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| P&O Building | |
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 Interactive map of the P&O Building area | |
Alternative names | Orient Lines Building Malaysian Airlines Building |
General information | |
Architectural style | Inter-war functionalist |
| Location | 56-60 William Street, Perth, Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°57′14″S 115°51′25″E / 31.95387°S 115.85706°E |
| Current tenants | Malaysia Airlines |
| Completed | 1930 |
| Inaugurated | 16 September 1930 |
| Renovated | 1991 |
| Cost | £A 41,073 (equivalent to A$3.8M in 2022) |
| Client | Orient Steam Navigation Company |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 7 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Waldie Forbes |
Architecture firm | Hobbs, Smith & Forbes |
| Main contractor | E. Allwood |
| Type | State Registered Place |
| Designated | 22 November 2005 |
| Reference no. | 4587 |
The P&O Building is a heritage-listed building in Perth, Western Australia.[1]
Site history
[edit]The site of the building formerly housed three separate shops at 56, 58 and 60 William Street. It was built to house the Orient Steam Navigation Company that later became part of P&O.[2] It was officially opened by William Campion, the Governor of Western Australia, on 16 September 1930.[3][4]
Architecture
[edit]It is a seven-storey steel framed office building, clad in Donnybrook stone and rendered brick. It was designed in the Inter-war Functionalist style by Waldie Forbes of the Hobbs Smith & Forbes architecture firm, at a cost of £A 41,073,[2] equivalent to A$3.8 million in 2022.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Permanent Entry - P&O Building (1930, 1991)". InHerit. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- 1 2 "The new Orient Line Building in William Street, Perth". Daily Commercial News & Shipping List. Vol. 4, no. 931. Western Australia. 23 June 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 21 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Orient Line Building". Daily Commercial News & Shipping List. Vol. 4, no. 997. Western Australia. 8 September 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 21 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Orient Line's Perth Office". Daily Commercial News & Shipping List. No. 13, 100. New South Wales, Australia. 18 September 1930. p. 5. Retrieved 21 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.