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Melbourne Arts Centre

The Arts Centre is the main venue in Melbourne for exhibitions, music and theatre, and is composed of two buildings on the Yarra river. The design for the construction of this cultural centre was approved in 1960. Its architect was Sir Roy Grounds.

In subsequent years, the project was thrown into difficulty by problems with the geology of the area, so that the design was revised and the centre became an ensemble of two distinct buildings: the Theatre complex and the Hamer Hall, inaugurated respectively in 1984 and in 1982. Kriss and Radius fittings were used for the illumination for the Hamer Hall.

The lighting design is based on the notion of a contrast created between the uniform illumination of the walls with blue light, and the yellow light from the sodium lamps of the fixtures highlighting the window recesses.