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Identification
Name
Sky Tower
Emporis Building Number
120177
Location
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Complex
City
State
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Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data
Height (tip)
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Height (architectural)
328.00 m
Height (observation floor)
200.00 m
Height (observation deck)
192.00 m
Construction start
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Construction end
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Elevators
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Construction costs
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Structure in General
Construction type
telecommunications tower
Current status
existing [completed]
Architectural style
modernism
Usages
Facts
To pass the Sydney Tower in neighboring Australia, a 150-tonne 92.6 meter steel-fabricated telecommunications mast was fitted to the top of the tower.
The Sky Tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, and is visited by 1 million people each year.
Tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Sky Tower weighs 20,000 tonnes.
The entrance to the Sky Tower has a 40 metre (130 foot) long video and slide screen.
From the top on a clear day you can see 82 km in any direction.
There are 1,267 steps from the plaza to the Sky Deck.
Companies involved in this building

Architect: Craig Craig Moller

Other companies:
Anton Curley - Architectural Photographer, Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner, Schindler Elevator Ltd., Sky City Ltd, Terra Firma Group, The Fletcher Construction Company Ltd., Rider Hunt Holmes Cook Auckland, The Mitchell Partnership, Inc., G. James Glass & Aluminium Pty. Ltd., MEL Consultants Pty Ltd.
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