Skip to main content

Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney
Multimedia
Construction of the AMP Building 1961

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Construction of the AMP Building 1961

Contributed By

Private collection

Search

Browse

Browse
- Artefacts
- Buildings
- Events
- Natural Features
- Organisations
- People
- Places
- Structures
- Entries
- Multimedia
- Subjects
- Roles
- Contributors

Connections

Appears in

Planning

Subjects

Commercial building Construction Insurance

Buildings

AMP Building

Places

Circular Quay

Footer

Home
About
Copyright
Blog
Facebook
Twitter

Private collection

Planning

From an accidental city without a plan, Sydney has become a city with many plans. The early town grew without controls, but later governments tried to regulate building and development, and keep up with necessary services and infrastructure. From 1900, resumptions, zoning and regulation were used to shape the city and its suburbs.

Commercial building

Construction

Insurance

AMP Building

full record »

Post War International style office building which at 25 storeys was the first to officially break the 1912 Sydney height of Buildings Limit of 150 feet and thus become the tallest building in Australia at the time of its construction.

Circular Quay

full record »

Area of Sydney's central business district that surrounds the quays built on reclaimed land from the 1830s.