Original post 18 December 2016:
Rather horrifying design for a tower for #RMITUniversity, cnr #SwanstonStreet and #LaTrobeStreet, 1969, #BatesSmartandMcCutcheon architects (now just #batessmart). Would have replaced #StoreyHall and overshadowed the #statelibraryvictoria forecourt. The raised podium would possibly have been the worst part. Much prefer the Edwardian shirt factory, even with the green brain. What looks like a much lower smaller part to the left was built by 1976, buildings 12-14, and it’s bad enough. I like Brutalism, but this one is just sheer concrete block walls and mean little windows and very poor street interface, the last part greatly improved in@the last few years. First mage @nationallibraryaus, brain from the internet, then streetview.
Storey of Melbourne 