MLC Building, North Sydney | |
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Alternative names | Campus MLC |
General information | |
Type | Office Building |
Architectural style | Post-war International |
Address | 105–153 Miller Street |
Town or city | North Sydney, New South Wales |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 33°50′18″S 151°12′27″E / 33.8383253°S 151.2075512°E |
Construction started | June 1955[1] |
Completed | 1957 |
Opening | 22 August 1957 |
Renovated | 2000–2002 |
Owner | MLC Limited |
Height | |
Roof | 59 m (194 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 16 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Sir Walter Osborne McCutcheon |
Architecture firm | Bates, Smart & McCutcheon |
Renovating team | |
Architect(s) | Bates Smart Bligh Voller Nield |
Official name | MLC Building |
Type | State heritage (built) |
Designated | 22 December 2023 |
Reference no. | SHR02069 |
Type | Commercial Offices |
Listing | NSW Government Gazette, No. 596 Heritage & Planning |
Builders | Concrete Constructions Pty Ltd |
The MLC Building is a landmark modernist skyscraper in the central business district of North Sydney, on a block bounded by Miller Street, Denison Street and Mount Street (Brett Whiteley Place). Planned in 1954 and completed in 1957, the complex was designed in the modernist Post-war International style by architects, Bates, Smart & McCutcheon. Its completion marked the appearance of the first high-rise office block in North Sydney and the first use of curtain wall design. Built to provide much-needed office space for the Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Limited, the building continues to be primarily-occupied by its original tenants. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 January 2024.[2]