Comments on: Menzies Research Building by Lyons

By: Danillo

Danillo — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:37:00 +0000

In the end it’s still just a box…

By: 0hzone

0hzone — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:21:13 +0000

@ Chris – totally agree – it alreadylooks like a 60s building requiring an update.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:36:51 +0000

I saw this building in ‘the flesh’ (so to speak) and at the time I dismissed it as being an older building – not many buildings in Hobart are ‘new’ to say the least. The exposed aggregate concrete and 70-80′s-esque facade didn’t draw my attention.
@juice major: please don’t ever use the term ‘Starchi-tect’ again. It is a horrible label suggesting that architects are rock-stars or similar. They are not.

By: paula

paula — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:42:41 +0000

Besides mountains line – for me it alludes to the bone structure – of course it is an echo, there is more geometry in the facade, but it’s nice that the character of the building is shown that way. I think it is an important thing in architecture, one that some of the creators don’t remember.

By: bob

bob — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:19:06 +0000

The interiors are more successful than the exterior. It already looks dated from the outside. shocking throwback to brutalism.