Swanston Academic Building
The Swanston Academic building is an RMIT building designed by the architecture firm Lyons and is located on Swanston Street in Melbourne across from Peter Corrigan designed building 8 and ARM's Storey Hall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: University building
- Description: university building in Melbourne, Australia
- Also known as: “RMIT Swanston Academic Building”
- Address: 427-433 Swanston Street, Melbourne, 3000
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include RMIT Melbourne City campus and State Library of Victoria.
RMIT Melbourne City campus
University
The Melbourne City campus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology is located in the city centre of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is sometimes referred to as "RMIT City" and the "RMIT Quarter" of the city in the media.
State Library of Victoria
Library
Photo: Donaldytong, Public domain.
State Library Victoria is the state library of Victoria, Australia. Located in Melbourne, it was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia's oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world. State Library of Victoria is situated 290 metres southeast of Swanston Academic Building.
Royal Exhibition Building
The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe. Royal Exhibition Building is situated 1 km northeast of Swanston Academic Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and CBD.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades.
CBD
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The central business district of Melbourne is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the CBD, or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.
Melbourne
Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.
Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.
Swanston Academic Building
Latitude
-37.80826° or 37° 48′ 30″ southLongitude
144.96268° or 144° 57′ 46″ eastLevels
11Open location code
4RJ65XR7+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 83569106OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityWikidata ID
Q14935279
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