney

Crown Sydney has topped out, reaching the vertical limits of the 272-meter-high hotel resort and residences at One Barangaroo.  After four years of construction, Crown...

20 March 2020 | Melbourne

Plans for a 26-Story Office Tower Move Forward in Melbourne

Dexus’ plans for a 26-story office tower has been given the final assent by the City of Melbourne following initial concerns about overshadowing and the...

25 February 2020 | Sydney

Mixed-Use Skyscraper Tops Out in North Sydney

A new AUS$1.2 billion (US$790 million) mixed-use skyscraper has topped out in North Sydney, now among tallest buildings in the district, according to its developer,...

10 February 2020 | Sydney

High-Rise Hotel Proposed for Sydney’s Darling Harbour

ASX-listed casino operator Crown Resorts has unveiled early images for Sydney's first six-star hotel and its serviced apartments at One Barangaroo, a controversial AU$2.4-billion (US$1.6-billion)...

06 February 2020 | Sydney

Mixed-Use Development to Rise at New Transit Hub in Sydney

Development approval has been granted for the AU$750 million (US$505 million) Macquarie Exchange community business district, which aims to convert a 15,260-square-meter site into four...

23 January 2020 | Melbourne

Melbourne Skyscraper Approved Under New Zoning Regulations

Cbus Property has won approval from Victorian state planners for an AU$1-billion- (US$6.8-million-) plus office tower that will reach 49-stories in Melbourne’s CBD. Dubbed 435...

19 December 2019 | Sydney

Residents Return to Sydney Tower After Extensive Repairs

Opal Tower builder Icon has cleared residents to return to the Sydney apartment building, which was evacuated 12 months ago after cracking was discovered in...

10 December 2019 | Melbourne

Student Residential Tower Approved in Melbourne

The City of Melbourne has voted in favor of a Bates Smart-designed proposal for a student accommodation tower, 407-409 King Street, to be built atop...

27 November 2019 | Perth

Plans for Apartment Tower in South Perth Approved

Sirona Capital and Singapore's construction group Chip Eng Seng Corporation’s plans for its apartment tower in South Perth have been green-lit by the Metro Central...

16 October 2019 | Melbourne

Melbourne to Add New Skyscraper

The highly-anticipated new addition to the Melbourne skyline, 435 Bourke Street, has undergone a significant design iteration process to ensure it meets council compliance and...

29 August 2019 | Sydney

Sydney Tower’s “Provision for Defect” Fund Falls Short

Since the evacuation of Opal Tower at Sydney’s Olympic Park, Construction giant ICON claims it has spent AU$24 million (US$16.2 million), despite putting only AU$1...

13 May 2019 | Melbourne

Melbourne Welcomes a Luxury High-Rise Development

Prominently located on the corner of Toorak Road and Chapel Street in Melbourne’s CBD, the Capitol Grand development, by global construction company Multiplex, consists of...

19 April 2019 | Melbourne

Another Large Office Tower to be Built on Melbourne’s Collins Street

Charter Hall tapped Gensler to design an 80,000-square-meter office tower project on Melbourne’s Collins Street, based on the US-based architecture firm’s experiences designing workplaces for...

17 April 2019 | Sydney

Social, Collaborative Office Tower Proposed for Sydney

Chinese-backed Maville Group has proposed an AU$66 million (US$47.2 million) office tower in North Sydney, with nearly 20 percent of the property devoted to coworking,...

15 March 2019 | Sydney

Sydney’s One Barangaroo Reaches New Construction Milestones

Following 14 months of construction, the One Barangaroo hotel and casino development stands almost 120 meters above the harbor, with the first level of the...

01 March 2019 | Sydney

Report on Sydney’s Opal Tower Blames Structural Design, Construction Flaws for Cracks

The Opal Tower final report, made public on March 1, 2019 after a two-month investigation, found that critical hob beams in the residential tower were...

02 January 2019 | Sydney

Residents in 36-Story Sydney Tower Evacuated, Remain Stranded

The developer of a Sydney high-rise building which had to be evacuated on Christmas Eve says it has been “stunned” by structural defects which have...

11 December 2018 | Sydney

Ryde Garden Has Officially Reached Completion

Country Garden Australia’s first project, known as Ryde Garden, in Sydney’s North Ryde, has officially reached completion, with buyers now moving into the first of...

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Bates Smart

Design Excellence Competition: 10 Valentine Avenue

20 November 2019

Join the CTBUH Australia Chapter's Sydney Committee for the next episode of its Design Excellence series, featuring the competition design thinking for 10 Valentine Avenue.

Designing the Global City

08 May 2019

CTBUH Australia and the UNSW Built Environment present a lecture featuring Prof. Robert Freestone, who will speak on ‘Design excellence and the competition dividend in central Sydney.'

CTBUH Australia Hosts Commercial Timber: 25 King Street

26 July 2018

The CTBUH Australia Chapter investigated commercial timber projects through 25 King Street, which will be the world's tallest timber office building upon completion.

CTBUH Sydney Design Excellence: 280 George Street

20 June 2018

The CTBUH Sydney Committee hosted the second installment of the 2018 Design Excellence Series, a discussion of the competition design thinking for 280 George Street.

Skyscraper Summit Warms Sydney Up for CTBUH 2017

18 August 2017

A joint venture between the Urban Taskforce and CTBUH delivered a successful “warm-up” event in advance of the CTBUH 2017 Conference in Australia on August 18, 2017.