page_title: Royal Automobile Club of Australia building
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Automobile Club of Australia building / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Albert Street upper facade of the en:Royal Automobile Club of Australia building, located in Macquarie Street in the en:Sydney central business district in the en:City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
context_page_description: Royal Automobile Club of Australia building is a heritage-listed clubhouse located at 89–91 Macquarie Street, Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by H. E. Ross and Rowe and built from 1926 to 1928 by William Hughes and Co. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
context_section_description: The Royal Automobile Club of Australia building is a five-storey building with three basement levels which occupies an important site on the corner of Macquarie and Albert Streets. It is a fine and characteristic example of the Interwar Commercial Palazzo style used for major commercial buildings both locally and overseas, particularly in the United States. The major facades are divided into the characteristic three-part classical/Italianate division and feature dark face brickwork with lighter coloured sandstone dressings to the five stories of the main building. A fine stone colonnade lines the main Macquarie Street elevation and has an accessible terrace with wrought iron balustrade. Steel-framed French doors give access from the first floor. On the rear elevation both the main ground floor level and three below this (levels 1–3 + basement carpark) have cement rendered walls and much of the detailing of the upper brick walls is also in render. Though largely intact externally, the building has had a number of internal alterations and extensive redecoration particularly to the residential accommodation, function rooms and service areas and the original basement car park.
caption: The Albert Street upper facade of the RAC building, pictured in 2019.
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