18 July 2021
Hadn’t stopped to admire the 2017 #ABCSouthbank refresh till now, not bad, jazzy, not OTT, good signage, and SO much better than the 1994 original with that spindly little tower, by Peddle Thorpe (pic 3). The expansion and new facades are by @coxarchitecture, retaining the white tubular atrium of the original, which is similar to Sydney’s #ABCUltimo, by Ken Wooley, from 1992 (pic 6). I’ve always been annoyed that Sydney is the national hq with room for 1000 in a rather speccy building, while we had a much smaller tacky suburban office building. Ours now houses 600, and theirs has clunky additions, by Cox.
Also, glad the Southbank building has the Deco panels from their 1940 studios once in Lonsdale Street, but they’re stuck in a corridor near the lifts, seems all too often retained elements end up a poorly placed afterthought. Photos from someone’s blog.
Storey of Melbourne 