Bushells Building Sydney

The Bushells Building at 121 Harrington Street, The Rocks is a Sydney landmark and is a unique adaptation of a 1924 tea warehouse as a seven-story high quality commercial office tenancy. The transformed building retains a tea-tasting room and a complement of industrial artefacts including a tea chest elevator, dumb waiters, goods lifts and spiral chutes that moved tea from one level to another. The design of the new office areas embraced these manufacturing elements and a new foyer was created in one of the light wells. Three new lifts and a series of fully glazed interconnecting bridges now move office tenants rather than tea. Client: Denwol (2017) and Savacombe / SHFA (1999) Awards: UNESCO Award for Conservation and Adaptation Australian Property Institute Award for Best Development, Highly Commended Rider Hunt Award by Property Council of Australia, Highly Commended Photography: Terrance Chin + Tom Ferguson