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Don Aitken Centre

Brutalist architecture in AustraliaEast Perth, Western AustraliaInternational Style (architecture)State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Perth
Main Roads Building (Don Aitken Centre), East Perth, December 2022 03
Main Roads Building (Don Aitken Centre), East Perth, December 2022 03

The Don Aitken Centre, also known as the Main Roads Western Australia Building, is a 10-storey office building in East Perth, Western Australia. It has been the main office of Main Roads Western Australia since it opened in 1970.

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Don Aitken Centre
Waterloo Crescent, Perth East Perth

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N -31.957 ° E 115.8771 °
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Waterloo Crescent
6004 Perth, East Perth
Western Australia, Australia
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