Tower "Rialto", located in Melbourne - it is the tallest in the southern hemisphere, the office building and the second tallest concrete building, if you count the height of the roof.

In fact, the "Rialto" - these are two separate buildings. In the late 19th century on the site where today rise tower, located a number of public institutions. Among them was the Rialto office building, built in 1889 and later gave its name to a skyscraper. Today this historic building is adjacent to the towers.

Construction of an office complex began in 1982 and lasted 4 years. The height of the south tower is 251 meters, 63 floors in it. North Tower below - 185 meters and 43 floors. On the 55 floor of the south tower from 1994 to 2009 it housed an observation deck, which became the first in the Melbourne area in the skyscraper. In good weather, it opened with an overview of a range of 60 km. Climb to the platform could be one of the two high-speed elevators or stairs, consisting of 1450 steps. Today on the site of the observation deck restaurant, which offers a wonderful view of the city and Yarra River.

And the stairs "Rialto" each year flee the competitors' race up the steps "- the winner receives a trip to New York for a similar competition in the Empire State Building.