Eureka Tower is a 297.3 m (975 ft) skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

[4] The project was designed by Melbourne architectural firm Fender Katsalidis Architects and was built by Grocon (Grollo Australia).

[8] At the base of the tower is an art installation containing nine bees inside a white box, resembling a manmade beehive.

The installation was created by Richard Stringer and Nonda Katsalidis, and was initially completed in December 2007.

The building's proximity to the water table as well as the Yarra River made the construction of a basement car park uneconomical.

For comparison, the Q1 apartment tower on the Gold Coast has its highest habitable floor (the observation deck), reaching a height of 235 m (771 ft), some 62 m (203 ft) lower than Eureka Tower's highest habitable floor.

A system of pumps constantly moves water between the two 300,000-litre tanks to counteract wind-induced oscillations.

[7] The observation deck (Melbourne Skydeck) occupies the entire 88th floor of the Eureka Tower and is the highest public vantage point in a building in the Southern Hemisphere at 285 m (935 ft).

The Skydeck features twenty viewfinders that help visitors to pinpoint numerous significant landmarks around all parts of Melbourne, along with several free binoculars.

[citation needed] On 16 April 2006, a new proposal was announced that the construction company and developers were considering options for the building to have a "skywalk" that would take daring people up 350 m (1,150 ft) high.

[14] Located on the top floor (level 89) of the Eureka Tower, Eureka 89 Dining & Events is a restaurant, cocktail bar and event space offering a modern Australian menu by award winning chef Renee Martillano.

Eureka 89's location on the tower's top floor makes it the Southern Hemisphere's highest restaurant & bar at a staggering 292.3 m (959 ft) high.

Eureka Tower has 24 carat (99.9%) gold plated glass windows on the top 10 floors of the building.

[4] A 2-floor Grocon-Lubeca jumpform system was used to halve work time, concrete and joints required in the core, as well as increasing structural integrity.

[citation needed] From June 2013, a team of researchers placed Tillandsia airplants on four locations on the tower.