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Shine Dome

Shine Dome

Architect

Roy Grounds

Year

1959

Style

Mid-Century Modern

Type

research center

Grounds designed the headquarters of the Australian Academy of Science as a copper-clad dome 45 meters in diameter, supported on 16 arched ribs that spring from ground-level abutments to create a ring of parabolic arched windows at the…

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  1. 1959

    Original construction

    Roy Grounds

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