Town Hall House

Brutalist buildings may present an imposing facade with exposed concrete and rigorous, repetitive geometries, but underlying that harsh exterior are expressive materials, sculptural forms and imaginative uses of light. Town Hall House in Sydney is a Brutalist building designed by Ancher Mortlock and Woolley in the early 1970s. The twenty-three-storey tower provided modern offices and established an accessible civic presence for City of Sydney. For the first major works since the building opened in 1977, City of Sydney engaged Smart Design Studio to revitalize the public and staff