| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
181 - 191 Victoria Square ADELAIDE |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
ADELAIDE Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Beacon House (former MLC [Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company Ltd] Building) |
| Registered Name |
Office - MLC Building |
| Significance |
Architecturally, the former MLC building is a highly developed example of the International Style of light, steel framed, curtain wall skyscrapers, and is the most sophisticated example of the building type erected in Adelaide and Australia. Designed in 1955 by Osborn McCutcheon of the Melbourne architectural firm Bates Smart McCutcheon, it represents a peak of design and construction achievement for this innovative firm. The building is widely regarded as an outstanding representative of both the International Style and the development of light steel frame construction with integrated building services, and demonstrates a degree of creative, aesthetic and technical achievement unmatched in any other building of its type in Australia.
Historically, the building is associated with the post-war development and growth of the insurance industry, and the MLC Company in particular, and is indicative of the company's status in the South Australian economy, reflected in the deliberate development of a modern landmark building as its South Australian headquarters.
[Condensed / Adapted from: Bruce Harry & Associates 'Former MLC Building, 185 Victoria Square, Adelaide, Conservation Management Plan' Vol 1, August 1997]
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| Subject Index |
Finance - Insurance Company; Miscellaneous - Office [Miscellaneous] |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
11-SEP-1986 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Adelaide |
| State Heritage ID |
13596 |
| Heritage Number |
1303 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 5007/302 S7176 U7,CT 5007/304 S7176 U9,CT 5007/303 S7176 U8,CT 5007/310 S7176 UCP,CT 5007/309 S7176 U14,CT 5007/308 S7176 U13,CT 5007/307 S7176 U12,CT 5007/306 S7176 U11,CT 5007/305 S7176 U10,CT 5007/301 S7176 U6,CT 5007/297 S7176 U2,CT 5007/298 S7176 U3,CT 5007/300 S7176 U5,CT 5007/299 S7176 U4,CT 6037/217 S7176 U1 |