Westpac House

Westpac House is the tallest building in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is a 31-storey office tower, reaching 132 metres at its roof, with each level approximately 4 metres in height. It is set back from Currie Street near the intersection with King William Street, and is connected to two adjacent office buildings on Currie Street. It has four street frontages, and various pedestrian thoroughfares. The building was originally known as the State Bank building, before the 1991 State Bank Collapse, when it was purchased by Santos and renamed the Santos Building in February 1997. Since 2007, it has been known as Westpac House.HistoryOpened in 1988 as the State Bank Building, it became Santos House after the collapse of the State Bank in the early 1990s. Its major tenants have included Santos, PricewaterhouseCoopers, HWL Ebsworth, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Australian Stock Exchange. In 2007, Santos moved their headquarters into a new building on Flinders Street, and Westpac acquired the naming rights to the building.