{{Short description|Historic building in Sydney, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox building | name = Commonwealth Trading Bank building | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = Martin Place - panoramio (1).jpg | image_size = 340 | image_alt = <!-- or | alt = --> | image_caption = Commonwealth Trading Bank building viewed from the corner of Martin Place and Pitt Street, while under renovation in 2012, prior to demolition of the 1960s annex (left)<!-- or | caption = --> | pushpin_map = Australia Sydney central | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = Location in the Sydney central business district | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_relief = | former_names = | alternate_names = ''Money Box'' building {{small|(also sometimes confused with the State Savings Bank Building)}}<ref name="money box"/> | etymology = | status = Complete | cancelled = | topped_out = | building_type = Retail/Office | architectural_style = Grecian Doric, Art Deco | classification = | location = Sydney CBD | address = 108-120 Pitt Street | location_city = Sydney, New South Wales | location_country = Australia | coordinates = {{coord|33|52|4.46|S|151|12|31.87|E|display=title,inline|type:landmark_region:AU-NSW}} | altitude = | current_tenants = | namesake = | groundbreaking_date = 14 May 1913 | construction_start_date = {{start date|1913}} | construction_stop_date = | est_completion = | topped_out_date = | completion_date = 24 July 1916 | opened_date = 22 August 1916 | inauguration_date = | relocated_date = | renovation_date = {{unbulleted list|1929–1933|2011–2012}} | closing_date = | demolished_date = | cost = {{currency|164,457|GBP}} | ren_cost = {{currency|330 million|AUD|passthrough=yes}} | client = Commonwealth Bank; Australian Government | owner = {{unbulleted list|Cbus (50%);|Commonwealth Property Office Fund (50%)}} | landlord = | affiliation = | height = {{convert|81|m}} | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | observatory = | diameter = | circumference = | weight = | other_dimensions = | structural_system = | material = | size = | floor_count = 12 | floor_area = {{convert|33,000|sqm}} | elevator_count = | grounds_area = {{convert|3347|sqm}} | architect = John & H.G Kirkpatrick | architecture_firm = | developer = | engineer = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = Henry Phippard of Phippard Bros | awards = | designations = City of Sydney Register of the National Estate (21/03/1978) | known_for = | ren_architect = {{unbulleted list|E. H. Henderson & F. Hill (1929-33)}} | ren_firm = | ren_engineer = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = Commonwealth Department of Works | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_contractor = {{unbulleted list|John Grant & Sons (1929-33)}} | ren_awards = | number_of_rooms = | parking = | website = {{URL|5martinplace.com.au}} | embed = | embedded = {{Infobox designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = New South Wales State Heritage Register | designation1_offname = Commonwealth Trading Bank Building | designation1_type = State heritage (built) | designation1_date = 14 December 2012 | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = 1837 | designation1_free1name = Category | designation1_free1value = Bank | designation1_free2name = Collection | designation1_free2value = Commercial | designation1_free3name = Integrity | designation1_free3value = Externally intact }} | references = <ref name=SHR>{{cite NSW HD|2423842|Former "Commonwealth Bank of Australia Building" including interiors|accessdate=21 May 2018}}</ref> | footnotes = }} The '''Commonwealth Trading Bank Building''', also known as the '''Commonwealth Bank Building''', is a historically significant building in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia, located on the corner of Pitt Street and Martin Place. It was formerly the headquarters of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, which for a significant part of the 20th century functioned as Australia's central bank.
==History== The Commonwealth Bank was created in 1911 under order of Prime Minister Andrew Fisher. Its head office was designed by architect John Kirkpatrick, who was the cousin of the bank's governor. In August 1916, the building opened. The building was expanded with extensions designed by E.H. Henderson and F. Hill between 1929 and 1933 along Pitt Street, and in 1966 construction was begun on an annex facing Martin Place, completed in 1967.<ref name=AHD/>
From 2012 the building was extensively refurbished.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.afr.com/property/commercial/consent-granted-to-top-up-money-box-20101026-iueka|title=Consent granted to top up ‘money box’|date=26 Oct 2010|first1=Michael|last1=Hobbs|publisher=Australian Financial Review}}</ref> The 1960s extension was rebuilt, while much of the 1916 building and 1930s extension was stripped out and refurbished.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/martin-place-money-box-to-be-redeveloped-20110804-1idju.html|title=Martin Place 'money box' to be redeveloped|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 August 2011|author=Cummins, Carolyn}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tsamanagement.com.au/projects/commercial/120-pitt-street-sydney-redevelopment/ TSA Management – 120 Pitt Street]</ref><ref>[http://beasy.com.au/project/commonwealth-bank-of-australia-120-pitt-street-sydney/ Beasy – 120 Pitt Street]</ref> The building now houses retail space in the old banking hall.
==Significance== The building was listed on the now defunct Register of the National Estate between 1978 until the register's abolition in 2007,<ref name=AHD/> and it is now listed on the City of Sydney local government heritage register.<ref name=SHR/> The building is described as a national symbol, "the first and very substantial physical manifestation of the powers that the Commonwealth Government acquired in the area of banking after the federation of the Australian colonies."<ref name=AHD>{{cite AHD|1837|Commonwealth Trading Bank Building, 108-120 Pitt St, Sydney, NSW, Australia|accessdate=20 April 2009}}</ref> The building is also regarded as significant for its design, combining Grecian Doric, Art Deco and other influences.<ref name=AHD/>
The image of the building itself became familiar to many people across Australia during the 20th century through its use on money boxes issued by the Commonwealth Bank to children starting from 1922. The money boxes were rectangular shape, roughly reflecting the dimensions of the bank building, and printed with the building's exterior. As a result, it is referred to as the "money box building". (The State Savings Bank building at 48 Martin Place was also featured on some later money boxes, and is also sometimes called the "money box building").<ref name="money box">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/a-telling-tale-of-two-tin-moneyboxes-20120925-26jfg.html|title=A telling tale of two tin moneyboxes|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 September 2012|access-date=21 May 2018|author=McNeilage, Amy}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> CBA2.jpg|Coat of arms above the entrance Commonwealth Trading Bank Building COS 2017.jpg|One of the part of the building become COS Fashion store </gallery>
==Attribution== {{NSW-SHR-CC-contains|name=Commonwealth Trading Bank Building|dno=2423842|id=1837|year=2012|accessdate=21 May 2018}}
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Architecture}}}} *Architecture of Sydney *Australian non-residential architectural styles
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Sydney Category:Art Deco architecture in Sydney Category:Commonwealth Bank Category:Bank buildings in New South Wales Category:Martin Place Category:Bank headquarters in Australia Category:Pitt Street, Sydney