#286 l Telstra Corporate Building l MELBOURNE l 218m l 47fl

[RafflesCity]

218m/715ft
Telstra Corporate Building
Melbourne, Australia

HEIGHT: 218m/715 feet
FLOORS: 47 floors
COMPLETION: 1992
ARCHITECT: Perrot Lyon Mathieson

The new national headquarters for Australia's major telecommunications carrier, this 43 level building investigates the possibilities for city building other than the podium/tower or tower/plaza types. The lower levels, incorporating a number of old buildings, uses the historic patterns of the site to generate new forms. The tower, with its staggered and broken top, alludes to a more complex urbanistic image for the tower form.

http://www.walkingmelbourne.com/images/telstracorporate.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/telesta02.JPG

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics02/telesta01.jpeg

[Perth4life]

i thought it was 195m :? neways i think its like a mini sears 7/10 because of the colour of the facade its like a browny black dont like it.

[Wu-Gambino]

5/10

1992? More like 1962.

[airsickpenthousedweller]

A conservative design that indeed looks outdated.

5/10

[RafflesCity]

7/10

Its ok. I like the layered look, at least its not a boring box.

[Imperfect Ending]

5

Sears's mini

[AtlanticaC5]

6/10

Boxy, quite boring

[luis]

6/10

[renell]

5.5/10 i thought this was one of those mistakes of the 70's, but no.. :no:

[The Messiah]

This skyscraper looks like it's been there for over 30 years....boring..
5.0/10

[Wisma]

5.5/10 :puke:

[Javier]

From afar looks like a mini version of the Sears Tower....

5/10

[Fabio]

5/10


:ohno:

[_tictac_]

I hate saying this but it's ugly while it also looks cheap and dirty...gave it 5/10 because of its height :(

[TYW]

first pic--->OK
2nd pic--->extremely ugly
3rd pic---->quite cool
4th pic---->cool

5.5/10 :(

[Venezuelacom]

i agree with all of you, looks boring.. 5/10

[Necker]

8

[Chibcha2k]

mmm.....ehm its cool 9/10

[james2390]

Boring.5/10

[7 World Trade]

like its slightly high-tech look, but the window shades really gotta go.

this building doesn't really look australian, so i'll give it a 7

[SeeMacau]

It looks a lot better in real !! I really like this building

9/10

[Schroedinger's Cat]

6.5/10

[yyyih]

It looks a lot better in real !!

Totally agree......8.5

[Winus]

7/10

More pictures:
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/melbourne39.jpg
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/melbourne42.jpg
http://jon.thackray.org/melbourne/telstra.jpg
http://www.skyscraperphotos.com/cit/dme00/b/izme043.jpg
http://www.skyscraperphotos.com/cit/dme00/b/izme040.jpg

[Yardmaster]

This building is reminiscent of the Sears Tower, but it's more imaginative. 8/10.

[SteelCity32]

I'm bad, I missed one :(

kinda boring...6/10

[Liz L]

7/10 - the slim spandrels and mullions stand out well against the dark facade.

But - the several tubes grouped together look too chunky,and the roof is flat, dull, and doesn't fit in with the rest of the building...

[DamienK]

It's ok. 7/10.

[David3820]

It's fine with me. 7/10

[empersouf]

Only looks good at night...................... 7.0

[Sitol447]

7,5/10 - Not bad.

[jimm]

8/10

[Monkey]

I like the white squares/lines on the facade, but overall it's a rather dated looking building.

6/10

[andysimo123]

5/10

[Tri-City Guy]

Not my favourite among Melbourne's big boys. Maybe after paying a $1000 phone bill, its the Telstra name that turns me off? Nah, its too boring for Melbourne.

[Taufiq]

4/10

[MattSal]

Boxy, almost too boxy. I give it a 6/10. :(

[Grollo]

I think people are being a bit harsh on this one, probably because of the pics on the first page. It's no work of art but it's also not an ugly building worth less than 6/10.

http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/telstra.jpg

http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/melbourne39.jpg

[SoboleuS]

It's too dark and boxy. Looks like smaller and worse version of Sears Tower... 7/10

[Medo]

Boring shape.6

[Smileyface]

Didn't really grab my attention while visiting the city 6/10

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v173/Robdann/Melbourne%202/TelstraBuilding.jpg

[Phobos]

6/10

The shape is boring,however,some parts of the cladding are interesting

[Minneapolitan]

SICK. 5

[DRAKKO]

5/10

[trickykid]

i like the blocky design. It is in some ways 'daring' but not quite daring enough. not bad though 8/10

[Principes]

That is a shit picture of the building.

[Urban Dave]

6/10 Nothing special, could be much better

[B@dGuYoM]

7/10

[mtb_nz]

tooooooo box like 5/10

[Latoso]

7/10

[Jules]

Doesn't look its height. 6.5.

[Reflex]

6.5/10.

[FJP]

:no: not very particular 5.5/10

[El_Greco]

6/10

[Xoceelias]

6.5/10

[jesarm]

dificult to get opinion in this pic

[www.sercan.de]

7/10

[Blue_Sky]

6/10

[Mosaic]

fair looking7.5/10

[ChiLooper]

6.5/10

[Harkeb]

4.5

[Sinjin P.]

5/10 is enough. :)

[forvine]

5/10

[Principes]

7/10.

[MCC]

Nothing special. 5.5/10

[Accura4Matalan]

4.5/10

[Effer]

5.5/10.

[Scruffy88]

3/10 oh hell no

[Moren-o]

7/10

[CborG]

mwoah.. 7/10, because i like glassy towers:)

[marpa]

3,5/10

[Skyman]

7/10

[LAYZIEDOGG]

6/10

[anakin]

5/10

[ZZ-II]

the facade is not my taste 7.5/10

[clarky]

7/10

[(((myx)))]

7.

[sharpie20]

4/10 Hmm, how is this building on the 300 list?

[gutooo]

6.5/10

[skipperBill]

6.5/10.

[mtt16]

7/10 it's ok for me

[Dreamlıneя]

3/10

[Very Controversial]

4/10

[Chinky Orz]

6/10

[weirdo]

boxes within boxes. looking pretty good. 7.5/10

[Ydlar]

7/10.

[vincent young]

3/10

[kamil.bukowski]

6/10

[W!CKED]

6/10

[Aliya]

6.5/10

[Piotr-Stettin]

5,5/10 :(

[LMCA1990]

7/10

[Astralis]

7/10

[MasonicStage™]

7/10

[RON-E]

4/10

too generic for my taste....

[Henk]

5/10.

[kon133]

3/10 :ohno:

[TallBox]

horrid. 3/10

[Pengui]

Wow. I mean. Amazing to think that this disaster was built so recently. The architect sure had been under cryo-conservation and missed 20 years of progress, I suppose. Even though, the lack of attention to some details such as the terrible appearance of the mechanical floors is appalling. Wasted.
3/10.

[Cabman]

So close and yet so far. Lacks the class to give it any more than a 6

[SkyLerm]

Not very... original...5.5/10

[incognito_rn]

boxy,4

[Halabalooza]

7.5

[WAuzzie]

8/10

[Nikkodemo]

7/10

[krzewi]

8/10

[meds]

5/10

[stasiua]

7/10

[briker]

6/

[Kawasaki_Kragujevac]

6.5/10

[Rutger1991]

6/10