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Quay AMP Building |
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architect |
Peddle Thorp & Walker Pty. Ltd. |
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location |
Alfred Street |
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date |
1962 |
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style |
Late 20th-Century International |
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construction |
curtain wall 115 m 377 ft |
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type |
Office Building |
 
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- This was Sydney's first highrise to take advantage of the lifting of the 46m (150ft) height limit which was enforced until 1957. It dominated the city's skyline for many years. - The building originally had a rooftop observation deck at 106m high. - The AMP building snatched the "tallest in Australia title" from Melbourne's 84m/20storey ICI House (now Orica House) built in 1958. - It held the title as the country's tallest skyscraper until 1965, when eclipsed by the now-demolished 128m State Office Block. The AMP building was heritage listed in 1996. |
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