Architecture practice Smart Design Studio and Jacobs have used red brick arches on a "heroic scale" to create the Rail Operations Centre in Sydney, Australia.
Nicknamed Red Roc, Smart Design Studio and Jacobs referenced historic train stations for the centre, where all the systems for running and monitoring Sydney's rail network are housed under one roof.
"We have conceived the building as an inverted pyramid which offers protected areas beneath its overhangs, and the entire form has been enclosed within a massive masonry wall for strength and security," the studio added.
Wide arches of this heavy, redbrick upper section are perched on a precast concrete base.
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