The 50-storey Quay Quarter Tower (QQT) commercial development forms the centre piece of the wider Quay Quarter precinct. Developed by AMP Capital it is the catalyst for the transformation of Sydney’s iconic Circular Quay, supporting Sydney’s future as a green, global, and connected city.
The complex, 200 metre composite structural steel tower offers 90,000m2 of premium-grade office space. The team worked closely with structural engineers to achieve the world-first adaptive reuse to retain two-thirds of the building’s core stitched together with new floor plates to double the net lettable area without increasing the building’s height. The building has 6-Star Green Star and NABERS ratings.
Samaras Structural Engineers scope consisted of key areas totaling over 6,000 tonnes of primary and secondary structural steel, and 11,565 individual workshop drawings.
The captivating 200-metre-high (656 feet) tower, which consists of a five block rotating cantilever design is one of a kind which will be visible in the Sydney skyline for decades to come. This design could only be achieved by using structural steelwork to allow the structural engineers to realize the architectural intent. The new tower together with the reuse of the existing AMP building is truly one of a kind in Australia and the world.