Sirius Building
The Sirius Building is an apartment complex in The Rocks district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Designed for the Housing Commission of New South Wales in 1978–1979 by commission architect Tao Gofers, the building is a prominent example of Brutalist architecture in Australia.Photo: Eastberliner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: Australian apartment complex
- Also known as: “Sirius” and “Sirius building”
- Address: 36-50 Cumberland Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darling Harbour and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
Darling Harbour
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Darling Harbour is a leisure and entertainment precinct, in central Sydney. It extends to Pyrmont, Ultimo and the business district of Barangaroo, and contains The Star and Pyrmont Bay, including Harris St.
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Art gallery
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, is located on George Street in The Rocks neighbourhood of Sydney. Museum of Contemporary Art Australia is situated 270 metres south of Sirius Building.
Cadmans Cottage Historic Site
Photo: Julioenrekei, Public domain.
Cadmans Cottage or Cadman's Cottage is a heritage-listed former water police station and sailor's home and now visitor attraction located at 110 George Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. Cadmans Cottage Historic Site is situated 170 metres southeast of Sirius Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Rocks and Millers Point.
The Rocks
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Rocks is sandstone buildings, history, laneways, culture and Australiana by day, and a busy pub scene by night. It is the historical precinct of central Sydney immediately to the north of the City centre on the western side of Sydney Cove, and where the First Fleet set up their first convict settlement.
Millers Point
Suburb
Millers Point is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the north-western edge of the Sydney central business district, adjacent to The Rocks and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
Sydney
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sydney is the Harbour City, and is the oldest and most cosmopolitan city in Australia with an enviable reputation as one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities.
Sirius Building
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.85766° or 33° 51′ 28″ southLongitude
151.20806° or 151° 12′ 29″ eastLevels
1Open location code
4RRH46R5+W6OpenStreetMap ID
way 554445041OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsWikidata ID
Q14917281
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Sirius Building” goes by many names.
- French: “Sirius building”
- Turkish: “Sirius Binası”
- Turkish: “Sirius building”
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