T&G Building, Adelaide
From Engineering Heritage Australia
The Temperence and General -T&G - Mutual Life Assurance Society was founded in Melbourne in 1876. During the interwar period the company embarked on a program of developing 20 similar landmark buildings in Australia and New Zealand.
The site of the Adelaide building was purchased by T&G in 1912.
The 11-storey building is 132 feet high, the tallest that a building code be constructed by the Building Act of 1932. The building is composite steel and reinforced concrete. The building opened on 23 November 1925.
The Adelaide T&G Building had features that were new to Adelaide including lighting and ventilation.
In 2000-2001 the building was converted to a serviced apartment hotel.
