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Sydney Water Head Office
Heritage-listed building in Sydney, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sydney Water Head Office, now known as Kimpton Margot Sydney[1] is a heritage-listed hotel, formerly an office building, located in the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Henry Budden & Mackey and built from 1938 to 1939 by Howie Moffat & Co, commonly called the Water Board Building and formally the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board Headquarters. Following Sydney Water's relocation to Parramatta in 2009, it was converted into a hotel (as The Primus Hotel (Chinese: 鉑瑞酒店), part of a chain of hotels owned by the municipal government of Shanghai, while the adjoining 1969 office building was redeveloped to become the Greenland Centre. In 2021, Primus Hotel Sydney closed, and in 2022 the hotel re-opened as part of the Kimpton chain operated by IHG Hotels & Resorts.
Sydney Water Head Office | |
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![]() Detail of the building facade, pictured in 2015 | |
Location | 339–341 Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia |
Coordinates | 33.8749°S 151.2076°E / -33.8749; 151.2076 |
Built | 1938–1939 |
Architect | Budden & Mackey |
Architectural style(s) | Art Deco |
Official name | Sydney Water Head Office (former) (1939 building); Water Board Building; Sydney Water Head Office; the 1965 extension to the Headquarters of the Metropolitan Water; Sewerage and Drainage Board of Sydney; MWS&DB; |
Type | State heritage (built) |
Designated | 15 November 2002 |
Reference no. | 1645 |
Type | Office building |
Category | Government and Administration |
Builders | Howie Moffat & Co. |
It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 15 November 2002.[2]