Q1 (building)

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This page refers to Q1, a residential tower on the Gold Coast, Australia. For other uses of Q1, please go to Q1 (disambiguation)

Q1
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Completed
Begun	2002
Completed	Late 2005
Structure	Glass
Location
Locale	Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast
Address	Clifford Street
Height
Roof	275m (902 ft)
Spire	323m (1,058 ft)
Floors	80
Companies
Sunland Group (Arch.)
Observation Deck
Yes, 2 story, Level 77.
Opened	2005

Q1 (meaning Queensland Number One) is the world's tallest residential tower, when measured to its pinnacle (the top of its spire, 323 m), and the tallest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere. Melbourne's Eureka Tower is 297.2 m, but is the highest when measured to its roof, with 92 floors. In comparison, the Eiffel Tower is 300 meters when its 24 m pinnacle is excluded.

Q1 is located in Surfers Paradise, the tourism hub of the Gold Coast in Australia.

The design was inspired by the Sydney 2000 Olympic torch and the Sydney Opera House. The name was given in honour of members of Australia’s Olympic sculling team of the 1920s – Q1.

It has overtaken the 21st Century Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as the world's tallest residential tower.

Q1 is the 20th tallest building in the world. This tower dwarfs the existing skyline of the Gold Coast, at least until the nearby 240m Soul, and 220m Circle on Cavill are built.

The observation deck at level 77 is the world's only beachside observation deck.

Q1 was designed by Atelier SDG, developed by The Sunland Group, and built by Sunland Constructions.

The building is supported by 22 piles, two metres in diameter, that extend 40 metres into the ground then up to four metres into solid rock.

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Facts

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80 stories high.
323 m tall.
Two storey observation deck with room for 400 people.
Including its spire, Q1 is only 1m shorter than the Eiffel Tower (which stands at 324m, including its antenna)
The penthouse, sold for $12,000,000, to Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is the most expensive apartment in Queensland
Sixty floors up is a 10 storey high mini-rainforest sky garden, which is illuminated at night.
Construction was completed in November 2005.