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304: 364: 31: 450:, including fountains, is a feature of the Square. This design feature is an early example of including a public open space on private land. There are numerous entrances to the retail precincts in the lower ground level of the Tower, which include a post office and food outlets. The retail target is the office worker on a lunch break, and the open-plan design and ease of access have been styled accordingly. 391:(66 ft) diameter. The core contains elevator shafts, emergency stairwells and service conduits. Each floor is donut shaped, with a clear span of 11 metres (36 ft) to the perimeter windows and a total area of 1,032 square metres (11,110 sq ft) each. Construction time for each floor was five working days—a new standard in office tower construction. 324:
building at the time it was built. The Tower Building is approximately 170 metres (560 ft) tall and occupies only one quarter of the block. The circular plan of the main tower allowed Seidler to minimise what he called "the dark canyon effect", an approach further helped by setting the tower
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The tower is constructed of lightweight concrete, with 20 projecting vertical columns tapering to the summit and supporting a combination of interlocking rib-structured reinforcement and radial support beams. The tower is 42 metres (138 ft) in diameter, with a central core of 20 metres
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is the 13-storey Plaza Building, a comparatively simple rectangular office building (designed 1961, construction started 1962, completed 1964). The Plaza Building was devised to be completed and generate rental income while the round tower was being constructed.
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Australia Square was constructed shortly after height restrictions were lifted in the city of Sydney and at a time when small sites, including blocks created by laneways, were being consolidated into larger blocks to accommodate high-rise office towers.
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The city block which is now Australia Square is approximately 5,500 square metres (59,000 sq ft) in area, and formerly held some 30 properties and buildings. Australia Square was constructed by
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Sun Herald 19 January 1964. Reproduced in Volume 3: Harry Seidler scrapbook of press cuttings, 1963–1968. State Library of NSW. Scan online at
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5 December 1961 reproduced in Volume 2: Harry Seidler scrapbook of press cuttings 1957–1962 State Library of NSW. Scan online at
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The Australia Square Tower building was the tallest building in Sydney for nine years. In 1976, the south building of the
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With a height of 170 metres (560 ft), Australia Square also holds the distinction of being Australia's first modern
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was opened at 188 metres (617 ft), although having only 45 storeys and no public observation deck.
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The original proposal included 58 floors; however, this was reduced to 50. On the 47th floor is a
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on display; however, due to fading, those pieces were removed and replaced in 2003 with a
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for its innovative and appealing design in 1967. Australia Square was awarded the 2012
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by Philip Drew (Horwitz, Sydney; Karl Karemer Stuttgart, 1980) Page 52
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Alongside the Tower Building sits a large abstract steel sculpture by
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paving stone, new lighting and outdoor tables was conducted in 2003.
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The building was first conceived in 1961, and its final design by
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Lend Lease Annual Report for year ended 30 June 1981 page 2
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Buildings and structures awarded the Sir John Sulman Medal
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Two Towers (Harry Seidler Australia Square MLC Centre)
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Originally owned by Lendlease, in 1981 it was sold to
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Buildings and structures with revolving restaurants
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Coordinates
33°51′54″S 151°12′28″E / 33.86500°S 151.20778°E / -33.86500; 151.20778
GPT
Dexus
Harry Seidler
Civil & Civic
australiasquare.com.au
Sydney central business district
George Street
Pitt Street
Harry Seidler
Pier Luigi Nervi
building in Sydney
Australian architecture
GPT
Dexus
porphyry

lightweight concrete
revolving restaurant
observation deck
Origin Energy
HWL Ebsworth
skyscraper
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Dick Dusseldorp
Lendlease
Civil & Civic

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