Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Co (MLC) : 303-309 Collins Street, MELBOURNE
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| Building ProfileName : Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Co (MLC)
LocationAddress: 303-309 Collins Street
City: MELBOURNE
Postcode: 3000
Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Co (MLC) was a landmark
Construction DetailsBuilt: 1930
Original use: Office
Current use: Not Used or Not Applicable
number of floors : 12Built in the Interwar period in the Art-Deco style
Notable featuresFeatures landmark tower, vertical emphasis, an unusual combination of Art Deco with and stark Moderne features (curtain walled glass strips) as well as skyscraper gothic details. HistoryArchitect: Kingsley Henderson
This building has been destroyed (~1960)
Demolished to make way for new MLC office tower built in the mid 60s. Following an architectural trend in the 20s and 30s of franchising, which was similar to the treatment of buildings such as the T&G towers, this building was all but identical in design to that of the Art Deco MLC building still extant at 38-46 Martin Place, Sydney.
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