East PErth Train Station

This is, in my opinion, the best example of commercial large scale architecture in WA. Its a big call, but its a big building. It is also one of the most polarising buildings here, you either adore it, or hate it worse than cancer.  If your cool, you fall into the former. This is one of those buildings that proudly put our architecture at the forefront of an international movement. It is an original, and peculiarly West Australian structure, that sets it apart from a lot of our canonised architecture. For example, whlie we produced a lot of great modernism, it was universal throughout the world, and ours wasnt particularly ground breaking( there are cases for it, but excuse the blatant and dumb sidestepping) this example, brutalism of the highest order, was not an entirely universal concept, and WA was one place that jumped upon it in its infancy. And the brutalism we produced is of the very highest order. It is unfortunately a style that operates outside the popular permaters of good taste and acceptability. Tony Brand is one of the most important architects the state has seen pass through it, yet he is constantly on the periphery of vision. Anyways, enough incoherent ramble, this building is soo good. It looks like an aircraft carrier. Thank god it was heritage listed. if this got knocked down, i would kill myself. or at least move to Chandigarh.