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Former ACI House Cnr William and Boomerang Streets, Woolloomooloo
1937—38 Stephenson H Turner with Arthur Baldwinson

Originally a showcase building for the glass manufacturer Australian Consolidated Industries, it had three levels of showrooms and offices. The exterior was tiled with glass mosaics with glass block infill panels and the entry doors to the foyer featured ‘bullet proof’ glass. The display windows at street level were of curved convex and concave glass to eliminate reflections. They are similar to Heals department store windows in London. Mutilated in two renovations, the interiors and the ground floor are lost, and the glass blocks replaced.

Taken from:Sydney architecture / Jahn, Graham. Published 1997.