RMIT Swanston Academic Building
Victoria, Australia
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Completed in 2012, the Swanston Academic Building is an RMIT facility in Melbourne designed by the architecture firm Lyons in the postmodern style. Situated on Swanston Street amid notable neighboring structures—Peter Corrigan's Building 8 and ARM's Storey Hall—the eleven-storey edifice (including basement) spans 35,000 square metres and cost $200 million to construct. Its distinctive colorful façade deliberately echoes the surrounding urban environment, conceived by architect Carey Lyon as the building's "cloak" of the city. The structure accommodates six large lecture theatres and serves as a significant teaching facility within the university's campus.
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- university building
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- Victoria, Australia
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