On Sun, 29 Aug 2021 13:07:29 +1000, Mal Rowe wrote:

>In 1971 the ugly blocks of RMIT buildings facing Swanston St were just

>that - ugly.


The 1971 ugly block is still there ("brutal" I think is the architectural term), now with the addition of a grey acoustic shed (though that's temporary):
https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/2117_swanston_a7r3_03299.jpg

>In more recent times they have opened up the Swanston St face of those

>buildings -and had a bit of architectural fun on their more recent

>constructions.


Yes, the creative design people have gone berserk on the upper storeys and roof as well.
https://gallery.steam4me.net/albums/trams/2021/2123_2058_2129_swanston_latrobe_a7r3_12286.jpg

>Mal Rowe - who has spent a good proportion of his life inside those walls

Aah, so perhaps you can answer: "What does the green shaving foam represent?"

Yuri.
(occasionally puzzled by modern art)
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