The Australian Academy of Science’s iconic heritage-listed Shine Dome will this week join Canberra’s other landmark buildings as it is lit up in a nocturnal display of light and colour.
Ms Gai Brodtmann MP, Federal Member for Canberra, will officially turn on the Shine Dome's new night lights at 7.30 pm on 27 October.
Installed thanks to grant funding from the Australian Government National Historic Sites Program, the new lights will add a colourful dimension to Canberra’s much-loved 1950s homage to science and innovation.
The biggest freestanding dome structure in Australia, the modernist copper Shine Dome represents an architectural landmark and construction milestone, that has been the Academy’s headquarters and conference facility since 1959. It has won multiple awards for its bold design, by notable Australian architect, Sir Roy Grounds.
| Date: | 27 October 2011 |
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| Where: | Shine Dome, Gordon Street, Canberra |
| When: | 6.30 – 8.00 pm |
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