Stock exchange a fine example of heritage buildings being rescued and restored in Adelaide city centre
The old stock exchange building, now the Science Exchange, between Grenfell and Pirie streets, Adelaide
The former Adelaide Stock Exchange building, between Grenfell and Pirie Streets, is a prime example of 21st Century restoration of architectural treasures in the Adelaide city centre.
Designed by the architects Hedley Allen Dunn with Henry Fuller, the building was opened in 1901.
A red brick building in Federation/Edwardian style with Arts and Crafts influences (including a stained glass window by William Morris & Co, with three of the six panels after the designs of Edward Burne Jones) it is among the 120 nationally significant 20th-Century buildings in South Australia and on the National and State Trust registers.
The stock exchange had been formed in 1887 for stock and share dealing, and was originally housed in the Old Exchange in Pirie Street. The building ceased to be used as an exchange in 1987, when the national electronic exchange was created.
The building, which survived fires in 1938 and 1982, was rescued when the state government took it over to made it the base for the scientific Royal Institution Australia and the Australian Science Media Centre.
Denis Harrison led the team restoring the building with attention to detail such a new timber matching the existing and hiding airconditioning.
