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High Ceilings to High End Essay
11212 - Architectural History and Theory: Orientations
2 Found helpful • 12 Pages • Essays / Projects • Year: Pre-2021
At the heart of Sydney’s central business district stands the marvellous Queen Victoria Building. Distinct from the skyscrapers and towers sprawled across the block because of its notable Romanesque architecture, the Queen Victoria Building proudly stands as one of Australia’s most beautiful high-end shopping complexes. Built in 1896 atop of the old Sydney Markets, Governor Macquarie set aside the land for the project in 1810 (QVB 2013). Architect George McRae designed the Queen Victoria Building, submitting several designs that focused on Renaissance, Gothic, Queen Anne and Romanesque styles. The Romanesque style was selected and construction began in 1894. It was built as a shrine commemorating Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee (QVB 2013). Originally titled as the ‘Queen Victoria Market Building’, according to the Sydney Council, it was a reflection of ‘the unprecedented and glorious reign of her majesty, the Queen’ (QVB 2014 para 17). The building began as a concert hall and residential hotel until 1901 where the buildings tenants began to reorganise, seeing the addition of a City Library and office spaces. In 1971, proposals for a restoration project on the Queen Victoria Building were developed and then a refurbishment began, bringing the building into the modern age. The restoration began in 1984 and was further developed in 2008 by IPOH, a Malaysian development company (IPOH 2015), turning the refurbishment into a multi-million dollar project (QVB 2013). The architecture of the building remained greatly the same, with the focus on repairing and conserving as much of the original architecture as possible. The Queen Victoria Building’s contents, however, transformed to accommodate for numerous high-end boutiques, restaurants and cafes. The name of the building was
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