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      Millions view innovation, RMIT-style

      RMIT Openline, Wednesday, 10 September, 2008

      More than 210 million TV viewers across China and south-east Asia have watched a news segment on RMIT University’s innovative Design Hub.

      Getting down to the Business of buildings

      RMIT Openline, Friday, 22 August, 2008

      RMIT University recently showcased two major building projects that form a significant part of the University’s $500 million capital works program.

      RMIT to build business school

      Australian Financial Review, Tuesday, 29 July, 2008

      A new home for its business school and a large commercial building will form the heart of a $200 million plus redevelopment of part of RMIT University’s substantial land holdings.

      RMIT to pamper business students

      The Age, Tuesday, 29 July, 2008, Page 3

      RMIT business students could be treated to such digital delights as a “group debating café”, “text screen arcades” and an interactive grassy knoll when the university’s most expensive academic building opens around 2011.

      RMIT's eco-friendly campus unveiled

      The Australian, 2 July

      RMIT's new $56 million Design Hub building in Melbourne will incorporate environmentally responsible design with an outer skin of 16,000 sand blasted glass cells, some of which will be photovoltaic solar power collectors to help shade and power the building.

      Landmark building to house design excellence

      Openline, Wednesday, 2 July

      RMIT University today unveiled plans for its innovative Design Hub, set to become a major landmark in the Melbourne CBD.

      Design school promises to shine light on city

      The Age, Wednesday, 2 July

      Just as our skin reacts with the environment around us communicating moods, regulating heat and storing energy - a building planned for RMIT University will use a shimmering jacket of glass cells to join the elements with insensate bricks and mortar.

      RMIT’s $500m building plan

      The Age, Wednesday, 23 April 2008

      A visitor to Melbourne craving a speedy education on the city’s architectural history could probably not do better than a walking tour of RMIT University’s vast property portfolio, which dominates the central business district along Swanston Street.

      2007

      Architects appointed for landmark project

      Openline, Tuesday, 13 March 2007

      RMIT University has appointed Sean Godsell Architects in association with PeddleThorp Architects to design and construct the landmark Design Hub building on the former CUB site.

      2006

      RMIT Design Hub to be city, industry landmark

      Openline, Friday, 10 November 2006

      RMIT University will deepen its engagement with industry with the construction of a landmark building to house a new Design Hub.