Atlassian to Build $1.4b Tower in Sydney
Atlassian, a software company, is planning on building a new tower in Sydney called Atlassian Central at a cost of $1.4 billion and standing tall at 180 metres. With Australia in the grip of a WFH age of enlightenment this construction is truly an outlier.
Co-founder and CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said the primary objective was to "self-fund further investment in AI and enterprise sales" while strengthening the company's financial profile.
[...] Asked about the tower's occupancy and purpose after laying off hundreds of employees, the company gave news.com.au a fascinating insight into how working in the tower will play out day-to-day.
Gina Creegan, Atlassian's head of workplace, said the tower has been designed for the "future of work from day one".
"The timber habitats bring that vision to life, connecting spaces that are purpose-built for how we work," she said.
"Instead of traditional desk rows, workspaces are designed around distinct modes of work: deep focus, collaboration, social connection and recharge."
It is understood that each of these states of work will have its own dedicated floors inside the building - with focus rooms, sprint rooms, small meeting rooms and customer and event spaces across dedicated floors.
They're also designed to feel like vertical neighbourhoods, with park floors, terraces and natural materials designed to give space to reset between different modes of work.
The idea is that workers will move between these sections of the building throughout the day rather than sitting at one assigned desk.
Under the company's "Team Anywhere" policy, it's understood there will be no attendance quotas or a mandated number of office days, so the building will not be built for a fixed attendance target or desk per employee ratios.
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