Architecture, Public Buildings & Spaces

Architecture, Public Buildings & Spaces
These entries focus on media clippings relating to Sydney buildings, architecture and public spaces. Some entries may also be heritage related.

1957 - Caltex House
1958 - AMP Building
1961 - Australia Square
1962 - AMP Building - Official Opening Supplement
1964 - Royal Exchange Building - Building closed for demolition and replacement with a modern office tower. 
1965 - Sydney Water Headquarters - Now the Greenland Sydney Centre.
1965 - Wentworth Hotel - Find out the story behind its name. 
1965 - Australia Square - Construction of podium levels.
1966 - Goldfields House - Opening feature for the now demolished building.
1967 - Park Regis - You may find an alternative scheme also interesting.
1968 - Transit Oriented Development at North Sydney
1968 - Qantas Centre
1968 - Sydney Tower plans unveiled
1968 - Sydney County Council Building - Opening supplement published in The Daily Telegraph. The Sydney County Council Building is now the Ausgrid Building.
1970 - Birth of Martin Place as a Pedestrian Mall
1970 - MSB Port Tower - This "landmark" was demolished in 2016.
1971 - Kingsgate Hotel - Converted into the Zenith Apartment Tower in the 2000's.
1972 - Transport Oriented Development - SMH feature report.
1977 - Northpoint Tower, North Sydney
1979 - Sirius Building - Recommended for those who are interested in the now former public housing block at The Rocks as it is redeveloped in an upmarket apartment complex
1981 - Sydney Tower - Official Opening
1982 - Circular Quay - General feature on developments in and around Circular Quay. Includes an early proposal for the Gateway Tower.
1983 - Sydney Entertainment Centre - Demolished in 2016.
1985 - Darling Harbour - Unveiling of the Redevelopment Scheme.
1985 - Mount Street Mall, North Sydney
1987 - (Ex) Darlinghurst Police Station- Decommissioning
1988 - Chifley Tower
1988 - Sydney Football Stadium - Official Opening
1988 - Darling Harbour - Official Opening by Queen Elizabeth II. 
1989 - Museum of Contemporary Art Plans Unveiled
1990 - Pyrmont Redevelopment Scheme
1993 - Esso House becomes Highgate - One of the first office buildings in central Sydney to be converted to residential use.
1998 - AMEX Building Redevelopment
1998 - Sydney Tower signage
1999 - Connecting The Domain to the Royal Botanic Gardens (1999)
1999 - The Forum, St Leonards (1999) - Excellent example of Transport Oriented Development in Sydney.
2000 - Vacant Development Sites in Sydney's CBD - Some building sites a decade after the "recession that we had to have" were still sitting idle. 
2003 - NSW Police HQ, Parramatta

Sydney Opera House


Series

Evolution of the Citigroup Centre
A series of entries presented in 2018 (along with an additional entry in 2021) that focused on the different proposals to redevelop the former site of Waltons Department store in Park Street and the eventual construction of the Citigroup Centre.

2018 - #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9
2021 - #1 (Skytower Clipping, 1987)

Evolution of World Square 
In 2016, I presented a series of entries on the evolution of World Square in central Sydney including proposed schemes.
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10

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Last Updated: December 2022

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