Reserve Bank of Fiji Headquarters

The Reserve Bank of Fiji Building is a high-rise office building in Suva, Fiji, standing at 65 metres tall with 17 floors, currently serving as the headquarters of the Reserve Bank of Fiji since its completion in 1985. It was the first-ever high-rise construction ever built in Fiji and was the tallest in the country between 1985 and 2021.

History

Architecture

The construction was the first-ever high-rise building in Suva, therefore the first one to begin defining its skyline. The architects needed to come up with the concept of a functional design to ensure that the solution met the requirements of a construction which could include the national vault. They first established the safety conditions which included the incorporation of tsunami floodgates in order to protect the vaults placed in the underground levels. Bespoke Fijian design details, such as fire doors laminated with masi panels into formica, and the usage of Fijian plantation pine for the suspended ceiling, contributed towards representing the Fijian design in the building.