This wonderful, black and white architectural image has been taken by one of the members participating in our Modern Times group on Flickr. This sparse yet graphic image highlights a section of the Macquarie bank building located in King Street on the foreshore. You can see the detail of this shot through the larger file that the photographer has posted to ‘all sizes’ on Flickr
This building has been described by the Sydney Morning Herald as “Australia’s first inside out building” with the designer of the King Street building, James Fitzpatrick, describing the architectural exterior as “ Everything on the building is there because it is doing something”.
It is interesting to note, from this article, that the developer had planned to use an imitation of Max Dupain’s famous Sunbaker image to decorate the façade, which didn’t eventuate.
Photography by dexodexo
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