Salesforce Tower, Sydney
Standing at 53 storeys high, the Salesforce Tower at 180 George Street is a notable landmark of Sydney’s CBD skyline. Home to Salesforce’s new Australian headquarters and more than 1,500 employees, the workplace commands the top 16 floors of the Lendlease development. As the Architect of Record, we delivered a transformative working environment with several stand out design features in an Australian workplace. It includes a double-height auditorium with 150 seat capacity, three hospitality floors including a commercial kitchen and 22 seat chef’s table, two barista bars, the tallest sky terrace in the city, and three striking LED media walls in the building’s lobby.
Our Workplace and Commercial interior team were responsible for the successful delivery and coordination of the collective design teams. We led the design from the design development stage, within a live BIM environment, and executed the project through tender, documentation and construction.
Working in collaboration with Salesforce and its US-based Global Design Leads - Mark Cavagnero Architects, IA Interior Architects, The Wiseman Group, and Australian builder SHAPE, the project was executed over four years with construction taking place in a single 40-week phase from September 2022 to July 2023.
The project is on track to receive LEED Platinum certification, making it the first Australian workplace over 10,000 sqft to receive LEED Platinum status. This is in addition to the tower being one of Australia’s most sustainable buildings with a 5.5-star NABERS Energy rating, a 6-star Green Design from the Green Building Council of Australia, a WELL core and shell Platinum pre-certification and a Fitwel v2.1 Commercial Interior Space.
A destination set to impress - key design features of the Salesforce workplace
Salesforce’s ‘Tower Projects’ are notable architectural landmarks in their respective cities and 180 George Street is no exception. Across the globe, these towers include unique spaces that are unique in the workplace. We were responsible for implementing the Global Salesforce Design standards within a local context and executing some of Sydney’s most impressive workplace design features.
The Lobby
As you enter the building lobby you are greeted by an interactive LED media wall, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. At 11m high and crossing three major lift cores, the monolithic LED wall is visible by those driving over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. We worked alongside Salesforce US-based Global Design Architects, Lendlease and Foster & Partners to provide an integrated design approach within the constraints of the base building.
The Auditorium
Spanning a double-storey void, the auditorium features a mammoth 16m wide curved screen installed across Levels 38 and 39 (also viewable from the northern side of Sydney Harbour).
With a seating capacity of 150 people, the execution involved GroupGSA providing in-depth technical coordination to support the seamless installation of advanced theatre equipment, lighting, and acoustic detailing. The auditorium enables Salesforce to host keynote speeches and stream events across the globe, like Dreamforce, the world’s largest software conference created by Salesforce which attracts some 40,000 attendees each year.
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