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Oriolus
September 23rd, 2005, 04:11 AM
Where would our cities skylines be without the banking sector? Here's a list I've taken from Emporis - I've listed everything its got for the Big 4 plus some others off the top of my head. Please let me know of any I've missed or other mistakes and I'll amend the list.

In the meantime, let's see some pics!!!

Commonwealth
Melbourne - 169m - 1983 (State Bank Centre, 385 Bourke St)
Sydney - 145m - 1999 (CommSec Tower, 363 George St)
Brisbane – 120m – 1989 (Commonwealth Bank Building, 240 Queen St)
Sydney – 116m – 1988 (Commonwealth Bank Building, 141 Liverpool St)
Adelaide – 72m – 1983 (Commonwealth Bank, 100 King William St)
Melbourne – est62m – NA (Commonwealth Bank, 2 Elizabeth St)
Brisbane - est58m - NA (King George Tower, 79 Adelaide St)
Sydney – 57m – 1955 (Commonwealth Banking Corporation, 5-17 Martin Place)
Sydney – 55m – 1975 (Commonwealth Bank, 309-315 George St)
Sydney – 54m – 1954 (Commonwealth Bank Building, 46-48 Market St)
Sydney – 50m – 1928 (Commonwealth Bank Building, 48 Martin Place)
Melbourne – 50m – 1941 (Commonwealth Bank, Bourke St)
Sydney – 48m – 1916 (Commonwealth Bank Building, 3 Martin Place)
Sydney – 47m – 1916 (Commonwealth Bank Building, 108 Pitt St)

National
Melbourne – 161m – 1978 (National Bank House, 500 Bourke St)
Sydney – 129m – 1986 (National Australia Bank Building, 255 George St)
Brisbane – 104m – 1981 (National Bank House, 255 Adelaide St)
Perth – 65m – NA (National Australia Bank House, 50 St Georges Tce)
Adelaide – 50m – 1973 (National Bank Building, King William St)
Sydney – 47m – 1923 (National Bank Building, 343 George St)
Melbourne – 46m – 2004 (National Australia Bank Corporate Headquarters Building 1, 800 Burke St)
Melbourne – 46m – 2004 (National Australia Bank Corporate Headquarters Building 2, 800 Burke St)
Brisbane – est58m – NA (National Australia Bank Building, 420 George St)

Westpac
Sydney – 166m – UC (Westpac, 251-295 Kent St)
Melbourne - 142m - 1978 (Collins Wales House, 360 Collins St)
Sydney – 134m – 1980 (Westpac Plaza, 60 Margaret St)
Sydney – 119m – 1971 (Westpac Bank Building, 60 Martin Place)
Brisbane – 105m – 1970 (Westpac Building, 260 Queen St)
Melbourne – est76m – NA (Westpac, 221 Collins St)
Perth – 75m – 1973 (Westpac Centre, 109 St Georges Tce)
Sydney – est72m – NA (Westpac Centre, George St)
Sydney – 64m – 1977 (Westpac Centre, 54 Pitt St)
Adelaide – 45m – 1976 (Westpac House, 50 Pirie St)
Adelaide – 44m – 1973 (Westpac Centre, 2 Grenfell St)

ANZ
Melbourne – 185m – 1980 (Collins Place, 55 Collins St)
Melbourne – 162m – 1993 (ANZ World Headquarters, 380 Collins St)
Perth - 132m - 1977 (Allendale Square, 77 St Georges Tce)
Brisbane – 106m – 1982 (ANZ Centre, 324 Queen St)
Sydney – 96m – 1965 (ANZ Bank Building, 68 Pitt St)
Sydney – 86m – 1970 (ANZ Bank, 18-28 Martin Place)
Gold Coast - 61m - 1989 (Corporate Centre, Bundall Rd & Slayter Av)
Sydney – est51m – NA (ANZ House, Margaret & George Sts)
Melbourne – 50m – NA (ANZ Building, 227 Toorak Rd)
Melbourne – 49m – 1891 (ANZ Bank, Collins St)
Sydney – 45m – 1992 (ANZ Bank, Parramatta)
Melbourne – 45m – 1941 (ANZ Bank, 287 Collins St)

HSBC
Sydney – 162m – 1988 (HSBC Centre, 586 George St
Brisbane – 104m – 1983 (HSBC Centre, 300 Queen St)

Deutsche Bank
Sydney – 240m – 2005 (Deutsche Bank Place, 126 Phillip St)

BankWest
Perth – 214m – 1988 (BankWest Tower, 108 St Georges Tce)

Bank of Queensland
Brisbane – 80m – 2004 (BOQ Centre, 259 Queen St)

St George Bank
Brisbane - est48m - NA (St George Bank Building, 10 Felix St)

tayser
September 23rd, 2005, 04:30 AM
227 Toorak Road! :hilarious

tayser
September 23rd, 2005, 04:38 AM
Also off the top of my head:

- Optus Building was built by Commonwealth (or was it the Stock exchange?) 154m.
- [Bank of New South] Wales House, 360 Collins Street - 142m (Westpac)
- There's also a Bank of Melbourne (now Westpac) building on Collins & Swanston Sts
- St. George are a lead tenant in 333 Collins St afaik.
- State Bank of Victoria (now CBA), 385 Bourke Street - 169m

Also the Reserve Bank building clones: Victoria Square, Collins Street and Martin Place

Oriolus
September 23rd, 2005, 04:43 AM
ANZ Centre, Brisbane
106m/26s
Built 1982

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5696/1003872s3tm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Did the renovation in 2000 change the external appearance of the tower or was it just an internal refurb?

tayser
September 23rd, 2005, 04:58 AM
Bendigo Bank's new 'groundscraper' headquarters, dunno the Bendigo address

http://www.bvn.com.au/BVN/internet/site.nsf/files/NSYD-65K3BV-20041008-110659/$file/M_Bendigo%20Bank.jpg

Bendigo Bank's new Melbourne offices, dunno height or address ('Harbourside Esplanade', Docklands, 3008):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/mugley/vpointsmall.jpg

CULWULLA
September 23rd, 2005, 04:58 AM
i reckon the greatest "bank" building in Australia is Sydney's Deutsche Bank Place! inside and out its an amAzing structure.
.
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9959/dbsign0od.jpg

The tallest Bank bldg to 'roof" is Perths Bankwest. also one of my fav bank bldgs!

http://members.iinet.net.au/~paulkoh/Bankwest2.jpg


probably the most massive bank is Sydney's new Westpac "kens". with 77,000sqm.

doesnt look nearly 500ft does it?
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/5905/kenstop1eh.jpg

Melbournes gothic influenced ANZ is also a fav of mine.

http://www.aagranite.com.au/Melbourne_ANZ.jpg


As for pre-1957 height limit banks, there are many fine art deco banks in each oz city.


Standouts are the 2 Com banks on Martin Place,Sydney.
"money box of 1916 and 1928.

the interior of this bank has to be seen to be believed!!

http://home.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~wasner/Galleries/Australien/sydney-commonwealth-bank.JPG

Oriolus
September 23rd, 2005, 05:05 AM
Thanks tayser, I added a couple of those. Do St George have naming or signage rights on 333 Collins?

Commonwealth Bank Building, Brisbane
120m/28s
Built 1989

http://img277.imageshack.us/img277/6425/1003686s9qs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Notice Westpac on the left and Bank of Queensland on the right

tayser
September 23rd, 2005, 05:09 AM
Melbourne – 45m – 1941 (ANZ Bank, 287 Collins St)


There's an NAB building which shares the same wall as this one. somewhere in the address range of 260-285 Collins Street (will be a multi-address as there was a Queensland bank there before NAB bought them up, demolished their building and expanded their premises).

edit: 270 Collins St, I'd say roughly the same height as the ANZ building, on left: (anyone got a better pic from the northern side of the street?)

http://www.melbournephotos.net/images/2003-09-11%20Melbourne%20-%20Swanston%20st,%20Collins%20st%20and%20101/IMG_2643.JPG

Bank of Melbourne (Westpac) Swanston & Elizabeth building on left (White):

http://www.melbournephotos.net/images/2005-08-02%20Melbourne%20-%20Collins%20st,%20Rialto%20Construction%20Updates%20and%20RMIT%20Rooftop/IMG_6958.jpg

NAB Collins St West End Branch:

http://www.melbournephotos.net/images/2003-10-22%20Melbourne%20-%20Collins%20St/IMG_2965.JPG

edit x 2: ^ above it has 'The National Bank of Australasia' you have to be careful as ANZ and NAB had very similar names when they started.

I think Australasia is NAB and Australia is now ANZ (after it merged with E.S.& A.). someone correct me on that pls!

Oriolus
September 23rd, 2005, 05:14 AM
Standouts are the 2 Com banks on Martin Place,Sydney.
"money box of 1916 and 1928.I've been looking for a pic of those moneyboxes. I think I've still got mine at home, have to try and dig it out.

BOQ Centre (Macarthur Central), Brisbane
80m/19s
Built 2004

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3831/1003871s9ix.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Really like that one

ParraMan
September 25th, 2005, 08:49 AM
Thought I'll mention two in Parramatta:

Colonial Tower, 180 George St (CBA) 21floors/81m
101 George St (UC for CBA) 13 floors/45m

and in Sydney don't know if it counts but Aurora Place (ABN Amro) 219m

Cheers

Malt
September 25th, 2005, 09:00 AM
Suncorp...

Brisbane Square sorta counts :P

Perth4life3
September 25th, 2005, 09:03 AM
mmm bankwest

http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~tdp/images/bankwest1.jpg

Perth4life3
September 25th, 2005, 09:14 AM
btw allendale square in perth has ANZ on the roof? 132m

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/3980/1777580re.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/5415/3664722ww.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

tayser
September 25th, 2005, 09:22 AM
Thanks tayser, I added a couple of those. Do St George have naming or signage rights on 333 Collins?


they do on the street, but it's pushing it really - they didn't 'build' the tower or pre-commit to it when it was constructed, ignore 333C!

DamienK
September 25th, 2005, 09:24 AM
Ah, Cuwulla, you picked such an old pic of BankWest, and not from one of my favourite angles too. Here's a better view, from the roof of AMP!

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/19gleamingtop.jpg

Jimmy James
September 25th, 2005, 10:04 AM
I've been looking for a pic of those moneyboxes. I think I've still got mine at home, have to try and dig it out.

BOQ Centre (Macarthur Central), Brisbane
80m/19s
Built 2004

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3831/1003871s9ix.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Really like that one

^^ Man me too - I used to work for Bank of Queensland (in their HR dept) back when they were at 229 Elizabeth - that was a shit of a building. Is anything occupying that now?

But this new one - wow!

Macca-GC
September 25th, 2005, 12:40 PM
The Corporate Centre here on the Gold Coast has ANZ signage and Suncorp is another resident.

17floors
height:61m
http://www.imhosted.com/img/hq_australia.jpg
And here's the view:
http://www.pb.com.au/gclightrail/images/bundall.jpg

dynamoultraclean
September 25th, 2005, 01:21 PM
The world's local bank needs to come to Melbourne.

tayser
September 25th, 2005, 01:27 PM
They're tucked away in William St.

^ edit: William St / Little Collins.

BankWest's Melbourne branch is diagonally across the road in Qantas House, go up to L17 there and look behind the tellers, best bank view ever! :lol:

tayser
September 25th, 2005, 01:35 PM
CBA (CommSec): 363 George Street, Sydney

Oriolus
September 26th, 2005, 04:49 AM
Thanks guys, I've added those.

Some little ones in Brisbane that I forgot about:

King George Tower
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7104/kinggeorgetower4hp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

St George Bank
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4153/stgeorge5em.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Oriolus
September 26th, 2005, 04:57 AM
Thought I'll mention two in Parramatta:

Colonial Tower, 180 George St (CBA) 21floors/81m
101 George St (UC for CBA) 13 floors/45mDoes Colonial Tower have CBA signage? The photos on Emporis have "Colonial" signage. I'm mainly listing buildings where the bank has naming or signage rights. I decided not to list Suncorp or ABN Amro or companies like that, else the list would just get too long.

Malt
September 26th, 2005, 05:08 AM
Suncorp Centre:
26 Floors - 82 m
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/9650/suncorpcentre5qi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Sorry Emporis :P


Suncorp Plaza:
26 Floors - 118m
http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/6889/suncorpplaza6tz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

MILIUX
September 26th, 2005, 10:54 AM
What about Maquarie Bank, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo Bank & Citigroup?

ParraMan
September 26th, 2005, 03:35 PM
Does Colonial Tower have CBA signage? The photos on Emporis have "Colonial" signage. I'm mainly listing buildings where the bank has naming or signage rights. I decided not to list Suncorp or ABN Amro or companies like that, else the list would just get too long.

The top of the building does have Colonial signange (although Colonial is a division of Commonwealth Bank), but in the foyer has Commonwealth Bank signage.

Cheers

Oriolus
September 27th, 2005, 07:59 AM
Couple more of the Brisbane ones:

HSBC
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/7074/hsbc5yw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

National
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/6049/national2po.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Oriolus
September 28th, 2005, 12:39 AM
I've been looking for a pic of those moneyboxes. I think I've still got mine at home, have to try and dig it out.I found it! Looks like it's based on the CBA at 3 Martin Place (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=108092), built 1916 is it?

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7642/cbamoneybox1gw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Alexander21
September 28th, 2005, 04:23 AM
Suncorp Centre:
26 Floors - 82 m
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/9650/suncorpcentre5qi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Sorry Emporis :P


Suncorp Plaza:
26 Floors - 118m
http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/6889/suncorpplaza6tz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

BRINGS BACK MEMORIES!!!

The old Wedding Cake building as we used to call it!

Oriolus
September 29th, 2005, 06:28 AM
CBA at 141 Liverpool St in Sydney (by Randwicked) - not one of the best I don't think
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Randwicked/DSCN2099.jpg

Emporis Fact from Cul:
Originally built in 1977 to 90m/27storeys high. In 1988, the building was extended by 26m/5storeys to 116m/32storeys high.

KJBrissy
March 28th, 2006, 09:41 AM
Suncorp Centre:
26 Floors - 82 m
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/9650/suncorpcentre5qi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Sorry Emporis :P


Suncorp Plaza:
26 Floors - 118m
http://img327.imageshack.us/img327/6889/suncorpplaza6tz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

King George Tower
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7104/kinggeorgetower4hp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)]

Commonwealth Bank Building, Brisbane
120m/28s
Built 1989

http://img277.imageshack.us/img277/6425/1003686s9qs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

If only the banks in Brisbane had only one tower for each bank, you'd probably end up with a couple of tall towers!!!

LA53R
March 29th, 2006, 02:18 AM
haha Bankwest Ownes them all, we need to learn from Perth ;) Love that tower :)

hayds
May 19th, 2007, 11:48 AM
This will be the mother scraper of banks in OZ for now...with st george bank putting themselves up onto Central Park.

http://www.globalhomeloans.com.au/static/images/logo_stgeorge.gif

Perth’s tallest office building will get a splash of neon colour next month following a deal signed last week with Central Park tenant St George Bank to take on the lucrative signage rights.

The bank will be the first company to have its name on the 52-level building.
Two five-metre tall neon signs will be erected, one on each of Central Park’s south-east and north-west sides.

The signs would cost the bank more than $400,000 to have made and installed.

“This is an opportunity to put St George Bank in a prominent position to increase our brand awareness. It’s a great time to announce our long-term commitment to Perth and the broader market,” Mr Barrett said.

Most recent deals have involved BankWest gaining signage rights to the proposed Raine Square office development, and KPMG for Bishops See’s South tower.

Austraarabian
May 19th, 2007, 03:55 PM
HULLO.... What about Citibank!!!!???

Sydney 242m. I think this is second best after Deustche Bank.

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9384/citigroupsz8.jpg

hayds
May 20th, 2007, 12:14 PM
HULLO.... What about Citibank!!!!???

Sydney 242m. I think this is second best after Deustche Bank.

central park is taller. 249m

LanceDriver
May 21st, 2007, 02:02 AM
^ what bank is central park?

tbor
May 21st, 2007, 03:59 AM
Well, its supposed to be getting St George signing... is that enough to make it a bank tower?

CULWULLA
May 21st, 2007, 04:41 AM
^no. signage means jack. theres many bldg who seel off the rooftop fo advertising rights to who ever wants it.
how many levels do st george bank occupy in Central Park? i thought it was built as an office bldg to house many tennants?
Sydneys Citigroup (243m) was built to house Citigroup.
Signage doesnt nessasarilly mean its a bank building. Lots of bldg have di air rights on top of bldg.

LanceDriver
May 21st, 2007, 04:51 AM
i suppose if st george end up being a major tenant then it would count wouldn't it? but is that the case here or is it just advertising?

Neonxian
May 21st, 2007, 05:01 AM
St George have a public outlet on the ground floor of Central Park. I'm not sure if they have any actual space in the building.

alvse
May 21st, 2007, 05:24 AM
St George occupies the 11th floor, and some of the 12th floor. They also have a subsidary (Asgard Wealth Solutions) that occupies floors 37 - 41.
I'm guessing they would occupy more of the building if there was space for them.

LanceDriver
May 21st, 2007, 06:06 AM
ahh, yes, asgard, i forgot st george own them (although asgard don't like to acknowledge their parents). so would this then be the highest bank occupied building in aus? does it count?

funny how in perth st george is in the tallest building and the head office in sydney is in a 4-5 storey campus building in kogarah (14kms sth of cbd), and it isn't even a business hub! there's no other corporations in the area and the only other big employer is the st george hostpital and a few medical centres. in saying this, the building is massive and holds 2000-3000 employees and it helps hold the banks link to "st george". kogarah would go into a recession if st george left.

st george hq in kogarah (australia's 5th largest retail bank)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kogarah_St_George_Bank.JPG/800px-Kogarah_St_George_Bank.JPG

Tyson
May 21st, 2007, 06:40 AM
The Citigroup Centre in Sydney is half owned my Macquarie and half by GPT. Citibank lease a bit under half the available space with the rest taken up by Gilbert + Tobin, Spamil, and RBC, amongst others.

I would call it a bank tower if they were a major tennant of the building. So I'm not sure if that includes Central Park or not.

If you include any building with only a minority of space leased to a bank then there would be a whole stack of buildings. 101 Collins, 530 Collins, 333 Collins, 120 Collins, 565 Collins, 420 St Kilda Road, 200 Kings Way, and more, just in Melbourne alone. In Sydney you could add Grosvenor Place, 400 George, BT Tower, 60 Martin Place, 255 Elizabeth, 60 Market, and more...

If you were to go by "bank occupied" then I think 120 Collins would be the highest at 264m.

alvse
May 21st, 2007, 06:51 AM
Rio Tinto / Hamersly Iron & BHP Billiton occupy just under 50% of Central Park, with St Georges (including Asgard) having only around 10%.... I to be fair, I wouldn't call it a bank building, more.... a mining building :nuts:

here is a tenants list;
http://www.central-park.com.au/Public/Contact/TenantContacts.asp?View=P

Ari Gold
May 21st, 2007, 06:58 AM
Well, its supposed to be getting St George signing... is that enough to make it a bank tower?

No. Central Park is still going to be Central Park with big lights at the top.

If Central Park was renamed St Georges Bank Tower or something, then we can talk.

hayds
May 21st, 2007, 12:45 PM
this thread just said bank scrapers...basically scrapers with bank signage on from what i thought? St George bank occupy central Park, will have their signage on the tower...you do the math.

CULWULLA
May 21st, 2007, 01:02 PM
maybe we should have a thread- highest signs in Australia? lol

Brendan
May 21st, 2007, 01:09 PM
maybe we should have a thread- highest signs in Australia? lol

That's actually not a bad idea.

Qantas743
May 21st, 2007, 01:13 PM
I read this in the Guiness Book of Records a while ago so it may of changed but according to the book, the highest sign in Australia is the BHP logo on Bourke Place in Melbourne.

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/melbourne33.JPG

Ipggi
May 21st, 2007, 01:13 PM
Well then AMP Centrepoint Tower?

Fabian
May 21st, 2007, 02:13 PM
A few of mine so far

My Favourite - ANZ World Hq (Melbourne)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Melbourne/PB200113.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Melbourne/PB230089.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Melbourne/PB230090.jpg

& Collins Place

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Melbourne/CollinsPlaceTowers.jpg
NAB House Melbourne

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Melbourne/PB230082.jpg

& NAB Corporate HQ

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Melbourne/NABHeadquarters.jpg

Bendigo Bank @ Docklands

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Melbourne/PB200037-1.jpg

& some from Sydney

NAB
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney%20City/Architecture/image674.jpg

ANZ and Comm Bank at Martin Place

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney%20City/Architecture/image658.jpg

Comm Bank

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney%20City/Architecture/image657.jpg

Comsec (363 George)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney%20City/Architecture/P4218064.jpg

Another of Westpac World HQ

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney%20City/Architecture/P4218032.jpg

& Macquarie Bank

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Sydney%20City/Architecture/P2220792.jpg

Mickeebee
May 21st, 2007, 02:19 PM
The Westpac tower in Sydney is sublime.

aussieguy2001
May 21st, 2007, 02:40 PM
HULLO.... What about Citibank!!!!???

Sydney 242m. I think this is second best after Deustche Bank.

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9384/citigroupsz8.jpg

I love Citigroup... close to one of the best in the country

Fabian
May 22nd, 2007, 10:29 PM
Brisbane

Westpac Building (Queen St)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Brisbane/P7128730.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Brisbane/P7128732.jpg

CBA

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Brisbane/P2036441.jpg

Bank of Queensland (McArthur Central)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/Fabian/Brisbane/P2036443.jpg

Pistol78
May 23rd, 2007, 08:49 AM
I know it isn't the tallest, but I love the BankSA building in Adelaide. Just that art deco charm that makes it such an imposing building on the streetscape. The branch in the ground floor is something else as well. HUGE comes to mind.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa54/pistol1978/408446.jpg

crawf
May 23rd, 2007, 09:55 AM
Love the new look Westpac Building on KWS
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2347/455551qx2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Adelaide Bank and Commonwealth Bank - taken by AtD
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6947/1stdbq9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The other Adelaide Bank HQ on Hindmarsh Square is a very nice low-rise, though I cant find any photos of it

Mants
May 23rd, 2007, 01:30 PM
adelaide's newest addition to the skyline is ANZ:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/C_Mants/schoollastweek109.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/C_Mants/schoollastweek115.jpg

Austraarabian
May 25th, 2007, 03:25 PM
Here is an interesting article about banks from NSW govt. has a graph below for all the banks in OZ cities.

Australian and Foreign-owned Banks - Australian Cities 2006


In July 2006, banks in Australia held local assets of A$1.5 trillion.

Of the 54 authorised deposit-taking banks with operations in Australia, 44 are based in Sydney. This includes nine of the 11 foreign subsidiary banks in Australia and all of the 29 local branches of foreign banks. Major authorised foreign banks in Sydney include Citigroup, UBS Australia, Mizuho Corporate Bank, HSBC Bank Australia and Deutsche Bank. Other global banks have established highly successful back office operations in Sydney. Of the top 20 global banks, 17 have operations in Sydney.

The 2005 Australian Financial Markets Report, published by the Australian Financial Markets Association, demonstrates the considerable depth and sophistication of Australia’s financial markets. The report found that in 2005-06, total turnover across all of Australia’s financial markets reached A$100 trillion, a 21.6% increase on the previous year. Turnover on the over-the-counter financial markets rose by 23.2% to A$72 trillion while exchange traded markets (equities and futures) jumped by 17.9% to A$29 trillion. This continued strong growth reinforces Australia’s status as a global financial services centre, with Sydney as the epicentre.


Location of Australian and Foreign-owned Banks - Australian Cities, 2006 (1)
City Australian owned banks Foreign subsidiary banks (2) Branches of foreign banks (2) Total
Sydney 6 9 29 44
Melbourne 3 1 0 4
Brisbane 2 0 0 2
Adelaide 2 0 0 2
Perth 0 1 0 1
Bendigo 1 0 0 1
Total 14 11 29 54

BleakCity
May 25th, 2007, 03:30 PM
And this relates to a photo thread on bank scrapers, how..?

Shit-stir elsewhere.

crawf
May 26th, 2007, 01:21 PM
BTW if anyone wanted to know, the ANZ sinage is actually blue on the western side of the ANZ house.

r32_gts
May 27th, 2007, 04:34 AM
And this relates to a photo thread on bank scrapers, how..?

Shit-stir elsewhere.

doesnt really relate but it doesnt qualify as shit stirring. its an interesting article that he posted

Austraarabian
May 27th, 2007, 08:20 AM
doesnt really relate but it doesnt qualify as shit stirring. its an interesting article that he posted

Thank you.

Blindfold
July 12th, 2007, 12:58 AM
Although not a bank scraper per se, the 'St George' signage atop Perth's Cental Park is now swichted on.

Could it be the highest corprate signage in Australia?

CULWULLA
July 12th, 2007, 01:19 AM
^thats interesting. has anyone a pic of new logo/? how far up is it located?
current highest sign on a skyscraper in Australia is BHP logo on 224m Bourke Place.top of sign is 214m high. been highest since 1991.
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/melbourne33.JPG

highest sign in Australia is AMP on centrepoint tower.being 274m.

http://www.airviewonline.com.au/photos/0407/2813/tn_0407-2813-28.jpg

Blindfold
July 12th, 2007, 01:31 AM
No pic as yet. The signage has been in place for a couple of weeks but 'switched on' for the first time overnight i think. Its HUGE! Its located on the blank grey space just below the roofline and the start of the spire.

hayds
July 24th, 2007, 05:34 AM
you can see the signage here

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2749/img4030jv2.jpg

Ari Gold
July 24th, 2007, 06:38 AM
St George looks fuckn hot at night man.

Citystyle
July 24th, 2007, 11:13 AM
St George looks fuckn hot at night man.

Anyone would think St George stood for somthing else? The Logo works on St Georges Trc.

Ari Gold
July 24th, 2007, 11:16 AM
Well the dragon is up there as well. But agree theres a good connection present.

Bullswool
July 25th, 2007, 04:47 AM
someone make a mining tower thread :D

alvse
August 12th, 2007, 01:52 PM
..

Bullswool
August 12th, 2007, 01:53 PM
i forgot now that CP is technically a bank tower :)