GIO Building
Heritage-listed building in Sydney, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The GIO Building is a heritage-listed office tower located at 60-70 Elizabeth Street in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. It was built during 1929. It is also known as the General Insurance Office Building; the GIO building, and was constructed as the Sun Building or the Sun Newspaper Building. The property is privately owned and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
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GIO Building | |
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Location in Sydney central business district | |
Former names | Sun Building Sun Newspaper Building |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Skyscraper |
Architectural style | Interwar Skyscraper Gothic |
Address | 60-70 Elizabeth Street, Sydney central business district, New South Wales |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 33°52′06″S 151°12′39″E |
Named for | Government Insurance Office (GIO) |
Opened | 15 October 1929 (1929-10-15) |
Renovation cost | A$12 million (1985) |
Client | Sun Newspaper Limited |
Owner | NGI Investments Pty Ltd |
Technical details | |
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Floor count | 10 |
Lifts/elevators | 7 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Joseph Alexander Kethel |
Architecture firm | Thomas Rowe and Sydney Moore Green |
Main contractor | Concrete Constructions |
Renovating team | |
Architect(s) | Keers Banks and Maitland |
Official name | GIO Building; Sun Building |
Type | State heritage (built) |
Criteria | a., c., d., e. |
Designated | 2 April 1999 |
Reference no. | 683 |
Type | Commercial Office/Building |
Category | Commercial |
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The GIO building was built in the Interwar Skyscraper Gothic style.