AMP Square
AMP Square (527–535 Bourke Street) is a skyscraper situated in Melbourne, Australia, located on the corner of Bourke and Williams Streets in the Melbourne CBD. Designed by US firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with local firm Bates Smart McCutcheon, and completed in 1969, it was briefly the tallest in the city, and is noted for its use of solid sculpted forms bringing a sense of monumentality to tall buildings.
| AMP Square | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Office tower |
| Architectural style | International Style, Brutalist, Early Modernist |
| Address | 527-555 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°48′57.8″S 144°57′27.9″E |
| Completed | 1969 |
| Client | The Australian Mutual Provident Society |
| Height | 133 m (436 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 26 |
| Floor area | 7,743 m2 (83,340 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Skidmore Owings & Merrill Bates Smart & McCutcheon |
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