#120 l Rialto Towers l MELBOURNE l 251m l 63fl

[sugizm]

10/10 simply appealing

[dynamoultraclean]

Pic posted by The Collector

[Trances]

now looking at that photo wish i gave them more

[Imperial]

9/10

[GuilhermeC]

9/10
Absolutely great.

[Tri-City Guy]

It's classic Melbourne. A 10 - understated elegance and a man made Ayers Rock with its changes in colour.

[Monkey]

8/10

Impressive height and cool reflective skin. Like it.

[Adder-Laid]

10 - My favourite building by a mile

and because it hasn't been posted here yet, here's a shot from uewepuep

[Monkey]

^ That pic is very, very cool.

[DamienK]

That's a beautiful pic.

[LA53R]

Beautifull Towers Best in Aus until Seol is complete 10/10

[sakor1]

Originally Posted by LA53R

Beautifull Towers Best in Aus until Seol is complete 10/10

You mean of course Soul . And nah.... to many balconies on soul even if they are very well done. Rialto will always be no 1 in my heart.

Stu

[Trances]

well it has been over taken by Eureka now ! no longer number 1

[Blend]

It will always be one of the best. IMO the only contender will be Vision

[LA53R]

I grew up on the Gold Coast i don't think balconies are bad hehehe.
Oh and thanx for the spelling correction

Blend i don't know if i like Vision, its kinda thin and odd looking to me, Q1 is much better....

[Blabbyboy]

Originally Posted by Icanseeformiles

I have a strong sentimental attachment to this building.I know it's not a record breaker or particularly inovative in design but in real life it has a certain something.
And yes believe what you hear about the reflections...simply stunning.
My fav' reflection is that of a late afternoon thunderstorm, it turns an irridecent greenish blue.
Is there still speculation tha it is sinking or was that an uban myth.
once watched 3 fire fighters rope down the side from the top to the street several years ago.
it's an icon , no doubt about it

It was one of the tallest reinforced concrete towers in the world when built (if not the tallest, I can't remember), and had some of the fastest lifts in the world at the time. When it was built, it was way ahead of its time.

Never really been a favourite of mine, but I agree with what people have said - it looks better in real life than it does in photos, is an important part of the Melbourne skyline, and it has a simple elegance to it that is much enhanced by its siting at an angle to the city grid, slim & tall south tower, the intriguing reflective glass facade and the little setbacks in its facade that "catch" the morning and evening sun in "reflective strips" along the length of the tower. Also, it has an awesome (and under-rated) observation deck!!!

[CULWULLA]

I reckon Rialto is a nice "glass" building. glass towers tend to become boring. just a large expanse of glass. no details.There are better office towers in Australia . Also if you want to include resi towers. cant go past World Tower.i think a skyscraper needs to be busy. lots and lots of ins and outs, a little glass, concrete, steel ect ect.






imo, resi towers have surpassed office towers in designs.

[Blend]

Originally Posted by LA53R

I grew up on the Gold Coast i don't think balconies are bad hehehe.
Oh and thanx for the spelling correction

Blend i don't know if i like Vision, its kinda thin and odd looking to me, Q1 is much better....

:O

thats a weird statement. Everyone else has dubbed it to be the best scraper in Australia if it looks like renders. (extremly suprisingly even Melbourners)


It is far superior to Q1, which when i first saw its design was elegant... but then this scraper extended the elegance thing.

I dont like people saying its a copy of Q1, since just because the shape is similar flat style back, bladed front).. if thats so, then every box is a copy of eachother. not true.

anyway.. Rialto is simple but awesome.

[andysimo123]

Nice 8/10

[David3820]

Omg it's extremely appealing!! I love it a lot!!! 10/10