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State Savings Bank building : ウィキペディア英語版 | State Savings Bank building
The State Savings Bank building is a large bank building situated at 48 Martin Place, Sydney. It was built in 1928 after designs by Ross and Rowe. After several decades of use by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, it was purchased by financial services company Macquarie Bank in 2012, refurbished and now serves as Macqurie's global headquarters.〔(Macqurie - Office Guide - 50 Martin Place )〕 ==Description and history== The building was originally constructed as the headquarters of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales. It was subsequently owned by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. It has a distinctive terracotta and pink granite façade in the Beaux-Arts style. The interior features large scagliola columns, extensive use of marble, and a plaster and pressed metal ceiling. The exterior features four massive Ionic columns and detail in pink glazed ceramic tiles. The building's square trading hall was originally one of the largest in the world. A stately vault is housed in the basement. The main portal, opening onto Martin Place, features a unique bronze door which descends into the floor when opened. The building has been described as "a masterpiece of civic scale and precise detail."〔A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture, Apperly (Angus and Robertson) 1994, p.162〕 It has a federal heritage listing.〔The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/106〕 The building was purchased by Australian financial services company Macquarie Bank in March 2012 along with an adjoining building, with suggestions that the State Savings Bank building itself might be refurbished and on-sold. Instead, Macquarie refurbished the building and it now serves as the company's global headquarters. In the ground floor banking hall, Macquarie installed two circular glass lifts with the lift shaft penetrating the ceiling. A widened atrium penetrates the office floors above, and the roof has been renovated with the addition of a large glass elliptical dome.〔
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