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Australia Square is an office and retail complex in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. Its main address is 264 George Street, and the Square is bounded on the northern side by Bond Street, eastern side by Pitt Street and southern side by Curtin Place. The building was first conceived in 1961,〔Daily Telegraph, 5 December 1961 reproduced in Volume 2: Harry Seidler scrapbook of press cuttings 1957-1962 State Library of NSW. Scan online at http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/ItemViewer.aspx?itemid=852631&suppress=N&imgindex=194〕 and its final design by Harry Seidler & Associates was in 1964 after collaboration with structural engineer Pier Luigi Nervi.〔Sun Herald 19 January 1964. Reproduced in Volume 3: Harry Seidler scrapbook of press cuttings, 1963-1968. State Library of NSW. Scan online at http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/ItemViewer.aspx?itemid=852633&suppress=N&imgindex=28〕 Today, it remains a landmark building in Sydney and is regarded as iconic to Australian architecture.〔 It has even been described as the most beautiful building in Australia. The outstanding feature of the Square is the Tower Building which from its completion in 1967 until 1976 was the tallest building in Sydney. Australia Square is owned by GPT Group. During the mid-1990s the building was completely refurbished. Another $11 million refurbishment program, which included replacing all paving in public areas with Italian porphyry paving stone, new lighting and outdoor tables was conducted in 2003. ==The Tower==
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