Citymark Building, Haymarket
This exciting project was approved by the City of Sydney in June.
The owners of the 1980s Citymark building, located in the heart of Sydney’s Chinatown, wished to revitalise the precinct, add a new, high-standard architectural element to it and, especially, to represent the precinct’s historical Asian heritage through the forms and colours of traditional Chinese lanterns. This onetime market area is characterised by low-to medium scale historic commercial buildings, several heritage items including the adjoining former Bank of NSW building, and contemporary residential high-rises on its fringe.
GBA Heritage provided heritage documentation and worked with the owners and Wardles Architects to develop a simultaneously bold and sympathetic approach. The design features an external frame alluding in form and colour to Chinese lanterns, in its detailing to traditional Chinese ceramic roof tiles, and will add an exciting, colourful element to the cityscape.
The project was approved by the City of Sydney in June 2025.