Q1 Facts & Trivia

• Q1 is supported by 26 piles. Each pile is up to 2 metres in diameter and extends 40 metres into the ground and then 4 metres into solid bedrock.
  
  
• The Q1 Observation Deck, on level 77 and 78 has room for 400 people is one of the worlds rare beachside observation decks and extends 230 metres into the sky.
  
  
• Q1 was the recipient of the Emporis skyscraper silver award in 2005; an award for architectural design excellence
  
  
• At 323m high, Q1 is taller than the Eiffel tower, Chrystler building in New York and the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai
  
  
• Q1 was named after the Australian Olympic skulling team of the 1920’s
  
  
• The elevator to the Observation deck takes approx 43 seconds to rise 77 floors
  
  
• The Gold Coast based Sunland Group was the architect and developer of the Q1 high rise
  
  
• If the electric lift cabling were unraveled, it would stretch over 10,000km and reach Sydney from the Gold Coast
  
  
• Q1 has a sister building under development in Dubai named D1
  
  
• The design for Q1’s retail atrium was inspired by the humble artichoke
  
  
• The Q1 spire measures a massive 90 metres in length
  
  
• The concrete used at Q1 was customized for the construction of the tower and was pumped to all 80 levels