The BuildingsCOLLINS STREET
Collins Arch
The building
Collins Arch was built on the block where Melbourne's first official produce market once stood, and later a modernist 1965 office building that was demolished in the mid-2010s. The current building was completed in 2020 to a joint design by the architecture firms Woods Bagot and SHoP Architects, developed by Cbus Property in a $1.25 billion project. It is two glass towers joined by an eight-level sky bridge, holding apartments, the W Melbourne hotel and offices.
In brief
- 1965National Mutual building completed on the site, later demolished
- 2018Twin towers under construction after the planning permit was secured
- 2020Collins Arch completed
- 2021W Melbourne hotel opens in the East Tower
The doorstep
Three places within a short walk.
What each one is, and how far it is from the front door. Select a place to see it on the map.
1
Nature850 m · 11 min walk
Flagstaff Gardens
Melbourne's oldest public park, on the hill that was the colony's first burial ground and signal station.
2
Dining521 m · 7 min walk
Patricia Coffee Brewers
A standing-room espresso bar at the rear of Little Bourke Street, single-minded about coffee since 2011 — no seats, no fuss.
3
Arcade524 m · 7 min walk
Royal Arcade
Australia's oldest surviving arcade, opened 1870, where the carved giants Gog and Magog have struck the hour for over a century.
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