Hotel skyscraper
Crown Towers is a hotel skyscraper located in the
Southbank precinct of
Melbourne ,
Australia . Built in 1997, the hotel is one of three hotels at the
Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex , the others being: Crown Promenade (2003) and Crown Metropol (2010). Located on the banks of the
Yarra River , it overlooks the city centre,
Kings Domain ,
Port Phillip and
Docklands .
Description
Proposals for a Crown hotel to join the casino date back to as early as 1994, at a time when Crown casino was situated in a temporary location on the north bank of the Yarra River.
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[5] Designed by
Daryl Jackson and Hudson Conway, the Crown Towers hotel was completed in 1997 in Southbank, alongside the new casino complex.
[1] The 5–star hotel opened on 8 May 1997, albeit behind schedule.
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[7] With 482 hotel rooms, across 43 levels, Crown Towers stands at 152.5 metres (500 feet) in height – making it the tallest all-hotel building in Australia.
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[8] The hotel is the first skyscraper (building to reach at least 150 metres (492 ft)) to be constructed in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, a location wherein some of the
tallest buildings in the city stand.
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See also
References
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Skyscrapers in
Melbourne over 150 metres in height
Completed
Over 300 m 250–299 m 200–249 m
Queens Place North Tower (249 m, 2021)
Victoria One (246 m, 2018 )
Premier Tower (249 m, 2021)
Swanston Central (237 m, 2019)
Melbourne Square Tower 1 (231 m, 2021)
Vision Apartments (229 m, 2016)
568 Collins Street (224 m, 2015)
Bourke Place (224 m, 1991)
Light House Melbourne (218 m, 2017)
Telstra Corporate Centre (218 m, 1992)
380 Melbourne (217 m, 2021)
Melbourne Central (211 m, 1991)
West Side Place Tower B (206 m, 2021)
Freshwater Place North (205 m, 2005)
Eq. Tower (203 m, 2017)
150–199 m
Empire Melbourne (198 m, 2017)
Collins House (190 m, 2018)
Abode318 (187 m, 2015)
80 Collins South (187 m, 2019)
Sofitel Hotel (185 m, 1980)
ANZ Tower (185 m, 1978)
Nauru House (182 m, 1977)
LK Tower (178 m, 2019)
MY80 (173 m, 2014)
Melbourne Square Tower 2 (226 m, 2021)
Victoria Police Centre Tower 2 (171 m, 2020)
Upper West Side Tower 5 (170 m, 2016)
385 Bourke Street (169 m, 1983)
Zen Apartments (168 m, 2012)
Platinum Tower One (167 m, 2016)
Avant (167 m, 2018)
Australian Stock Exchange Building (167 m, 1991)
Southbank Place (166 m, 2018)
Casselden Place (166 m, 1992)
35 Spring Street (166 m, 2017)
The Fifth (166 m, 2017)
Ernst & Young Tower (165 m, 2005)
SX Stage 1 (163 m, 2005)
Royal Domain Tower (162 m, 2005)
ANZ World Headquarters (162 m, 1993)
National Bank House (161 m, 1978)
2 Southbank Boulevard (161 m, 2005)
Verve 501 (159 m, 2006)
477 Collins Street (158 m, 2019)
Upper West Side Tower 2 (156 m, 2014)
Shadow Play (153 m, 2018)
Southbank Central (153 m, 2017)
Optus Centre (153 m, 1975)
Crown Towers (152 m, 1997)
140 William Street (152 m, 2005)
Urban Workshop Lonsdale (150 m, 2005)
Melbourne skyline in 2015
Approved
Over 250 m 200–249 m 150–199 m
Buildings listed in order of height and with year of completion
Building data source:
Skyscraper Center
37°49′21″S 144°57′38″E / 37.822370°S 144.960434°E / -37.822370; 144.960434