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Cat on a hot petal roof

Architect Amanda Levete brings a feline elegance to Melbourne’s MPavilion

2 January 2016

9:00 AM

2 January 2016

9:00 AM

Thin metal stems hold up a tree canopy of spacey translucent petals. They appear like dainty Victorian parasols or perhaps dandelions on the verge of being puffed, puffed away.

This is the new MPavilion. It is a hot Melbourne night when the design, by Stirling Prize-winning architect Amanda Levete, is unveiled in a black sky.

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