Four Seasons To Occupy Australia’s Future Tallest Tower

A Four Seasons hotel plans to occupy the top floors of a 273-m-tall tower that will be joined by a 365-m-tall tower — Australia’s future tallest — forming the AUD2.7-billion (US$1.9 billion) STH BNK by Beulah in Melbourne’s Southbank District, CNN reports. UN Studio designed the twisting, dual-tower project, dubbed the “world’s tallest greenscraper” for a 5.5-km-long “garden path” rising along the structures’ façades, terrace tree gardens on the upper floors and ferns and shrubs on the lower ones. Together, the towers will offer approximately 12,500 m² of public green space. Hotel guests will enter the 210-room establishment, which will also have event spaces, a rooftop restaurant and a bar, through a sky lobby on the 63rd floor. Global consultancy Arup is working on structural engineering; mechanical, electrical and plumbing; and vertical transportation. STH BNK is scheduled for completion in 2028, at which point it would surpass the Gold Coast’s Q1 Tower as Australia’s tallest.