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AWA Tower

New South Wales, Australia

The 172nd tallest tower in the world

111 m · 364 ft

The AWA Tower, also referred to as the AWA Building, is a heritage-listed office and communications complex in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, built for AWA. The AWA Tower consists of a radio transmission tower and a 14-storey building, standing at an overall height of 112.5 metres (369 ft). It is located in the Sydney central business district at 45–47 York Street, close to Wynyard Park and Wynyard railway station. Designed by Robertson, Marks and McCredie in association with DT Morrow and Gordon and built from 1937 to 1939 by William Hughes and Co. Pty Ltd, the AWA Tower was Australia's tallest building from 1939 until the construction of the 115-metre-tall (377 ft) AMP Building, Sydney, in 1962. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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