Myer Centre, Adelaide
Location
The Myer Centre is situated along the Rundle Mall shopping precinct and fronts on to North Terrace. As of 2024 it is owned by Starhill Global REIT.
Building history
The North Terrace side of the Myer Centre includes two heritage-listed buildings, listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. Shell House was constructed in 1931 and Goldsbrough House in 1935.
Goldsbrough House was designed for Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. by prominent SA architect F. Kenneth Milne. An extra storey was added in 1936, and the building was state heritage-listed in 1986.
The shopping centre was constructed in 1991, undertaken by developers REMM Group Ltd, at a cost of A$1 billion. It was designed by Buchan, Laird and Bawden and built by structural engineers Wallbridge and Gilbert.
A six-storey office tower named Terrace Towers was constructed behind the two historic buildings, facing the mall.
In the 1990s, the upper level of the interior atrium of the centre housed a family entertainment centre named Dazzeland that included Australia's only indoor rollercoaster. This was taken down later in 1998.
In 2023, roughly 30 years after the building was opened, the building underwent renovation. The building exterior was renovated.
Description
The Myer Centre is the largest shopping centre in the city centre, and houses the largest Myer store in South Australia, along with over 80 smaller shops. The level below street level includes a large food court.
The Rundle Mall side of the building has an eight-level atrium, with the escalators at the sides.
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Inside the Myer Centre in 2007, before remodelling, looking down from the 5th floor -
Inside the Myer Centre in 2014, after remodelling
In Popular Culture
In 2024, Adelaide filmmaker Alex Duerr began work on a full digital CGI recreation of the Myer Centre and Dazzeland for an upcoming YouTube series.
Footnotes
- ^ See also Pirie Street Brewery for more about Wallbridge and Gilbert.
References
- ^ "Myer Centre Adelaide". Starhill Global REIT. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Myer Centre (former Goldsbrough House)". Experience Adelaide. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Goldsbrough House: 172-174 North Terrace" (PDF). City of Adelaide. 1996.
The internal lift lobbies and stairwell are of particular note and have survived a major refurbishment to link the Myers department store through to North Terrace. The projected redevelopment of Myers will retain little more than the North Terrace facade.... The text in this Information Sheet was copied from the Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide (1996).
- ^ "14: Case Study in Credit Management: The Remm Group (appendix A)". The Management of Credit: Case Studies. Vol. 6. The Auditor General's Department South Australia.
- ^ "Full Record: Architecture Australia: July 1988 to December 1993". PMI Victorian History Library. 7 June 1990. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
July-August 1992... The Adelaide Remm Myer Centre by Malone Buchan Laird and Bawden p50.
- ^ "Our history". Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Geoff Wallbridge and Mark Gilbert create a versatile engineering consultancy force in Adelaide and nationally". Adelaide AZ. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Myer Centre". Emporis. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Williams, Tim (25 October 2012). "Remembering the razzle of Dazzeland". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Rice, Katelin (21 April 2024). "Adelaide's iconic Myer Centre reveals striking $15M transformation". Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Centre Info". Myer Centre Adelaide. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Alex Duerr". Alex Duerr. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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