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  Eureka Tower, Melbourne
Eureka Tower opened as the second tallest all-residential building in the world, surpassed only by Q1 Tower in Gold Coast City.
Eureka Tower has the second highest apartments in the world, its highest being the 87th floor penthouse 278.5 meters above ground level.
Eureka Tower was chosen as one of the best new skyscrapers of the year 2006 and received 59 voting points.
www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu/?id=131515   (265 words)

  
  Top Literature - Eureka Tower   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Eureka Tower is the tallest residential building in the world, when measured either by the height of its roof, or by the height of its highest habitable floor.
Eureka Tower was designed by Melbourne architectural firm Fender Katsalidis Australia and was built by Grocon (Grollo Australia).
Eureka Tower's lift core superseded the height of Rialto Towers on November 9, 2004.
encyclopedia.topliterature.com /?title=Eureka_Tower   (515 words)

  
 Eureka Tower
Eureka Tower is an apartment building currently being built in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Australia.
Eureka Tower was designed by local architectural firm Fender Katsalidis Australia and is being built by Grocon (Grollo Australia).
Eureka Tower's lift core superceded the height of Rialto Towers on November 9 2004.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/e/eu/eureka_tower.html   (122 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Eureka
Eureka (or 'Heureka') is a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes.
Eureka is an 1848 prose poem by Edgar Allan Poe
Eureka Valley is also the name of two places in California: one a neighborhood in San Francisco and the other a valley in the eastern part of the state.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Eureka   (420 words)

  
 Eureka Tower
On completion, Eureka Tower will have become the tallest Skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere when measured to roof, and the tallest residential building in the world.
The Q1 apartment tower concurrently being built on the Gold Coast, Queensland has a higher structural tip at 322.5m in height.
Eureka Tower was designed by Melbourne architectural firm Fender Katsalidis Australia and is being built by Grocon (Grollo Australia).
www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/eu/Eureka%20Tower.htm   (232 words)

  
 Eureka Tower | Resinet
Billed as vertical city, the slim-line, sculptural tower has been designed by Melbourne architects Nonda Katsalidis and Karl Fender, from Fender Katsalidis, and is being built by Grocon, the construction arm of Melbourne developer Grollo.
At 91 Levels Eureka Tower will be the tallest residential tower in the world, to highest occupiable floor and rooftop, but Q1 Tower on the Gold Coast will be taller to structural tip.
Eureka's height is 297.3m, and the ground in Southbank is 2.7m above sea level, taking total height to exactly 300m above sea level; the height limit of Southbank.
www.resinet.com.au /buildings/eureka-tower   (168 words)

  
 Design Build Network - Eureka Tower, Melbourne, Victoria
The Eureka Tower is a residential tower block complex in the South Bank suburb of Port Philip, Melbourne, Australia.
The Tower was developed as a joint venture between Grocon (the constructor), Tab Fried (a Melbourne investor), Nonda Katsalidis and Karl Fender (the architects) who all combined to form a company, Eureka Tower Pty Ltd, which own the Tower.
The Tower is 297m high and consists of 91 floors and briefly became Australia's tallest building, superceding the Rialto, also situated in Melbourne, by 46.3m.
www.designbuild-network.com /projects/eureka   (1150 words)

  
 Eureka Tower   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Eureka Tower ist der Name eines im Bau befindlichen Wolkenkratzer in der australischen Millionenmetropole Melbourne.
Der Wolkenkratzer wird mit einer Höhe von etwa 297 Metern zu den höchsten Wolkenkratzer der Welt gehören.
Außerdem wird er nach dem Q1 Tower, der derzeit in Gold Coast errichtet wird, der zweithöchste Wolkenkratzer Australiens und der höchste Wolkenkratzer Melbournes sein.
www.wissens-quiz.de /wissen/bildung/wikipedia/e/eu/eureka_tower.html   (131 words)

  
 World's tallest residential tower opens : thewest.com.au
"Eureka Tower is a building that would stand out in the skyline in places like New York, Tokyo or Shanghai but it is a golden part of our skyline here in Melbourne," Mr Bracks said.
As well as being the world's tallest residential building, Eureka's 13 lifts are also the fastest in the southern hemisphere, taking just 40 seconds to reach the top.
The tower, which dominate's Melbourne's Southbank skyline, has 556 apartments, used 110,000 tonnes of concrete and weighs 200,000 tonnes.
www.thewest.com.au /aapstory.aspx?StoryName=324136   (422 words)

  
 The Eureka Tower : ACEbytes Feature
In addition to the residential tower that houses the apartment units, the building includes a ten-storey podium complex containing a parking lot and retail and office facilities, a 3 star hotel, and an observation complex at the top featuring public areas.
In the course of implementing the BIM approach for the Eureka Tower project, FKA has found that its benefits extend far beyond just the project in which it is used to the firm as a whole.
In the case of the Eureka Tower project, the use of BIM did not extend to other disciplines since the consultants were not yet ready to give up their standard 2D CAD based processes.
www.aecbytes.com /feature/2004/EurekaTower.html   (2674 words)

  
 Elegant shape of Eiffel Tower solved mathematically by U. of Colorado professor
The tower was designed to be the centerpiece of the World's Exposition in Paris, marking the centennial of the French Revolution.
But the spectacular tower, completed in 1889 and which remains one of the most romantic and recognizable structures in the world, has long been believed to be explainable using a mathematical equation, albeit a very complex one.
The tower is composed of four arched, wrought-iron legs tapering inward to form a single column that rises to 300 meters, or 986 feet.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-01/uoca-eso010505.php   (971 words)

  
 Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As well as being the world's tallest residential building, Eureka's 13 lifts are also the fastest in the southern hemisphere, taking just 40 seconds to reach the top.
The tower, which dominates Melbourne's Southbank skyline, has 556 apartments, used 110,000 tonnes of concrete and weighs 200,000 tonnes.
"Eureka Tower is a building that would stand out in the skyline in places like New York, Tokyo or Shanghai but it is a golden part of our skyline here in Melbourne," Bracks said.
www.bernama.com.my /bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=224340   (299 words)

  
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The building at 90 stories, is the tallest apartment tower in the world, as tall as the Eiffel Tower.
The tower sits on a ten storey podium containing entry lobbies, residential carparking and the roof top recreational health facility.
Eureka Tower includes a 25-metre heated swimming pool, spa, tennis court, and fully-equipped gymnasium.
www.davislangdon.com /mainpage/projects_anz_eureka.htm   (196 words)

  
 Worlds tallest residential complex uses PROMASEAL® fire collars and IBS™
Neverthess, Eureka has remained an e n d u r i n g i f somewhat ambiguous icon for almost 150 years of the country ’s continuing development.
When completed by the end of 2005, it will be the tallest skyscraper in the southern hemisphere and the world’s tallest residential complex (at least for a short period of time until it is ’soon surpassed by another building on Australia's Gold Coast).
Eureka Tower is a joint venture between major developer/builder Grocon, the Fried Family and Katsalidis Group.
www.spec-net.com.au /press/0805/promat1.htm   (555 words)

  
 Eureka tower the highest in Southern hemisphere - Luxurylaunches.com
Eureka Tower is going to expose its Observation Deck, the highest public vantage point in the Southern Hemisphere, adding another unique activity for visitors to Melbourne” said Sandra Chipchase, CEO, Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau.
Eureka Tower will have the second highest apartments in the world on completion with the highest being the John Hancock Center in Chicago.
Eureka Tower's lift core superseded the height of Rialto Towers in Melbourne.
www.luxurylaunches.com /real_estate/eureka_tower_the_highest_in_southern_hemisphere.php   (342 words)

  
 The Eureka Reporter... Real News by Real People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The existing water tower is shown in the background.
The top capacity waterline of the existing blue tower is 129 feet, with the actual tower height several feet higher, he said.
The contractor on the project is Pittsburg Tank and Tower of Sebree, Kent.
www.eurekareporter.com /stories/fp-07290417.htm   (305 words)

  
 Otis to Install Lifts in Tallest Residential Tower   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Eureka Tower is an 88 storey, 300-metre tower and landmark project to be built in Melbourne, Australia with construction slated to commence in 2002 and be completed by April 2005.
The Gen2 lifts will be used by residents entering Eureka Tower from either the basement or street level and by those using public areas in levels one and two.
Eureka Tower is significant for its incorporation of ESD principles, including double glazing and covering the structure's exterior in a glass skin to minimise heat loss and gain.
www.otis.com /news/newsdetail/0,1368,cli85_NID11125_res1,00.html   (907 words)

  
 The Gold Coast Bulletin | News from the Gold Coast and around Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Daniel Grollo, who developed the $500 million, 300m Eureka Tower at Melbourne's Southbank, has claimed his building is taller because it has 92 storeys compared with Q1's 78.
Eureka's 13 lifts are also hailed as the fastest in the southern hemisphere, taking just 40 seconds to hit the top.
Mr Bracks said the Eureka Tower was a building that would stand out in the skyline in places like New York, Tokyo or Shanghai.
www.gcbulletin.com.au /article/2006/10/12/1205_news.html   (594 words)

  
 Melbourne's Eureka Tower set to become new Tourist Attraction
The elevators are located in Eureka Tower, which is about to open its Observation Deck, claiming it to be among the highest public vantage points in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Eureka Tower Observation Deck is located on level 88 and is 285 metres from the ground.
Eureka Tower is 300 metres and 92 storeys high and includes 560 apartments, each featuring either a balcony or winter garden.
www.asiatraveltips.com /news06/265-EurekaTower.shtml   (403 words)

  
 EUREKA TOWER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On completion, Eureka Tower will have become the tallest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere, superceding the Rialto Towers ; and the tallest residential building in the world.
Eureka Tower was designed by local architectural firm Fender Katsalidis Australia and is being built by Grocon.
The Tower is currently at around two-thirds full height.
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/eu/Eureka%20Tower.htm   (133 words)

  
 Eureka Tower clears Rialto height - National - www.theage.com.au
When completed at the end of next year the $500 million Eureka building will be 92 storeys and 297 metres tall, unquestionably one of the tallest buildings in Australia.
Yesterday, Eureka reached 253.5 metres, half a metre higher than the Rialto building, although being on a slight hill means the Rialto currently offers a better vantage point to view the city.
Eureka developer Tab Fried said whether the building was Melbourne's tallest was irrelevant.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/11/21/1100972254165.html?from=storylhs   (366 words)

  
 Eureka Tower, Melbourne, Australia: 34th tallest building in the world
and the 'golden' pinnacle of the tower which cover the top 11 floors.
Eureka Tower is the tallest residential Tower in the world;
- the façade of the tower consists of 40,000 square metres of glass and aluminum panels;
www.skyscraperpicture.com /eureka.htm   (575 words)

  
 Australian PropertyWeb | Commercial | Residential
Wilson Parking operates 200 cark parks across Australia and the Eureka Tower deal follows hot on the heels of the purchase for $18.3 million of the prime Ward Street car park leasehold in North Sydney in June.
Eureka will be not just the tallest residential skyscraper in the world but also the most technologically advanced.
Mr Katsalidis said he and his partners in the Eureka Tower project - the Tab Fried Group and the Grollo Group's Grocon Pty Limited - were delighted that work on the lower levels of the 88-storey skyscraper could now start.
www.propertyweb.com.au /press/pr0160.html   (521 words)

  
 TweakPC - Thermaltake Eureka Alu Tower - Hardwaretests, Previews, Overclocking, Tipps und mehr
Nachdem wir das Eureka schon mit dem Shark verglichen haben, können wir damit auch gleich weiter machen.
Trotz seiner Größe ist auch der Eureka ein Leichtgewicht, da komplett aus Aluminium gefertigt.
Insgesamt kommt der Eureka gerade einmal auf 8,6 Kilogramm.
www.tweakpc.de /hardware/tests/gehaeuse/thermaltake_eureka/s01.php   (506 words)

  
 The Eureka Reporter... Real News by Real People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The trailer, which will require a 10 percent local funding match, is one of a variety of pieces of equipment the department plans to put on the Hilfiker site.
The tower will be made up of five metal transport containers stacked on top of each other with a steel stairwell next to it.
The tower will be used to practice rescues from a multistory building.
www.eurekareporter.com /Stories/fp-06100402.htm   (690 words)

  
 Humboldt Bay Lighthouses
The deteriorating tower was rescued thanks to a local resident named Ray Glavich, who organized a group of volunteers to move the tower to Eureka.
The tower was cut in half, transported by truck to Woodley Island, and reassembled.
The lighthouse tower is at the southwest end of the island.
www.rudyalicelighthouse.net /CalLts/Humboldt/Humboldt.htm   (598 words)

  
 Eureka Gulch Trail Report
There's tram towers and cable, the remains of Judge Terry's mill, an angle tram station, and if they're done remediatin' the mine site at the top, you may be able to get there too.
The tower was named for an employee of the mine, who designed a prefabricated tower that could be used to quickly replace a particular one that kept getting destroyed by avalanches.
The tower was set on a massive base structure, and a spare was kept in an adjacent tunnel.
www.narrowgauge.org /4x4/html/eureka.html   (872 words)

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