Berlei House

Berlei House, now known as Curtin House, is an Inter-war Art Deco-style building located at 39-47 Regent Street, Chippendale, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The concrete building with six floors was built for Berlei United Limited in the early 1920s[1] and occupied by Berlei in 1922.[2][3]

Berlei House
Berlei House
Location in greater metropolitan Sydney
Alternative names	Curtin House
Etymology	Berlei
General information
Status	Complete
Architectural style	Inter-war Art Deco
Location	39-47 Regent Street, Chippendale, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Coordinates	33.88530°S 151.20267°E
Current tenants	Curtin University
Completed	c. 1920s
Client	Berlei United Limited
Technical details
Material	Concrete
Floor count	Six (6)
Floor area	3,822 square metres (41,140 sq ft)
Grounds	673 square metres (7,240 sq ft)

It is considered an architecturally significant building, and is a key part of a proposed heritage area in and around South Regent Street.

The building has been renovated and is now being used by Curtin University.

Now Curtin House

References

1. Clune, Frank (1961), Saga of Sydney : the birth, growth and maturity of the mother city of Australia (Subscriber's ed.), Halstead Press, p. 437, retrieved 26 July 2014
2. "Berlei historic corset". Australian Dress Register. Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences. n.d. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
3. "City of Sydney Archives" (PDF). City of Sydney. 2008. p. 15. Retrieved 21 January 2019.