Crown Sydney
Sydney's tallest tower — 75 floors, 271 metres — rose from concrete landfill where industrial wharves fell silent in the 1960s and 70s.
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WilkinsonEyre's 271.3 m skyscraper for Crown Resorts triggered years of opposition from Paul Keating, the Lord Mayor, and the city's former government architect before construction started in October 2016. The fight was over public open space at Barangaroo Central. The building opened December 2020, housing a hotel, residences, casino, and hospitality venues on a site reclaimed from the harbour across the 1960s and 70s.
What to look for
- The slender tower profile at 271.3 m — tallest in Sydney, fourth tallest in Australia
- Its position within a cluster alongside One Sydney Harbour and International Towers on the former wharf footprint
- The reclaimed waterfront edge where working harbour was progressively filled over through the 1960s and 70s
Hotel restaurants and hospitality venues are publicly accessible; casino entry is subject to separate requirements. The building sits on the Barangaroo waterfront in central Sydney.
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More to see in Sydney
- Sydney Opera HouseJørn Utzon won the design competition in 1957, directed construction, then resigned before it ever opened — Queen Elizabeth II cut the ribbon on 20 October 1973.
- Sydney Harbour BridgeWalk the arch of the world's tallest steel bridge — nicknamed "the Coathanger" — with Sydney Harbour spread out below you and the arch top rising 134 m above the water.
- Accor StadiumBuilt in 1999 for A$690 million, this was the largest Olympic stadium ever constructed — originally squeezing in 115,000 people.
- Sydney Tower EyeAt 309 m above the CBD, this is the highest observation deck in the Southern Hemisphere by deck elevation — clearing Auckland's Sky Tower by nearly 30 m.
- Australian MuseumThe world's fifth oldest natural history museum has been in Sydney since 1827 — older than the colony could really afford it.
- Taronga ZooFive thousand animals on the Mosman shore — and the Sydney skyline watches from across the water.