St Mary’s Cathedral, St Mary’s Road Standing on the site of the first Catholic chapel in Australia, the ‘Gothic revival’ style of the cathedral reminds one of the great medieval cathedrals of Europe. Constructed in local sandstone, the original cathedral was destroyed in fire. The present one, built in several stages, was completed in the late 1950s.
30 The Bond, Hickson Road The nine-storied Asia-Pacific headquarters of the Lend Lease Corporation uses 30-40% less power than today’s best-practice buildings and emits 30% lower carbon dioxide than a typical office. In 2005, it became the first office building in Australia to achieve the Five-Star Greenhouse rating. The use of a passive system for space conditioning based on ‘chilled beams’ (a ‘first’ in Australia) has been the focus of a lot of deliberations.
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