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RMIT Building 8
RMIT Building 8
Swanston Street frontage of Building 8
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General information
TypeEducation
Architectural stylePostmodern
Address383 Swanston Street
Town or cityMelbourne, Victoria
CountryAustralia
Completed1993
OwnerRMIT
Technical details
Floor count9
Lifts/elevators3
Design and construction
Architecture firmEdmond and Corrigan
Awards and prizesRAIA, 1995 - Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design, Victorian Chapter Award for Institutional Alterations & Extensions, Victorian Chapter Medal; City of Melbourne, 1995 - Award for Institutional Buildings

RMIT Building 8 is an educational building, part of RMIT University's City campus in Melbourne, Victoria. It is located at 383 Swanston Street, on the northern edge of Melbourne's central business district.

Completed in 1993, by Edmond and Corrigan Pty Ltd in association with The Demaine Partnership,[1] Building 8 is noted for its highly eclectic and ornamented design that draws from Melbourne history, and is considered one of the city's most prominent examples of postmodern architecture.

  1. ^ http://www.demaine.net/Projects/1066380839859-9774/item/1066376359006/RMIT-BUILDING-8 [dead link]

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