Historic - 31 Bligh Street, Sydney (Lowy Institute) (NSW)
31 Bligh Street is an excellent example of the Victorian Academic Classical style and was built in 1884. Located in the heart of the Sydney CBD, this building once housed the New South Wales Club, and its design is reminiscent of Charles Barry’s Reform Club in London. The exterior of 31 Bligh Street is suggestive of an Italian Renaissance Palazzo and is the only Victorian-era clubhouse remaining in Sydney. Designed by English architect William Wardell, the elegant interior and furnishings are still evocative of a late 19th-century gentleman’s club. The complete refurbishment of the electrical systems including new data and voice installations, had to take into consideration the historic nature of this building with no chasing of walls or damaging ceilings to access the wiring, made the job to this iconic building very difficult but the 米6体育APP Pty Ltd technicians came to the challenge with flying colours. Matching and reproducing some of the existing light fittings were well worth the effect at the end.