Sirius Apartments
(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5)
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Cumberland Street
the rocks
Sydney
NSW 2000
Australia
coordinates:
-33.8575783 151.2079926
Building names(s): Sirius Apartments
Architect/Designer:
Tao Gofers
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Last modified: 3 June, 2009 | Suggested By LT
(2 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)
Those apartments were also used in the old movie called: “Playing Beatie Bow” back in 1985. It was definitely in a good location for that movie to be made. I quite like them always wanted to see what they looked like on the inside but in the movie Playing Beatie Bow that was the only opportunity I had of viewing them on the inside. However, twenty five years later I am pretty sure it would have changed a bit.
“… the Sirius apartments on Cumberland, those much maligned “stack of television sets” made of concrete. Few realise that this building was the result of “The Peoples Plan”, apartments with some of the best views in the world, designed for aged, individuals, couples and families. This building is itself a monument to social struggle and public voice….” quote from bulletin issue 4, June 2001
The Sirius Apartment buildings in Sydney. Designed by a mysterious architect, Tao Gofers, these brutalist structures sit menacingly atop the Rocks. Prime Sydney real-estate, surrounded by millions of dollars apartments and terrace houses, the Sirius Apartments are government-subsidized housing for lower income people.