The original Westfield Burwood was opened on 11th of October 1966 by Premier of New South Wales Robert Askin. As pioneers in the use post-tensioning and the design of pre-stressed structures, MPN was engaged to help guide the structural development of one of Australia’s first ‘modern’ shopping centres. Westfield Burwood was built on a slope which meant that it was the first centre that facilitated an incline mall design. This meant that the centre was a gently-ascending grade and that the levels were connected via a system of ramps, stairs and escalators. [read more]
Though we started delivering projects the previous year, in 1966 all three partners came together to form MPN. Here are the original business cards of our founders Stephen Mateffy, Leslie Perl and John Nagy … note, we’ve kept the same telephone number for 60 years!
The Park Regis Tower is still Australia’s the tallest brick building. An iconic development in its day, it was the first major highrise apartment tower to be built in the Sydney CBD and presented the opportunity for MPN to showcase their industry leading structural design and engineering skills.
When Westfield Doncaster officially opened on 30 September 1969, it was Westfield’s first venture in Victoria. The original $12 million complex consisted of the four-storey Myer department store at the north end, two levels of shops running along the west side to the, then white, eight-storey office tower. On the east side the two layers of shops merged into one layer, then finished at a Coles New World supermarket. From 1967 through to the present day, MPN has been an integral part of this iconic centre’s development and continual evolution. [read more]
In 1969 the Westfield Corporation purchased Miranda Fair from Myer for $10 million. Following this purchase Westfield lodged plans with Sutherland Council to expand the centre. The expansion was proposed to double the centre in size and would extend it to the Kingsway. Farmers would expand their existing store, a new supermarket, hardware store and discount department store were also part of the proposal. MPN was there every step of the way, and continues the relationship to this day. [read more]