Description • The country's tallest skyscraper building when topped out in June 1965. It held the title until late 1967 when surpassed by the Australia Square Tower.
• The building was dismantled over 9 months in 1997-98 to make way for the new Renzo Piano tower Aurora Place.
• It was used for offices of the NSW Premier, as well a staffed apartment in level 8 for it, prominent ministers and a selection of State government departments.
• Its demolition made many Australian architects upset who claimed the State Office Block was a very fine example of mid-1960s modernist architecture.
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