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I am an old fashioned type of person.  Nothing will persuade me that these buildings are lovely. So different from the inspiring sandstone campus I attended. And so like the equally ugly award winning Cameron Offices where I worked in Canberra, built in the same era.

That's the library below, which is a little bit smarter, but I reckon the building beside it looks like a car park.


@ Macquarie University, Sydney

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  1. WinamMarch 16, 2016 at 7:16 PM

    I went to UTS for 4 years (concrete jungle central) and know all about concrete. I can accept it if there's something more organic to balance it out (like wooden floors for example).

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  2. freefallingMarch 20, 2016 at 8:50 AM

    You know I quite like the geometric shapes in that building but it's very dirty.
    It needs a good clean and I reckon a coat of paint in a nifty colour and some beautiful gardens to surround it would make all the difference.

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  3. freefallingMarch 20, 2016 at 8:50 AM

    You know I quite like the geometric shapes in that building but it's very dirty.
    It needs a good clean and I reckon a coat of paint in a nifty colour and some beautiful gardens to surround it would make all the difference.

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