The Adelaide Convention Centre East Building: the unconventional convention centre

The new Adelaide Convention Centre East Building replaces the original Plenary Building with a larger, highly functional and adaptable state-of-the-art facility. While the superstructure of the original Plenary Building was demolished, the substructure incorporating a car park and part of the Adelaide Railway Station was retained and significantly upgraded to provide structural support to the new building, which is almost twice as big as the original. The new superstructure supports the flexibility demanded by the project brief, including hinged seating bays and rotating seating drums in the main plenary hall.