The Johnson: Before & After
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Here’s a small snapshot of the building, when it was once the Main Roads Department building:
- Before the building even became their new head office, approximately 540,000 feet of material was removed from the site.
- It was originally the largest reinforced concrete office building in Queensland, standing at 15 stories.
- The building was officially opened on the 6th of November, 1967.
- It was known at the time as the most state-of-the-art workplace with the latest business equipment, including a computer.
- Designed by an Austrian-born immigrant named Dr. Karl Langer, it was later described as a “sculptural landmark”.
- Three days after the Deague family purchased it, it was successfully listed to the Queensland Heritage Register in 2014, not long after its sale.
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