Grenfell Centre
Encyclopedia
Grenfell Centre is a high rise
office
building and is the third tallest building in Adelaide
, Australia
. with a height of 103 metres (338 feet). It was the tallest building in the city until surpassed by the Telstra
House in 1987. It comprises 26 floors and was completed in 1973. In the 1980s
, the building's foyer and interior were refurbushed. The 11 metre tall antenna was attached in 1980 and upgraded with digital transmitters in 2003.
High Rise
High Rise is a 1975 novel by J. G. Ballard. It takes place in an ultra-modern, luxury high-rise building.-Plot summary:The building seems to give its well-established tenants all the conveniences and commodities that modern life has to offer: swimming pools, its own school, a supermarket,...
office
Office
An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the...
building and is the third tallest building in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. with a height of 103 metres (338 feet). It was the tallest building in the city until surpassed by the Telstra
Telstra
Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications and media company, building and operating telecommunications networks and marketing voice, mobile, internet access and pay television products and services....
House in 1987. It comprises 26 floors and was completed in 1973. In the 1980s
1980s
File:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in...
, the building's foyer and interior were refurbushed. The 11 metre tall antenna was attached in 1980 and upgraded with digital transmitters in 2003.
External links
- http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=grenfellcentre-adelaide-australia
- http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7197