The Art Gallery of Western Australia | AGWA

The Art Gallery of Western Australia sits inside a brutalist concrete shell, distinguished by its heavy, angular facade and the distinct absence of traditional exterior windows. Opened in nineteen seventy-nine, the building replaced a cramped home in the nearby library. During construction, the project stalled when a local journalist discovered the gallery was missing a proper floor for its most sensitive works. Officials panicked, quickly repurposing the basement level to safeguard the collection from the relentless heat of the Australian sun.