Melbourne tallest building in the southern hemisphere to

The tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere to be determined, but South Africa Centurion Symbio City, will take place, a 447-meter tower built by 2018 when it.

Melbourne: Australia's second largest city, Melbourne possibly a new apartment and hotel complex for 388 meters after the approval can tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.

Victorian state government in Australia 108 completed the world's 19th tallest building will become "a wonderful addition to the skyline of Melbourne," he said.

"I for many years to come will define our city that is proud to approve a tower," Planning Minister Matthew Guy said.

Will be ready in five years Southbank area of ​​the city, the war memorial in the 108-storey tower, one of the city's most famous landmarks shrine were some concerns that there will be a shadow.

Architect Nonda Katsalidis 646 apartments, a 288-room five-star hotel, retail and office space, which will have the tall, slender building, the city's international image was designed to throw light on.

"We (like Sydney), but we do not have an Opera House AFPa complex culture and their ideas were thrown into this project," Katsalidis ABC radio said.

"Top hotel is designed as a starburst. We took inspiration from the stars on the Australian flag," he said.

Europe's tallest skyscraper, the Shard in London, stands at 310 meters the world's tallest building, Dubai's Burj Khalifa is 828 meters high.

The current tallest residential building in the southern hemisphere to the 71-storey 323-meter rise in the Gold Coast of Queensland in Australia, the Q1 Tower.

But Australia 108 South Africa Centurion Symbio City, near Pretoria by 2018 will be built by a 447-meter tower can be fabricated.