MLC Centre

Not to be confused with MLC Tower or Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Building.

MLC Centre
MLC Centre Sydney
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Mixed
Coordinates	33°52′08″S 151°12′34″E / 33.868883°S 151.209458°E / -33.868883; 151.209458Coordinates: 33°52′08″S 151°12′34″E / 33.868883°S 151.209458°E / -33.868883; 151.209458
Opening	1977 [1]
Height
Roof	228 m (748 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	60 [2]
Elevator count	26 [3]
Design and construction
Architect	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.

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} MLC Centre, Sydney | Emporis.com
2. ^ ^{a b} MLC Centre - Welcome to the MLC Centre
3. ^ MLC Centre - Lifts

External links

• Official site

Preceded by AMP Centre

Tallest building in Australia 1977 - 1986

Succeeded by Rialto Towers (Melbourne)