A name from the goldfields
The tower is named after the Eureka Stockade, a rebellion of 1854 during the Victorian gold rush. The architects, Fender Katsalidis, carried that story into the facade.
Reading the facade
The gold crown stands for the gold rush and the red stripe for the blood spilt in the revolt. The blue glass and white lines recall the rebels’ flag, and the white bands also resemble the markings on a surveyor’s measuring staff. The top ten floors have windows plated with 24-carat gold.
Water at the top
Levels 90 and 91 hold water tanks. Two tanks of 300,000 litres each are pumped back and forth to counter the sway of the building in the wind.



