Eureka Tower is an apartment building in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Australia. Construction began in 2001 and the exterior completed on the 1st of June 2006. The plaza will be finished in June.

Eureka Tower is the tallest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere and the second tallest residential building after the Q1 apartment tower in Gold Coast, Queensland.

On January 10, 2005, Grocon, the firm building Eureka Tower proposed adding a 53.75m communications mast/observation tower. The proposal is currently before the local planning commission. This mast would be a significant structure, used for providing an adventure climb to the tip of the summit - the highest observation area in the Southern Hemisphere. The 'Big E' as it is known amongst skyscraper enthusiasts, will (by original plan) rise 297.2m above ground (exactly 300m above sea level), and stand at 91 storeys above the ground, as well as one basement floor.

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