Swanston Academic Building

Swanston Academic Building
RMIT Building 80
SAB on Swanston Street, with RMIT Building 81 (The Oxford Scholar Pub) in the foreground
General information
Type	Education
Architectural style	Postmodern
Address	445 Swanston Street
Town or city	Melbourne, Victoria
Country	Australia
Coordinates	37°48′29″S 144°57′47″E / 37.808193°S 144.962955°E / -37.808193; 144.962955
Completed	2012
Cost	$200 million
Owner	RMIT
Technical details
Floor count	11
Floor area	35,000 square metres (380,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	8
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Lyons Architects
Main contractor	Multiplex

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. Construction began in September 2010 and was completed in September 2012. The budget for the SAB was $200,000,000. The new building contains 35,000 square metres (380,000 sq ft) of floor space, is 11 storeys high (including basement) and provides 6 large lecture theatres for students.^[1] The colourful building is intended to reflect the cities surroundings in the façade. “The idea is to wear the ‘cloak’ of the city”. (Carey Lyon)^[2]