101 Collins Street

{{Short description|260m skyscraper in Collins Street, Melbourne central business district, Australia.}}

{{Infobox building

| name = 101 Collins St

| image = AUS Melbourne, Central Business District, Princes Bridge, View 002.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| highest_region = Melbourne

| highest_start = March 1991

| highest_end = August 1991

| highest_prev = Rialto Towers

| highest_next = 120 Collins Street

| location = Collins Street, Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia

| completion_date = March 1991

| status = Complete

| building_type = Office

| roof = {{convert|195|m|abbr=on}}

| antenna_spire = {{convert|260|m|abbr=on}}

| floor_count = 57

| floor_area = {{convert|82,800|m2|sigfig=2|abbr=on}}

| architect = Denton Corker Marshall

| coordinates = {{coord|37|48|54|S|144|58|14.8|E|type:landmark_region:AU-VIC|display=title,inline}}

| website = {{URL|www.101collins.com.au}}

}}

101 Collins Street is a {{convert|260|m|abbr=on}} skyscraper located in Collins Street, Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. The 57-storey building designed by Denton Corker Marshall was completed in March 1991. Towards the end of project, with a change of developer, the foyer space was designed by John Burgee, noted as a pioneer of postmodern architecture.[http://www.101collins.com.au/beta/about/ "101 Collins Street: About"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005213709/http://www.101collins.com.au/beta/about/ |date=5 October 2016 }}. 101collins.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

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It overtook Rialto Towers and became the tallest building in Melbourne and Australia until August 1991, when 120 Collins Street was completed. As of 2022, the tower is the sixth-tallest building in Melbourne and the 11th-tallest building in Australia when measured up to the tallest architectural point, which is the {{convert|60|m|abbr=on}}-tall spire.[http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1501 SkyscraperPage.com's entry]

The tower contains {{convert|83000|m2|abbr=on}} of rentable space. The floor-to-ceiling height is unusually large for a skyscraper at {{convert|2.77|m|abbr=on}}. The {{convert|30|m|abbr=on}} lifts can reach speeds of {{convert|7|m/s|abbr=on}}. There are 414 underground car park spaces. The building contains double glazed windows with surface coated tempered glass to increase thermal efficiency.

A large part of the site for 101 was created by demolishing the 26 floor CRA Building, the tallest in the city in the mid 1960s.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040619115637/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=108454 Emporis.com - Building ID 108454]}} It the first skyscraper to be demolished in the city.{{Cite book |last=Annear |first=Robyn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SyHvAgAAQBAJ&q=cra+building+collins&pg=PT141 |title=A City Lost and Found: Whelan the Wrecker's Melbourne |date=2014-03-26 |publisher=Black Inc. |isbn=978-1-922231-41-3 |language=en}}

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The owners of 101 Collins have implemented a strategy of buying adjacent properties to safeguard the building's views, particularly towards the south. As a result, Flinders Lane has experienced an emergence of new restaurants and bars in older buildings.{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/tower-of-power-splashes-out-to-protect-tenants-views-20191001-p52wjg.html|title='Tower of power' splashes out to protect tenants' views |author=Simon Johanson |author2=Nicole Lindsay |date=2019-10-01|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-10-14}}

101 Collins Street lends its name to a Yarra Trams stop that is served by routes 11, 12, 48 and 109.{{Cite web |title=Departures from 7-Exhibition St/Collins St (Melbourne City) |url=https://citymapper.com/melbourne/tram/7-exhibition-stcollins-st-melbourne-city-w |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Citymapper}}