Abode318

Abode318
Location within Melbourne
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Residential
Location	302-324 Russell Street, Melbourne,  Australia[1]
Coordinates	37°48′33″S 144°57′52″E / 37.8092°S 144.9645°E / -37.8092; 144.9645
Construction started	2011
Construction stopped	2015
Completed	2015
Cost	AUD$136 million
Height
Tip	187.3 m (614.5 ft)[1]
Roof	187.3 m (614.5 ft)[1]
Top floor	172.9 m (567.3 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count	57 plus 1 underground[1]
Floor area	45,000 m2 (480,000 sq ft)[1]
Lifts/elevators	4[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Elenberg Fraser Disegno Australia [1]
Developer	PDG Corporation Schiavello Group [1]
Structural engineer	Meinhardt Group[1]
Main contractor	ProBuild[1]

Abode318 is a residential skyscraper developed by PDG Corporation and Schiavello and designed by Elenberg Fraser and Disegno Australia in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As of November 2016^[update], the skyscraper is the 38th–tallest building in Melbourne.^[1]

Initially proposed in 2007, and named the Barton Tower,^[1] the skyscraper anticipated the current trend of "skinny skyscrapers" proposed in Melbourne.^[2] Indeed, the most unusual feature of the building is its "curving exterior" which is illuminated by 10 millimetres of rose coloured glass, which incorporates thermal properties that insulate the skyscraper.^[3] Abode318 comprises 450 apartments across 57 levels, and reaches a height of 187.3 metres (614.5 feet).^[1] The project received approval by then-Planning Minister Matthew Guy in 2011, with construction commencing later that year. At a cost of AUD$136 million, the building topped-out in late 2014, and was completed by early 2015.^[4][5] At the time of its completion, Abode318 was the 10th–tallest building in Melbourne; additionally, it became the first building since the 2006 completion of the Eureka Tower to be listed in the "ten-tallest buildings of Melbourne".^[2]

• List of tallest buildings in Melbourne
• List of tallest buildings in Australia

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