Burton Street Tabernacle. Burton Street Perspective.

  • Client ::

    • City of Sydney

  • Location ::

    • Darlinghurst, NSW

  • Completed ::

    • 2009-2012

  • Team ::

    • Peter Tonkin, Julie Mackenzie, Jeremy Hughes, Bettina Siegmund, Nazia Kachwalla, Roger O’Sullivan, Tamarind Taylor.

Project Description::

Located on the corner of Burton and Palmer Streets, the Burton Street Tabernacle operated as a Baptist Church from 1887 until 1996. The Tabernacle was a favourite place of worship for many Sydneysiders for decades and was the source of inspiration for pavement scribe Arthur Stace’s most famous message, ‘Eternity’, which he wrote on Sydney footpaths for over 30 years. The City of Sydney purchased the Tabernacle in 2004 and have commissioned TZG to restore the historic building into a new cultural and community facility that will house the Darlinghurst Theatre Company and be the home for community and cultural events including performance and visual arts exhibitions.