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The State Government Office Block was the culmination of a much grander and ambitious plan by the NSW Government of Bob Heffron to remodel and redevelop Macquarie Street and Parliament House into a grand modernist-style government precinct, including several new office towers for the state government. [1]
General Post Office: 1891–1932: 73 m (240 ft) 5: Tallest building in Australia (1891 - 1932) AWA Tower: 1939–1962: 112 m (367 ft) 14: AMP Building: 1962–1965: 115 m (377 ft) 26: State Office Block: 1965–1967: 128 m (420 ft) 38: Demolished in 1997 to make way for Aurora Place. Tallest building ever to have been demolished in Sydney ...
The Chief Secretary's Building (originally and still commonly known as the Colonial Secretary's Building) is a heritage-listed [1] [2] state government administration building of the Victorian Free Classical architectural style located at 121 Macquarie Street, 65 Bridge Street, and at 44–50 Phillip Street in the Sydney central business district of New South Wales, Australia.
The Treasury Building, or the Colonial Treasury Building, The Old Treasury Building, or the Treasury Building & Premier's Office, is a heritage-listed former government administration building and now hotel located at the junction of Macquarie and Bridge streets in the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.
Design Architect, Government Architect's Office. 1955 St. Margaret’s Hospital Chapel, Crown Street, Darlinghurst; 1956 Chemistry School, University of Sydney, with H.Rembert & P.Webber; 1957–1962 Fisher Library, University of Sydney; 1960–1965 State Office Block, Macquarie Street, completed 1967; 1962 Lidcombe State Hospital Recreation ...
Aurora Place is a commercial skyscraper and residential block on Phillip Street in Sydney, Australia. Designed by Renzo Piano, the 41-storey building stands at a height of 218 m (715 ft) high to the top of the spire and 188 m (617 ft) to the roof. The building has an unusual geometric shape where not one panel is parallel to any grid.
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The building occupies an entire city block, bounded by Bridge, Loftus, Bent and Young Streets and Farrer Place in the Sydney central business district. Its four detailed sandstone façades were designed to dominate the precinct. The site is the longest official seat of the head office of the New South Wales government education administration.