140 Williams Street
Melbourne, Australia

HEIGHT: 152m
FLOORS: 41 floors
COMPLETION: 1972
ARCHITECT: ?


Built in the Sixties period in the Modern style

Notable architectural features :
Former BHP House is a smooth steel and glass prism reticulated by a graphic statement of the structural frame.

The building was erected on the site of the Menzies Hotel as the new home for mining giant BHP steel and quickly became a new Melbourne urban icon.

Building design by : Yuncken Freeman, Skidmore Owings & Merril

BHP House (140 William) is classified by:

National Trust

Victorian Heritage Register

The BHP House (140 William) building is protected by state law

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I don't like boxes but this one is very classy and for some reason apears larger than it really is...

8.5

MG2

let me preface this by saying I'm a fan of the box....this is one of the better ones I've seen....very simple internationalist styling and obviously has some Mies influence especially towards the base...not bad for a 60's design, it has aged well...nice overall ...8/10...

6. it's a box. but if i look in the 3rd pic, i can say it looks better than its neighbor

boxy...but it's good. 6.5/10

7/10

Crisp. One of the nicer boxes I've seen from that era. The diagonals are nice.

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I'ts heaps better then both of its neighbours, both on its right and left.

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Its a timeless masterpierce. Designed by SOM, it was Australia's 2nd tallest skyscraper in 1972 at 500ft!
pretty impressive!

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7.5/10. It's a box, but I just love the 3rd picture! I don't know why. :)

This box looks good!:)
7.0/10

A 6.5/10 for an regular boxy scraper

7 nice, smart and elegant box of glass, steel and concrete!:D

not bad at all. I like the exterior design. 7.5

7/10


it looks ok (boxy)

6/10. It dosent make me sing with joy just yet.

While it is a box
the gird like feature in this case does add a few things
More as symbol of the era it was built it, it could have been a lot worse. So get 6/10 from me for being a classy classic

Very good pics! :)
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I like it, 7/10

not my type of box

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9/10 from me. One of the best I've seen in Melbourne. I guess you just have to be there to appreciate its presence. Much better than those crap churned out today.

7.5/10 One of the better boxes

7/10

I remember watching each steel beam going up then towering over Melbourne. So long ago yet driving past it last weekend it still looks brand new. Timeless, fine Architecture.

http://www.statelibrary.vic.gov.au/pictures/0/0/2/im/pi002046.jpg

http://www.statelibrary.vic.gov.au/pictures/0/0/2/im/pi002047.jpg

http://statelibrary.vic.gov.au/pictures/0/0/2/im/pi002050.jpg

6/10

I must have missed this one while in Melbourne coz I can't find any photo's of it....as boxes go it looks ok 7/10

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Pic by Fabian...140 William St, being the tallest black scraper, in the pic:

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/2236/banks1tu.jpg

Boring Ol' Box
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A better box. 7.5/10

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The top is very nicely done. so clean.

very few box-type buildings in the world can claim the same.

9/10. The details are just fantastic. Anyone noticed those joints at the glass panels and steel? Almost seamless.

Boring Ol' Box
5

boring? you mean it doesn't make you laugh? well, may I cordially recommend all those new buildings in China for your relaxation. most of them should make you laugh. I know I laughed. hahaha

This building is nice to look at day or night. I'd say it's a lot better than 90% of the highrises in Japan.

8/10

Looks orright in the evening...

http://static.flickr.com/59/181423052_9383d34ce3_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mugley/181423052/)

9/10 for me. All round classic. If Melbourne is still around 100 years from now you can bet that building will still be a part of it.

Ugly 6/10

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Looks like its been taken off the streets of Midtown Manhattan and plonked down in the middle of Melbourne.

9.5/10

Boxy! -.-

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boxy, 6/10

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very nice! 9/10

Very nice... 9/10

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One of the best 70s buildings in Australia, wish it was 20 stories higher though, so it would really stand out on the skyline.
Its alittle bit of New York in Melbourne............:cheers:

8/10

8. Good building. Regards.

8/10

Pic by Fabian...140 William St, being the tallest black scraper, in the pic:

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/2236/banks1tu.jpg


Nice,black,tall box.:)
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10/10:)

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Very beautiful. 8/10

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3 or less

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