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Q1 Resort:


Q1 Resort is one of the tallest residential tower in the World. The Q1 the highest point above the Gold Coast. It shows 360 degree views form the surf hinterland and beyond. Q1 made up the 12 selection and weighs 87.2 tonnes. The oval shaped spire starts at level 76/255 m high and its also extends 47 m above the glass fin. Q1 designed by Atelier SD G. The designed proceeded during the year of the Sydney 2000 Olympics. The Q1 Building is taller than the Chrysler building which locates in New York City. Q1 Building high is 322.5 meters. Australia's only beach side Observation Deck. The build are 1331 steps form the ground to Level 77. Sky Point is meter above to sea level.

Engineering Facts

  • 6 piles, up to 2.4 meter in diameter, extend up to 50 meter into rock.
  • 61,000 cubic meters of concrete was used to build Q1 buildings.
  • 9,300 tonnes of street in the roof and spire
  • 18,936 panes glass 
  • 1000 km of electrical cabling in the lifts of Q1 was used in the buildings enough to stretch form the Gold Coast to Sydney!
  • Sand from the site was taken by the truckload to replenish Surfers Paradise beach.
  • Q1 site on 1.2 hectares of land.
  • The project cost approximately $255 million AUD.
  • The spire is made of street and glass, is 97.7 meter in height and begins at level 75
  • Illuminated by arc light, the spire is visible 200 km away.
  • During the construction phase a new level went up every single four days


Q1 Awards

  • Emporis Skyscraper Award win the Silver Award in 2005 
  • 2006 RAIA Gold Coast Regional Architecture Award - Buildings of the year
  • 2006 RAIA Queensland
  • Pagoda has announced the winners Gold Circle Award in 2017.
  • Q1 was announced as one of the Q 150 Icons of Queensland in 2009.


Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts:



Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is an international Luxury Company Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Four Seasons Hotel and Resort operates more than 100 hotels worldwide. In 2007, Bill Gates and Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal have been majority owners of the company.


History:


Canadian businessman Isadosre Sharp founded Four Seasons In 19960. Four Seasons Buildings built more hotels, including the 1963 Inn on the park, a $4 million two-story resort hotel in suburban Toronto that housed Canada's first discotheque. The Company began Shifting to its current, management-only business model, eliminating costs associated with buying land and buildings. The company went public in 1986. In April 2010, after a year-long dispute with Broadreach Capital Partners and Maritz, Wolff & Co., owners of the contributed to the demise of the business relationship, Four Seasons had not violated its management agreements. The arbitrators ordered Broadreach to pay four seasons yo terminators the contract. The Resort is no longer a Four Seasons. Four Seasons has continued to add more hotel's ans resort to its portfolio, notable in China. Its opened a new hotel in Hangzhou in 2010 and Guangzhou, Beijing, and second property in Shanghai in 2012. In India, it has one hotel in Mumbai. In 2013, it opened its first hotel in Russia in the Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace in St. Petersburg, and later opened second hotel in Moscow. In Indonesia, its= gas one hotel in Jakarta and another two in Balli. In October Four Seasons opened Toronto Hotel in Yorkville which based on 259 new rooms designed by internationally known design firm Yabu Pushelberg. The pen house was bought by entrepreneur Robert Osterlund for a Canadian record price of over $28 millions. The story of Business Philosophy. Its contained a historical of the hotels since its inceptions.


Business Model:

Four Seasons Hotels have larger staffs than competing chains, and the company maintains separate reserve accounts for each hotel to cover up keeps costs. Profits Margins are relatively low, but the brand attracts developer through the hotel' reputation as solid assets for loan collateral or resale


Residential Rentals:

Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts began offering vacation rentals in June Title Residential Rentals, the properties are available in: North America (Cost Rica, Houston, Jackson Hole, Nevis, Punta Mila, San Diego Whistler, Vail).


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