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t took a village of professionals to reopen this 1972 modernist landmark by Warren & Mahoney. The stats are staggering: 600 copper-clad fins, 2500 square metres of timber flooring, 2100 square metres of new and original marble, and 1600 hours of organ work by Austrian specialists. As well as admiring the striking stance the building makes, pay a visit for the art (the restored ‘Rainbow Pieces’

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