EPISODE · Aug 12, 2026 · 20 MIN
When does ordinary or even ugly architecture become iconic?
from Life Matters - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Canberra's beloved bus shelters have just been added to the ACT Heritage Registry. Designed back in the 1970s, and once described as "concrete monstrosities", they weren't always adored. So what does it take for an ordinary, perhaps even ugly, piece of public infrastructure to become a symbol of a city?
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