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Coordinates: 33°52′05″S 151°12′34″E / 33.868019°S 151.20932400000004°E / -33.868019; 151.20932400000004
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This article is about the tower on Martin Place. For other similar-named buildings, see MLC Building.

MLC Centre
MLC Centre Sydney
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeMixed
Location19-29 Martin Place, Sydney
Coordinates33°52′05″S 151°12′34″E / 33.868019°S 151.20932400000004°E / -33.868019; 151.20932400000004
Opening1977[1]
OwnerDexus
Height
Roof228 m (748 ft)
Technical details
Floor count67[2]
Lifts/elevators26[3]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Harry Seidler
DeveloperMLC Limited
Main contractorCivil & Civic
Website
www.mlccentre.com.au
Podium of MLC Centre
Public Arts of MLC Centre

The MLC Centre is a skyscraper in the Sydney city centre. This office building is 228 metres (748 ft) high[1] and has 67 storeys.[2] It was designed by Sydney architect Harry Seidler, and remains one of his most definitive works. The building was awarded the Sir John Sulman medal by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.[1]

Location and features

The building is a stark white, modernist column in an octagonal floorplan, with eight massive load-bearing columns in the corners that taper slightly towards the top. It is one of the world's tallest reinforced concrete buildings and was one of the tallest buildings in the world outside North America at the time of its completion. The MLC Centre was Sydney's tallest office building from 1977 to 1992.[1] The MLC Centre is wholly owned by Dexus, which acquired a half-stake in the property from the Queensland Investment Corporation in June 2017[4] and bought out its former co-owner, the GPT Group, in March 2019.[5] The MLC Centre was also Australia's tallest building for nine years until losing the title to the Rialto Towers in Melbourne in 1986.

Occupants include the Sydney Consulate of the United States of America. The podium of the building includes a shopping centre and a 1,186 seat theatre, the Theatre Royal.

The building underwent a $100m repair project which installed hybrid corrosion protection to the facade. The project retained the original appearance of the structure but remedied damage to exposed aggregate precast concrete facade panels caused by expansive corrosion of steel reinforcement.

Site controversy

The building's construction was controversial, since it brought about the demolition in 1971-2 of the famous 19th century Australia Hotel, the Theatre Royal, and the splendid Commercial Travellers Club building on the corner of Martin Place, all of which formerly stood on the site, as well as much of the historic Rowe Street precinct.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d MLC Centre, Sydney | Emporis.com
  2. ^ a b MLC Centre - Welcome to the MLC Centre Archived 2008-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ MLC Centre - Lifts Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Dexus to raise $550m in Sydney office push The Australian 21 June 2017
  5. ^ Dolor, Sol. "HSF helps sell half-stake in Sydney's iconic MLC Centre". Australasian Lawyer. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
Preceded by Tallest building in Australia
1977 - 1986 		Succeeded by
List of tallest buildings in Australia
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Governor Phillip Tower
227m
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World Tower
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