Hadn’t stopped to admire the #ABCSouthbank before, not bad, jazzy, not OTT, good signage, and SO much better than the previous 1994 version by Peddle Thorpe; the expansion and refinishing completed in 2017 is by @coxarchitecture, retaining the white tubular atrium structure of the original though, which is somewhat similar to the wonderful atrium in the Sydney HQ #ABCUltimo, by Ken Wooley, 1992 (ignore the new clunkier entrance and office tower by Cox completed 2002).
Being a bit parochial, I’ve always been annoyed that Sydney is the national hq with room for 1000 in a rather speccy building (at least inside) while we had a much smaller tacky suburban office building. Ours now houses 600, and theirs is looking a little dated, but shouldn’t they be equal sizes ?
2017 
1994 
Melbourne 1994 
Sydney 1992 
Cox Melbourne 2017 
Cox Sydney 2002
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 