Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Co. (MLC) Building, 303-317 Collins Street & 75-83 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Co. (MLC) Building, 303-317 Collins Street & 75-83 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 110762
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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________DATE: 1973, 2000;ASSOCIATIONS: Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Co.;DESIGNER: Civil & Civic Pty Ltd.;BUILDER: Civil & Civic Pty Ltd.______________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM - distinctive form_______________________________________i-HeritageCentral Activities District Conservation Study - Graeme Butler, 1984: Distinctive curved plan - shared with other earlier buildings (BP House) not in CAD_______________________________________City of Melbourne online mapsIOOF Centre: A thirty storey concrete office building with two levels of basement parking. Built in 1973 in the Modernist style. Refurbished in 2000._______________________________________Jagonal.com.au303 Collins Street, a 31-storey building with a two-level podium, formerly known as the IOOF Centre and before that the National Mutual Royal Bank Plaza. Opened in 1973 as the MLC Building, replacing the 1938 MLC Building on the site.The forecourt and top office floors were refurbished in 1986 and the ground floor_______________________________________Newspapers:The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)13 Aug 1973, MonPage 1729 floors and 2 basementsThe Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Wed 30 Nov 1938 Page 22 NEW LANDMARK FOR CITY `THIRTEEN FLOORSForming a new landmark for Melbourne and a focal point for the intersection of Collins and Elizabeth Streets, the great Mutual Life and Citizens' Building is being completed and will have on the four sides of the crowning tower the widely-known figure emblem of the M.L.C. carved from solid stone…' designed by A. and K. Henderson and Partners, architects, of Bank Place, and constructed by Ernest A. Watts, Capel Court
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