New Sydney Fish Market

The largest wooden roof in the southern hemisphere

Location:

Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia

Client:

Infrastructure New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

General contractor:

Multiplex Constructions, Sydney, Australia

Architects:

3XN Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark, BVN Architects, Sydney, Australia, GXN innovation, Copenhagen, Denmark

Timber construction:

Rubner

Dimensions:

584 different glulam beams, 1,800 m³ glulam, 60 tonnes of steel for connections

Sydney’s new fish market is to have a roof made of wood and steel and become one of the city’s most important social and tourist destinations. It is a flagship project by the New South Wales government for the promotion of tourism and the fishing industry.