Developed by Mirvac with construction completed in 1991, Quay West is a 44 storey residential tower in the iconic Rocks area in Sydney. The development also includes serviced apartments and a hotel.
From an initial handshake agreement in 1966 Mátéffy Perl Nagy Consulting Structural Engineers was born. 1991 saw MPN celebrate 25 years of excellence in engineering and to mark the occasion we published this anniversary newsletter. [View Newsletter]
Westfield Liverpool was expanded in the 1990s with two significant redevelopments, one in 1991 and another in 1993. The 1993 extension, which was undertaken when the center was jointly owned by Westfield and Rodamco, increased the gross leasable area (GLA) to 57,664 qm. As part of the 1993 extension MPN engineered a 12 screen cinema complex over three floors of existing retail and parking, without interrupting public access or retail business. [read more]
Home to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Village and conceived as a self contained suburb, Newington was built in a relatively short period of time through a joint venture between Lend Lease and Mirvac. The development team worked with multiple high profile architects to produce thousands of apartments, individual dwelling houses, retail and leisure facilities, schools and extensive parklands. [read more]
After originally developing the site for Westfield in 1982, this extensive redevelopment was completed in 1997, adding over 100,000m2, with a 30 screen cinema complex; the largest in southern hemisphere at the time. The following decades would see MPN add a Bunnings warehouse, fresh food market and one of Australia’s largest solar panel arrays. [read more]
Located at 1 Kings Cross Road, The Elan is a 37 storey (139 metres) residential high-rise built on the highest point in the Darlinghurst area. Constructed between 1995 and 1997 above the Kings Cross Tunnel, the project transformed a constrained inner-city location that had previously seen several unrealised development proposals. Designed by Nettleton Tribe Partnership and built by Multiplex, the development utilised 18,200 cubic meters of concrete and 2,550 tonnes of reinforcing steel.
MPN was commissioned to deliver Structural Design and Engineering services for buildings 1, 3, 5 & 7 Macquarie Street, as well as the neighbouring Quay Grand apartment at Bennelong Point overlooking the Sydney Opera House and Circular Quay. This row of mid-rise residential apartment buildings are some of the most luxurious and sought after properties in the country. [read more]