The Queen Victoria Building, or QVB, is a Victorian building in the Sydney central business district, in Australia. The Romanesque Revival architecture building is 190 metres long by 30 wide.
The QVB site was once home to the George Street Markets, and was selected for the construction of a grand government building. Architect George McRae designed the QVB in a Romanesque style to employ a great number of skilled craftsmen who were out of work due to a severe recession. The building was completed in 1898 and named the Queen Victoria Building after the monarch.
The completed building included coffee shops, showrooms and a concert hall. It provided a business environment for tradesmen such as tailors, mercers, hairdressers, and florists. The concert hall was later changed to a municipal library and offices for Sydney City Council. The building steadily deteriorated and in 1959 was threatened with demolition. It was restored between 1984 and 1986 by Ipoh Ltd at a cost of $86 million, under the terms of a 99-year lease from the City Council and now contains mostly upmarket boutiques and "brand-name" shops.
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Obecnie QVB stanowi ekskluzywne centrum handlowe z markowymi produktami.
Great Australian Clock - jeden z dwóch wiszących wielkich zegarów w QVB
Statua królowej Wiktorii, prezent Irlandczyków
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