Perth Concert Hall (Iwelam)

Iwelam, the Noongar name now adopted by the venue, means place of music. The 1973 building is one of the great unsung post-war concert halls of the world: a single asymmetric fan, raw concrete walls offset with warm jarrah timber, and a Ronald Sharp pipe organ behind the stage that is the largest mechanical-action instrument in the southern hemisphere. The gallery-level foyer's post-and-lintel grid frames the Swan River through floor-to-ceiling glass. Western Australian Symphony Orchestra plays here. The acoustic is unfussy, the architecture is rigorous, the river outside is part of the experience.