Bourke Place is a
skyscraper situated at 600
Bourke Street
Bourke Street is one of the main streets in the Melbourne central business district and a core feature of the Hoddle Grid. It was traditionally the entertainment hub of inner-city Melbourne, and is now also a popular tourist destination and ...
,
Melbourne central business district
The Melbourne central business district (also known colloquially as simply "The City" or "The CBD") is the city centre and main urban area of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, centred on the Hoddle Grid, the oldest part of the city la ...
,
Victoria, Australia
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in ...
. It is the equal
11th tallest building in Melbourne and the
25th tallest building in Australia. It was completed in 1991.
Designed by the architectural firm Godfrey & Spowers, it is a modernist building. It previously served as the headquarters for
BHP
BHP Group Limited (formerly known as BHP Billiton) is an Australian multinational mining, metals, natural gas petroleum public company that is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company was founded ...
, and the company's sign on the outside of the structure was the highest in the country. BHP has since moved to a new building across the city to 171
Collins Street.
The building's most obvious feature on the
skyline
A skyline is the outline or shape viewed near the horizon. It can be created by a city’s overall structure, or by human intervention in a rural setting, or in nature that is formed where the sky meets buildings or the land.
City skyline ...
is its sloped roof, which hides various communications equipment. The structure's facade is of
laminated glass
Laminated glass (LG) is a type of safety glass that holds together when shattered. In the event of breaking, it is held in place by a thin polymer interlayer, typically of polyvinyl butyral (PVB), ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), lonoplast polyme ...
.
In 2019 the building's ground floor foyer has undergone refurbishment under the guidance of
3XN
3XN is a Danish architectural practice with head office in Copenhagen.
History
The company was founded in Århus in 1986 as Nielsen, Nielsen & Nielsen (later 3 X Nielsen) by Kim Herforth Nielsen, Lars Frank Nielsen and Hans Peter Svendler Nielse ...
in collaboration with NH Architecture with construction work carried out by
Probuild
Probuild was an Australian construction company that traded from 1987 until 2022.
History
Probuild was founded in 1987 by Phil Mehtren. In 2000 it was purchased by Wilson Bayly Holmes Ovcon. An attempt to sell the business to the China Commu ...
.
Bourke Place is home to numerous law firms, including
King & Wood Mallesons
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is the largest global law firm in Asia. It has 30 offices and more than 3,500 legal professionals in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. Its predecessor firms include ''SJ Berwin'' of the United Kingdom's ...
, which occupies the top eleven floors,
Sparke Helmore Lawyers,
Gadens, and
Lander & Rogers.
[Lander & Rogers (2011)]
Contact Us
Retrieved 11 October 2011. Other tenants include M&K Lawyers,
Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. () is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Its main business and source of capital is insurance, from which it invests the float (the retained premiu ...
, Scottish Pacific and Interpro.
See also
*
Australian landmarks
*
List of tallest buildings in Melbourne
*
List of tallest buildings in Australia
References
External links
Emporis Buildings: Bourke PlaceOfficial Website: Bourke Place
{{Melbourne skyscrapers
Skyscrapers in Melbourne
Office buildings in Melbourne
Brookfield Properties buildings
1991 establishments in Australia
Skyscraper office buildings in Australia
Office buildings completed in 1991
Bourke Street
Buildings and structures in Melbourne City Centre