25 Martin Place
| MLC Centre | |
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 MLC Centre Sydney | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Mixed |
| Opening | 1977 [1] |
| Height | |
| Roof | 228 m (748 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 67 [2] |
| Lifts/elevators | 26 [3] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Harry Seidler |
The MLC Centre is a skyscraper in Sydney, Australia. This office building is 228 metres (748 ft) high [1] and has 60 storeys.[2] Occupants include the Sydney Consulate of the United States of America. The podium of the building includes a shopping centre with several exclusive fashion labels and a 1,186 seat theatre, the Theatre Royal. The street address is 19-29 Martin Place Sydney.
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 the tallest building 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 jointly owned by the GPT Group and QIC.
The building is scheduled for a $100m repair project which will install hybrid corrosion protection to the facade. The project is expected to retain the original appearance of the structure but prevent corrosion related damage to the facade panels.
Design
The building was designed by Sydney architect Harry Seidler, and remains one of his most definitive works. The building's construction was controversial, since it brought about the demolition in 1972 of the opulent 19th century Australia Hotel and the Theatre Royal, which formerly stood on the site, as well as much of the historic Rowe Street precinct.The building was awarded the Sir John Sulman medal by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.[1]
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Gallery
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View from Sydney Tower
