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with <a href="/wiki/MLC_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="MLC Centre">MLC Centre</a> or <a href="/wiki/MLC_Building,_North_Sydney" title="MLC Building, North Sydney">MLC Building, North Sydney</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/MLC_Building_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="MLC Building (disambiguation)">MLC Building</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Davis_York_building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Henry_Davis_York_building.jpg/250px-Henry_Davis_York_building.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Henry_Davis_York_building.jpg/375px-Henry_Davis_York_building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Henry_Davis_York_building.jpg/500px-Henry_Davis_York_building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The building <a href="/wiki/Facade" class="mw-redirect" title="Facade">facade</a>, pictured in 2008</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">42–46 <a href="/wiki/Martin_Place" title="Martin Place">Martin Place</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sydney_central_business_district" title="Sydney central business district">Sydney central business district</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Sydney" title="City of Sydney">City of Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=MLC_Building,_Sydney&params=33.8674_S_151.2096_E_region:AU-NSW_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°52′03″S</span> <span class="longitude">151°12′35″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.8674°S 151.2096°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-33.8674; 151.2096</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1936–1938</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold">Built for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/MLC_Limited" title="MLC Limited">Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Limited</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bates_Smart" title="Bates Smart">Bates Smart & McCutcheon</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Sir W. P. Osborn McCutcheon)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold">Architectural style(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_non-residential_architectural_styles#Inter-war_Art_Deco" title="Australian non-residential architectural styles">Art Deco</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_non-residential_architectural_styles#Inter-war_Functionalist_&_Moderne" title="Australian non-residential architectural styles">Functionalist & Moderne</a> Skyscraper</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid #BBB2FF; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_State_Heritage_Register" title="New South Wales State Heritage Register">New South Wales Heritage Register</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data">MLC Building (Former); Mutual Life & Assurance Building</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">State heritage (built)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">2 April 1999</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference no.</th><td class="infobox-data">597</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Commercial Office/Building</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data">Commercial</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Builders</th><td class="infobox-data">Concrete Constructions Limited</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:235px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:235px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:235px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OSM_central_Sydney.png" class="mw-file-description" title="MLC Building, Sydney is located in Sydney"><img alt="MLC Building, Sydney is located in Sydney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/OSM_central_Sydney.png/235px-OSM_central_Sydney.png" decoding="async" width="235" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/OSM_central_Sydney.png/353px-OSM_central_Sydney.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/OSM_central_Sydney.png/470px-OSM_central_Sydney.png 2x" data-file-width="847" data-file-height="831" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.026%;left:37.778%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="MLC Building, Sydney"><img alt="MLC Building, Sydney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/7px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/11px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/14px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of MLC Building in Sydney</div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>MLC Building</b> is a heritage-listed office building located at 42–46 <a href="/wiki/Martin_Place" title="Martin Place">Martin Place</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_central_business_district" title="Sydney central business district">Sydney central business district</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Sydney" title="City of Sydney">City of Sydney</a> local government area of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia. It was designed by <a href="/wiki/Bates_Smart" title="Bates Smart">Bates Smart & McCutcheon</a> and built from 1936 to 1938 by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Construction_Group" title="Walter Construction Group">Concrete Constructions Limited</a>. It is also known as <b>Mutual Life & Assurance Building</b>. It was added to the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_State_Heritage_Register" title="New South Wales State Heritage Register">New South Wales State Heritage Register</a> on 2 April 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the time of its construction and for many years thereafter, the building served as the offices for Australian <a href="/wiki/Life_insurance" title="Life insurance">life insurance</a> company, <a href="/wiki/MLC_Limited" title="MLC Limited">Mutual Life & Citizens Assurance Company Limited</a>. As of December 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MLC_Building,_Sydney&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the anchor tenant was <a href="/wiki/Norton_Rose_Fulbright" title="Norton Rose Fulbright">Norton Rose Fulbright</a>, formerly Henry Davis York, an international law firm. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MLC_Building,_Sydney&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major insurance companies were formed in <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> Australia, often with British assets, to cover the problems of world trade, internal communication, retirement and the constant hazard of fire. The Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Company, which commissioned Bates, Smart and McCutcheon to build its new Sydney Headquarters at the corner of Martin Place and <a href="/wiki/Castlereagh_Street" title="Castlereagh Street">Castlereagh Street</a> in 1936–1938, already had on the same site a substantial Victorian building, which was demolished in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 1936 the Mutual Life and Citizen's Assurance Society held a two stage competition for the design of its new building to be erected on the site. It attracted more than 70 entries. The winning design by Bates, Smart and McCutcheon selected from a short list of six was built during 1937–1938. Bates Smart & McCutcheon were a distinguished <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>-based firm since 1926, although the experience of the principals went back to the nineteenth century. The majority of the firm's work prior to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> was domestic and the MLC building is its only large commercial undertaking in Sydney between the wars. Other commercial buildings designed by the Bates Smart & McCutcheon during the period 1930–1942 include the AMP Building (1931) and <a href="/wiki/Buckley_%26_Nunn" title="Buckley & Nunn">Buckley & Nunn Ltd</a>, Men's Store (1934), both in Melbourne. The building's architect Osborn McCutcheon was a man who garnered national respect from his peers, his work was recognised by the award of the RAIA Gold Medal in 1965 and he was knighted in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The building belongs to the period of recovery from the Depression and is the near contemporary of the <a href="/wiki/City_Mutual_Life_Assurance_Building" title="City Mutual Life Assurance Building">City Mutual Life Assurance Building</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Street,_Sydney" title="Hunter Street, Sydney">Hunter Street</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Transport_House,_Sydney" title="Transport House, Sydney">Transport House</a> and of David Jones' Market Street store. MLC also built a new headquarters in Melbourne as the Sydney building was nearing completion: the structural similarities, though not the detailing, of the two buildings are very striking.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alterations were made to the Sydney building in 1987–1988 under the supervision of <a href="/wiki/Clive_Lucas" title="Clive Lucas">Clive Lucas</a> Stapleton. These included the infill of the light well and relocation of the lift core and stairs, the widening of the Martin Place entry and the relocation of the executive suite to level 10. The existing granite lift core surrounds were relocated and reused and a matching surround made for a new fourth lift.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The MLC Building is one of a group of buildings which form the boundaries of Martin Place. Apart from the most recent buildings, and although individual buildings within the group have been constructed over a period of more than 100 years, there is a high degree of unity in building form, height and the use of high quality masonry materials.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The MLC Building is one of only three remaining buildings, (the others being the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Bank" title="Commonwealth Bank">Commonwealth Bank</a> and <a href="/wiki/APA_Building,_Sydney" title="APA Building, Sydney">APA Building</a>) which define the eastern end of Martin Place, forming a hard wall to a maximum height of 12 storeys. The building is very prominent when viewed from the eastern end of Martin Place, its verticality in design and the tower standing out and making a large contribution to the particular urban quality of Martin Place.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MLC_Building,_Sydney&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:(1)MLC_building_Sydney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/%281%29MLC_building_Sydney.jpg/250px-%281%29MLC_building_Sydney.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/%281%29MLC_building_Sydney.jpg/375px-%281%29MLC_building_Sydney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/%281%29MLC_building_Sydney.jpg/500px-%281%29MLC_building_Sydney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3108" data-file-height="2749" /></a><figcaption>Detail of the relief sculpture on the corner tower, pictured in 2015.</figcaption></figure> <p>The former MLC Building occupies a prominent position on the corner of Martin Place and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney. The steel-framed building was erected to a height of 46 metres (150 ft), the maximum allowable in Sydney at the time, although the tower rose another 15 metres (50 ft) higher. Externally the upper floors are clad in buff <a href="/wiki/Sydney_sandstone" title="Sydney sandstone">Wondabyne sandstone</a><sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597-597-1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-597-1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> supplied by Hawkesbury Sandstone Limited. The base of the building is of "Rob Roy Red" from <a href="/wiki/Sodwalls,_New_South_Wales" title="Sodwalls, New South Wales">Sodwalls</a> quarry.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597-597-1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-597-1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stone has a tooled finish with a vertical polished scolloped polished border next to the window <a href="/wiki/Mullion" title="Mullion">mullions</a>. Polished Rose Red <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> is used for the <a href="/wiki/Plinth" class="mw-redirect" title="Plinth">plinth</a> course, running beneath the windows and around the doorways. The emblem of the Society has been incorporated into the detail over the main entrance from Martin Place and Castlereagh Streets. The granite was supplied by the firm Loveridge and Hudson Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The windows are arranged in pairs between wide <a href="/wiki/Pier_(architecture)" title="Pier (architecture)">piers</a> with slender mullions between the windows. The innovative <a href="/wiki/Spandrel" title="Spandrel">spandrel</a> panels between the windows were enamelled fluted steel panels, the flutes running horizontally. It contains other architectural features of note, including the polished granite surrounds to the lift doors at ground floor level, and two pairs of large bronze doors to both entrances of the building (granite surrounds were re-erected around new lifts). A relief sculpture on the prominent tower above the corner of Martin Place and Castlereagh Street depicting the company's logo "Strength in Unity" a man attempting unsuccessfully to break up a bundle of rods. This emblem is prominent on all <a href="/wiki/Facade" class="mw-redirect" title="Facade">facades</a> and on the lobby floor.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Internally the building originally included eleven floors above ground level, part of the ground floor and the whole of the upper five floors being devoted to the activities of the company, the others being available for letting. "Princes' Restaurant (now demolished) occupied the basement level while the sub-basement accommodated air conditioning plant and other services. A caretakers flat was included on the tenth floor. Most of the floors were left open so that partitions could be erected as required. On floors 1 to 5 a central corridor divided lettable spaces. The ground floor incorporated and insurance chamber on the Martin Place/Castlereagh Street corner and three lettable spaces. The executive offices of the company were located on the 9th floor, and were entered through a lift lobby and anteroom finished in traverine. The offices, boardroom and anteroom were finished in walnut and maple panelling and blue carpet. The 10th floor accommodated a caretaker's flat, and dining facilities for the staff.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A survey of the building made by Clive Lucas Stapleton and Partners in January 1987 to determine how the building had changes since construction is attached Figures 1<b>–</b>5 show the major alterations carried out since 1939. According to their report:<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Generally, all the original partitioning on floors 1 to 10 was removed, ceiling and <a href="/wiki/Lighting" title="Lighting">lighting</a> replaced as well as flooring. All walls to the flat and dining facilities on the 10th floor were removed. All the executive offices on the 9th floor were replaced, except the lift lobby, staircase, boardroom and anteroom. On the ground floor, the insurance chamber remained relatively intact, as did the Castlereagh Street Entrance, but the main entrance vestibule and lift lobby was extensively altered. Princes Restaurant was removed from the basement.</p></blockquote> <p>The building has been extended to the west in a style matching the original. Windows and spandrel panels are now aluminium.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Condition">Condition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MLC_Building,_Sydney&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Condition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As at 19 February 2009, the building has maintained in good condition since the substantial renovations of the late 1980s. The main assurance chamber on the ground floor of rare scale and high quality finishes survives in substantially intact condition. The archaeological potential of the site is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_information">Further information</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MLC_Building,_Sydney&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Further information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is one of a small group of extant major commercial office buildings built in Sydney during the second half of the 1930s. These are:<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Asbestos House, <a href="/wiki/York_Street,_Sydney" title="York Street, Sydney">York Street</a> – 1930–1935</li> <li>Manufactures House, O'Connell Street – 1935</li> <li>Railways House, York Street – 1934–1936</li> <li>City Mutual Life Building, Hunter & Bligh Streets – 1935–1936</li> <li>ACA Building, <a href="/wiki/King_Street,_Sydney" title="King Street, Sydney">King</a> & York Streeta –1936</li> <li>APA Building, Martin Place & <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Street,_Sydney" title="Elizabeth Street, Sydney">Elizabeth</a> Streets – 1935–1937</li> <li>Chatsworth House, Bent Street – 1936–1937</li> <li>Co-Operative Insurance House, <a href="/wiki/Pitt_Street" title="Pitt Street">Pitt Street</a> – 1936–1937</li> <li>Transport House, Carrington & Margaret Streets – 1938</li> <li>Booth House, Young & Bridge Streets – 1938</li> <li>David Jones Store, <a href="/wiki/Market_Street,_Sydney" title="Market Street, Sydney">Market</a> & Castlereagh Streets – 1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AWA_Tower" title="AWA Tower">AWA Building</a>, York Streets – 1937–1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cross_House" title="Red Cross House">Red Cross House</a>, Clarence & Kent Streets – 1937–1939</li> <li>Inter-Ocean House, <a href="/wiki/George_Street,_Sydney" title="George Street, Sydney">George</a> & Jamison Streets – 1939</li> <li>Water Board Building, Pitt Street – 1939</li> <li>Delfin House, O'Connell Street – 1938–1940</li> <li>Queensland Insurance Building, Pitt Street – 1940</li> <li>McNade House, Spring Street – 1940</li> <li>ACI Building, <a href="/wiki/William_Street,_Sydney" title="William Street, Sydney">William</a> & Boomerang Streets – 1940–1941<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Of these buildings, and those built in other major Australian cities during the same period, the MLC Building is the best example of a building built in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_non-residential_architectural_styles#Inter-war_Art_Deco" title="Australian non-residential architectural styles">Art Deco</a> Skyscraper/<a href="/wiki/Australian_non-residential_architectural_styles#Inter-war_Functionalist_&_Moderne" title="Australian non-residential architectural styles">Moderne</a> style with a strong Egyptian design influence. MLC also built a new headquarters in Melbourne as the Sydney Building was nearing completion. The overall form and structural similarities, though not the detailing, of the two buildings are very striking.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Comparative Boardrooms</dt></dl> <p>Boardrooms were included in the original design of the following Sydney buildings, of these only four still exist. The boardrooms in the City Mutual Life Building and the ACI are considered excellent examples of their type. They are not as large in scale as the MLC boardroom and are less formally conceived. The MLC boardroom is the only one with an anteroom and finely finished lift lobby.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Railways House – 1934–1936 – Demolished</li> <li>City Mutual Life Building – 1935–1936 – Intact</li> <li>ACA Building – 1936 – Demolished</li> <li>APA Building – 1935–1937 – Demolished</li> <li>AWA Building – 1937–1939 – Intact</li> <li>Inter-Ocean House – 1939 – Demolished</li> <li>Water Board Building – 1939 – Demolished</li> <li>Delfin House – 1940 – Extensively Altered</li> <li>ACI Building – 1941 – Intact<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Comparative Insurance Chambers</dt></dl> <p>The following buildings include insurance or banking chambers:<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>City Mutual Life Building – 1935–1936 – Substantially Intact but <a href="/wiki/Mezzanine" title="Mezzanine">mezzanine</a> introduced</li> <li>ACA Building – 1936 – Altered</li> <li>APA Building – 1935–1937 – Substantially altered</li> <li>AWA Building – 1937–1939 – Substantially intact</li> <li>Transport House – 1938 – Substantially intact</li> <li>Water Board Building – 1939 – Substantially altered</li> <li>Delfin House – 1940 – Intact<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Of the substantially intact chambers those in AWA, ACA and Transport House are of inferior finish to the MLC Chamber. The significant chambers in Delfin House and the City Mutual Life Building are much larger than that of the MLC Building. However, the detailing of the MLC insurance chamber is unusual because of its plaster relief panels depicting scenes of everyday life in Sydney (in a similar way to the AWA Building and the Manchester Unity Building, Melbourne, c.1930. The chamber, although small, has very high quality finishes; such as moulded travertine and caste plaster bas-reliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is a major pre-war example of the work of Bates, Smart & McCutcheon, a noted 20th century Australian firm of architects. As the winner of a two stage design competition for a major building, it more than other buildings of similar age reflects attitudes about architectural taste in the late 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Heritage_listing">Heritage listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MLC_Building,_Sydney&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Heritage listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As at 16 October 2008, the former MLC Building is aesthetically significant as one of the best inter-war commercial office buildings in Sydney, and the best example in Australia of the exterior use of Egyptian derived motifs in such buildings. Its quality of design and use of materials make it one of the principal contributors to the architectural character of Martin Place which is recognised as one of Sydney's finest urban spaces. The building contains a substantially intact insurance chamber and relocated boardroom. ante-room and lift lobby and relocated remnants of other architectural features. The former MLC Building is historically significant as one of a small group (about a dozen) of major commercial office buildings constructed in Sydney during the second half of the 1930s. It is associated with the well known Melbourne architects Bates, Smart & McCutcheon, and as the winner of a design competition, reflects the architectural taste of the period.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597-597-2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-597-2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MLC Building was listed on the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_State_Heritage_Register" title="New South Wales State Heritage Register">New South Wales State Heritage Register</a> on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.</b> </p><p>The MLC Building has historic significance as the headquarters of the MLC Insurance company in Sydney since the Victorian period. It is a major pre-war example of the work of Osborn McCutcheon, Bates Smart McCutcheon, a noted twentieth century Australian firm of architects. As the winner of a two stage design competition for a major building, it more than other buildings of similar age reflects attitudes about architectural taste in the late 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history.</b> </p><p>The MLC Building is a major pre-war example of the work of Bates, Smart & McCutcheon, a noted 20th century Australian firm of architects. The buildings designer, Osborn McCutcheon's contribution to Australian architecture was recognised in 1965 by the award of the RAIA Gold Medal and he was knighted in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.</b> </p><p>The MLC Building has technical significance due to intact fabric that demonstrates past building techniques and technology. The building contains rare examples of early porcelain enamel finished fluted steel spandrels beneath the windows. It is the best demonstrative example of the use of Egyptian derived motifs in the design of inter-war commercial office buildings in Australia. Its quality of design and use of materials make it one of the principal contributors to the architectural character of Martin Place which is recognised as one of Sydney's finest urban spaces.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.</b> </p><p>The building does not demonstrate a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in NSW of social, cultural or spiritual reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.</b> </p><p>It is a rare and relatively intact example of an Art Deco Skyscraper/Moderne style insurance building in Sydney. It features exceptionally fine stone detailing with Egyptian motif.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.</b> </p><p>It is one of a small group of extant major commercial office buildings built in Sydney during the second half of the 1930s. (There are approximately 13 others) It is rare at State level. It contains a substantially intact late 1930s commercial insurance chamber of rare scale and high quality finishes. The MLC Building has technical significance due to intact fabric that demonstrates past building techniques and technology. The building contains rare examples of early porcelain enamel finished fluted steel spandrels beneath the windows. It is the best demonstrative example of the use of Egyptian derived motifs in the design of inter-war commercial office buildings in Australia. Its quality of design and use of materials make it one of the principal contributors to the architectural character of Martin Place which is recognised as one of Sydney's finest urban spaces. It contains a substantially intact suite of late 1930s commercial executive rooms, including the lift lobby, ante-room and boardroom, which is the largest and most formal of its type surviving in Sydney (the finishes of some of these spaces have been dismantled and stored.)<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales.</b> </p><p>The building is an important contribution to the urban quality of Martin Place and Castlereagh Street, having strong visual relationship with the Commonwealth Bank and APA Building and other major nineteenth and twentieth century office buildings in this locality. As the winner of a two stage design competition for a major building, it more than other buildings of similar age reflects attitudes about architectural taste in the late 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-nswshr-597_1-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nswshr-597-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MLC_Building,_Sydney&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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attractions</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government buildings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Memorial" title="Anzac Memorial">Anzac Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Local_Court_House,_Sydney" title="Central Local Court House, Sydney">Central Local Court House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary%27s_Building" title="Chief Secretary's Building">Chief Secretary's Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Street_Police_Station" title="Clarence Street Police Station">Clarence Street Police Station (former)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Customs_House,_Sydney" title="Customs House, Sydney">Customs House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Education_Building" title="Department of Education Building">Department of Education Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Lands_Building" title="Department of Lands Building">Department of Lands Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downing_Centre" title="Downing Centre">Downing Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Government_House,_Sydney" title="First Government House, Sydney">First Government House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Post_Office,_Sydney" title="General Post Office, Sydney">General Post Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Sydney" title="Government House, Sydney">Government House</a></li> <li>Hay Street <ul><li><a href="/wiki/181%E2%80%93187_Hay_Street,_Sydney" title="181–187 Hay Street, Sydney">Nos. 181–187</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haymarket_Post_Office" title="Haymarket Post Office">Haymarket Post Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93-97_Macquarie_Street,_Sydney" class="mw-redirect" title="93-97 Macquarie Street, Sydney">Health Department building (former)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_Barracks,_Sydney" title="Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney">Hyde Park Barracks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park_Obelisk" title="Hyde Park Obelisk">Hyde Park Obelisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_Sydney" title="Parliament House, Sydney">Parliament House, Sydney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Registrar-General%27s_building" class="mw-redirect" title="Registrar-General's building">Registrar-General's building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales" title="State Library of New South Wales">State Library of NSW</a></li> <li>Supreme Court of NSW <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banco_Court_(Supreme_Court_of_New_South_Wales)" title="Banco Court (Supreme Court of New South Wales)">Banco Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenway_Wing_(Supreme_Court_of_New_South_Wales)" title="Greenway Wing (Supreme Court of New South Wales)">Greenway Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Registry_Wing_(Supreme_Court_of_New_South_Wales)" title="Old Registry Wing (Supreme Court of New South Wales)">Old Registry Wing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cenotaph" title="Sydney Cenotaph">Sydney Cenotaph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Mint" title="Sydney Mint">Sydney Mint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Water_Head_Office" title="Sydney Water Head Office">Sydney Water Head Office (former)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasury_Building,_Sydney" title="Treasury Building, Sydney">Treasury building (former)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Commercial buildings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AMA_House,_Sydney" title="AMA House, Sydney">AMA House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/APA_Building,_Sydney" title="APA Building, Sydney">APA building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AWA_Tower" title="AWA Tower">AWA Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Hall" title="Australian Hall">Australian Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/107%E2%80%93109_Bathurst_Street,_Sydney" title="107–109 Bathurst Street, Sydney">Bathurst Street (Nos. 107–109)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulletin_Place_warehouses" title="Bulletin Place warehouses">Bulletin Place warehouses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burns_Philp_Building,_Sydney" title="Burns Philp Building, Sydney">Burns Philp building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Challis_House" title="Challis House">Challis House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Mutual_Life_Assurance_Building" title="City Mutual Life Assurance Building">CML building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_Exchange,_Sydney" title="Corn Exchange, Sydney">Corn Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erskine_Street_Police_Station" title="Erskine Street Police Station">Erskine Street Police Station</a></li> <li>George Street <ul><li><a href="/wiki/341_George_Street,_Sydney" title="341 George Street, Sydney">No. 341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/343_George_Street,_Sydney" title="343 George Street, Sydney">No. 343</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/348%E2%80%93352_George_Street,_Sydney" title="348–352 George Street, Sydney">Nos. 348–352</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354_George_Street,_Sydney" title="354 George Street, Sydney">No. 354</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GIO_Building" title="GIO Building">GIO building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grahame%27s_Corner" title="Grahame's Corner">Grahame's Corner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawken_and_Vance_Produce_Exchange" title="Hawken and Vance Produce Exchange">Hawken and Vance Produce Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinchcliff_House" title="Hinchcliff House">Hinchcliff House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_House" title="Hong Kong House">Hong Kong House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_House,_Sydney" title="International House, Sydney">International House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bridge_Woolstore" title="John Bridge Woolstore">John Bridge Woolstore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Judges_House" title="The Judges House">Judges House, The</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_House,_Sydney" title="Kyle House, Sydney">Kyle House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liner_House" title="Liner House">Liner House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metters_Building" title="Metters Building">Metters Building</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">MLC Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_House" title="National House">National House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Club_building" title="New South Wales Club building">New South Wales Club building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Trustee_Company_Building" title="Perpetual Trustee Company Building">Perpetual Trustee Company building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinnacle_House" title="Pinnacle House">Pinnacle House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Trust_Office" title="Public Trust Office">Public Trust Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qantas_House" title="Qantas House">Qantas House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Building" title="Queen Victoria Building">Queen Victoria Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Cross_House" title="Red Cross House">Red Cross House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Automobile_Club_of_Australia_building" title="Royal Automobile Club of Australia building">Royal Automobile Club of Australia building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93%E2%80%9397_Macquarie_Street,_Sydney" title="93–97 Macquarie Street, Sydney">Sir Stamford Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Savings_Bank_Building" title="State Savings Bank Building">State Savings Bank building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Strand_Arcade" title="The Strand Arcade">Strand Arcade</a></li> <li>Sussex Street <ul><li><a href="/wiki/121%E2%80%93127_Sussex_Street,_Sydney" title="121–127 Sussex Street, Sydney">Nos. 121–127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/139%E2%80%93153_Sussex_Street,_Sydney" title="139–153 Sussex Street, Sydney">Nos. 139–153</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/161_Sussex_Street,_Sydney" title="161 Sussex Street, Sydney">No. 161</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/163%E2%80%93169_Sussex_Street,_Sydney" title="163–169 Sussex Street, Sydney">Nos. 163–169</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_School_of_Arts_building" title="Sydney School of Arts building">Sydney School of Arts building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Trades_Hall" title="Sydney Trades Hall">Trades Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sydney_Club" title="The Sydney Club">The Sydney Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_House,_Sydney" title="Transport House, Sydney">Transport House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Hotel,_Sydney_CBD" title="Kings Hotel, Sydney CBD">Trickett's Hotel (former)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trust_Building" title="Trust Building">Trust Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_House,_Sydney" title="Wales House, Sydney">Wales House</a></li> <li>York Street <ul><li><a href="/wiki/22_York_Street,_Sydney" title="22 York Street, Sydney">No. 22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73_York_Street,_Sydney" title="73 York Street, Sydney">No. 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