--- title: Beyoncé Inspires Skyscraper in Australia description: The architecture firm behind the Premier Tower says the design pays homage to the singer's "Ghost" video canonical: https://time.com/3948304/beyonce-skyscraper/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-07T18:54:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:21:51.858Z og:title: Beyoncé Inspired the Design of This Skyscraper og:description: If you like it then you should have built a tower after it og:url: https://time.com/3948304/beyonce-skyscraper/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4834cdb22189b4a/698859e4cd1bba55136fc295/e03.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: E03 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé Inspired the Design of This Skyscraper twitter:description: If you like it then you should have built a tower after it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4834cdb22189b4a/698859e4cd1bba55136fc295/e03.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Inspired the Design of This Skyscraper  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 7, 2015 6:54 PM UTC  The proposed Premier Tower was inspired by Beyoncé's "Ghost" video. The proposed Premier Tower was inspired by Beyoncé's "Ghost" video.  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 7, 2015 6:54 PM UTC Beyoncé’s influence has [already been felt](http://time.com/70716/beyonce-2014-time-100/) in the music business, and now she’s leaving her mark on…architecture? Yup: the singer was an inspiration for a new skyscraper that’s been given planning approval in Melbourne, Australia, [according to Dezeen](http://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/06/premiere-tower-beyonce-inspired-skyscraper-melbourne-elenberg-fraser/). Specifically, the architectural firm Elenberg Fraser says the curved design of the Premier Tower, which will house 660 apartments and a 160-room hotel, pays homage to Bey’s “Ghost” music video. Here’s an excerpt from the official description of what might be the most [\*\*\*flawless](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyuUWOnS9BY) building in the world: --- > “” --- See more mock-ups of the building over [at the firm’s website](http://elenbergfraser.com/#!/project/13012%5Fpremier-tower), and watch the video that inspired it below: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3948304/beyonce-skyscraper/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3948304/beyonce-skyscraper/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Inspired the Design of This Skyscraper","datePublished":"2015-07-07T18:54:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:51.858Z","description":"If you like it then you should have built a tower after it","url":"https://time.com/3948304/beyonce-skyscraper/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Beyonce"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4834cdb22189b4a/698859e4cd1bba55136fc295/e03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4834cdb22189b4a/698859e4cd1bba55136fc295/e03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"E03","caption":"The proposed Premier Tower was inspired by Beyoncé's \"Ghost\" video.","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3948304/beyonce-skyscraper/","name":"Beyoncé Inspired the Design of This Skyscraper"}}]}] ```