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Swan Bells

The Swan Bells is the world’s largest musical instrument. Twelve of the bells originated in the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, and together with 6 newly cast bells, form the ring of 18. The design consists of a main concrete structure, forming the enclosure for belfry, ringing room, sound exist chamber and public viewing areas. Transparency is achieved by a full-height glass curtain wall on the river side and the glass spire to the North side, facing the city. This spire houses a lift shaft and spiral stair, serving all 6 levels up to the Viewing Deck, and then soars upward in a narrowing, lattice steel and glass clad structure, topped by a futuristic, finned upper spire to almost 82.5m above ground.  The copper clad external sails evoke strong links to the Swan River, with the weathered copper sheeting referring to the state’s mining history.