CTBUH Silver Member

Bates Smart

About

Member Since: 2012

Member Offices: Sydney

Website: https://www.batessmart.com/

Within the Australian context, Bates Smart has an unparalleled level of knowledge and experience of a broad range of top flight large scale projects.

Their sophisticated experience equips its practice with the skills necessary to deliver an enduring level of excellence from conception to completion.

Bates Smart pays special attention to the environmental performance and long term durability of its buildings. They harness where possible the latest sustainable ideas and technologies in order to deliver the maximum possible environmentally sound outcomes for their clients.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height
1 One Barangaroo
271.3 m / 890  ft
2 Brisbane Skytower
269.6 m / 885  ft
3 Burramatta Place
233.6 m / 766  ft
4 700 Collins Street North Tower
223 m / 732  ft
5 Solar
214.9 m / 705  ft
6 Melbourne Central
211 m / 692  ft
7 Freshwater Place Residential Tower
205 m / 673  ft
8 Home Southbank
198 m / 650  ft
9 Collins House
190 m / 623  ft
10 Sofitel Hotel - Collins Place
188 m / 617  ft

Awards

51 Flinders Lane

Award of Excellence: 51 Flinders Lane

Future Project Award 2023

Ctbuh Leaders

Karen Wong

Karen Wong

CTBUH Chapter Board Member, 2014 – Present

Melbourne

Philip Vivian

Philip Vivian

CTBUH City Committee, Sydney, 2015 – Present

Sydney

Colby Wright

Colby Wright

CTBUH City Committee, Sydney, 2018 – Present

Associated companies

RANK
Name
Height
1 Queensbridge Tower

308 m / 1,010 ft

2 555 Collins Street

298 m / 978 ft

3 8 Parramatta Square

289 m / 950 ft

4 AMP Tower

275 m / 902 ft

5 One Barangaroo

271 m / 890 ft

6 Brisbane Skytower

270 m / 885 ft

7 8 Parramatta Square

239 m / 783 ft

8 Burramatta Place

234 m / 766 ft

9 700 Collins Street North Tower

223 m / 732 ft

10 Solar

215 m / 705 ft

11 Melbourne Central

211 m / 692 ft

12 Freshwater Place Residential Tower

205 m / 673 ft

13 Home Southbank

198 m / 650 ft

14 LK Tower

197 m / 646 ft

15 Queen Victoria Market Tower

196 m / 643 ft

16 Collins House

190 m / 623 ft

17 Sofitel Hotel - Collins Place

188 m / 617 ft

18 ANZ Tower - Collins Place

188 m / 617 ft

19 Chapel Tower

178 m / 584 ft

20 Victoria Cross Metro Station Tower

170 m / 558 ft

21 Chifley South

168 m / 551 ft

22 Victoria Cross Metro Station Tower

167 m / 548 ft

23 35 Spring Street

164 m / 539 ft

24 52-60 Collins Street

163 m / 535 ft

25 2 Southbank Boulevard

161 m / 528 ft

26 27-35 Garfield Terrace

160 m / 525 ft

27 1 Denison Street

159 m / 521 ft

28 32 Flinders Street

159 m / 520 ft

29 555 Collins Street

152 m / 499 ft

30 107 Mount Street

148 m / 486 ft

31 Indi on Pitt Street

142 m / 464 ft

32 140 George Street

138 m / 453 ft

33 420 George Street

136 m / 447 ft

34 Darling Square North

135 m / 443 ft

35 105 Miller Street

130 m / 427 ft

36 17 Spring Street

128 m / 420 ft

37 Boomerang Tower

126 m / 413 ft

38 177 Pacific Highway

125 m / 410 ft

39 One30 Hyde Park

123 m / 404 ft

40 181 William Street

123 m / 404 ft

41 Opal Tower

117 m / 384 ft

42 AMP Square

113 m / 372 ft

43 854 Hunter Street East Tower

107 m / 351 ft

44 One Australia Avenue

107 m / 351 ft

45 Concavo Tower Two

104 m / 341 ft

46 Convesso Tower One

104 m / 341 ft

47 161 Sussex Street Redevelopment

103 m / 338 ft

48 Twenty8 Freshwater Place

103 m / 338 ft

49 Hotel Lindrum

100 m / 328 ft

50 854 Hunter Street West Tower

100 m / 328 ft

51 Crown Metropol

99 m / 323 ft

52 Ryde Garden Building B

92 m / 302 ft

53 Crown Promenade Hotel

92 m / 302 ft

54 No. 1 Collins Wharf

90 m / 296 ft

55 IGLU Building

90 m / 295 ft

55 The Melburnian West

90 m / 295 ft

57 6-8 Claremont Street

89 m / 290 ft

58 171 Collins Street

86 m / 283 ft

59 Australia Towers II

84 m / 277 ft

60 Orica House

84 m / 275 ft

61 Ryde Garden Building A

82 m / 269 ft

62 ATO Quattro Collins Square

80 m / 262 ft

63 Waterloo Metro Quarter South Tower

77 m / 253 ft

64 Sydney Water HQ

76 m / 249 ft

65 Iglu South Yarra

74 m / 244 ft

66 271 Spring Street

73 m / 241 ft

67 Iglu Brisbane City

73 m / 240 ft

68 903-921 Bourke Street

73 m / 240 ft

69 47 Wentworth Avenue

70 m / 230 ft

70 55 Southbank

70 m / 229 ft

71 6-12 O'Riordan Street

69 m / 226 ft

72 51 Flinders Lane

66 m / 217 ft

73 Site 18

65 m / 213 ft

74 Iglu Redfern

63 m / 208 ft

75 Proximity (Building A)

61 m / 200 ft

76 596 St. Kilda Road

60 m / 197 ft

76 Opera

60 m / 197 ft

78 IGLU Building

60 m / 197 ft

79 88 Alfred Street South

60 m / 197 ft

80 MLC Building

59 m / 194 ft

81 The Quay Tower 1

57 m / 187 ft

81 The Quay Tower 2

57 m / 187 ft

83 Urbanest Haymarket

55 m / 180 ft

84 854 Hunter Street Office Building

55 m / 179 ft

85 Proximity (Building B)

50 m / 164 ft

86 The Eastbourne

50 m / 164 ft

87 25 King

47 m / 153 ft

88 Ryde Garden Building C

45 m / 148 ft

89 Toorak Tower

45 m / 147 ft

90 Tech Central

-

91 The Lyall

-

92 13 Spring Street

-

93 IGLU Russell Street

-

94 540-550 Lonsdale Street

-

95 407-409 King Street

-

95 Parkfront Tower

-

97 Macquarie Exchange

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Bates Smart

Member Focus: Bates Smart

17 April 2023

This week, as part of the CTBUH "Member Appreciation Month," we're featuring one of Australia’s oldest architectural firms and one of our most enduring partners: Bates Smart, a member since 1981, with offices in Sydney and Melbourne.

Design Excellence Competition: 10 Valentine Avenue

20 November 2019

Join the CTBUH Australia Chapter's Sydney Committee for the next episode of its Design Excellence series, featuring the competition design thinking for 10 Valentine Avenue.

Designing the Global City

08 May 2019

CTBUH Australia and the UNSW Built Environment present a lecture featuring Prof. Robert Freestone, who will speak on ‘Design excellence and the competition dividend in central Sydney.'

CTBUH Australia Hosts Commercial Timber: 25 King Street

26 July 2018

The CTBUH Australia Chapter investigated commercial timber projects through 25 King Street, which will be the world's tallest timber office building upon completion.

CTBUH Sydney Design Excellence: 280 George Street

20 June 2018

The CTBUH Sydney Committee hosted the second installment of the 2018 Design Excellence Series, a discussion of the competition design thinking for 280 George Street.

Skyscraper Summit Warms Sydney Up for CTBUH 2017

18 August 2017

A joint venture between the Urban Taskforce and CTBUH delivered a successful “warm-up” event in advance of the CTBUH 2017 Conference in Australia on August 18, 2017.