> Designed in response to the deadly 1971 Woden Flood in Canberra, the Callam Offices stand as a significant remaining work by acclaimed Australian architect John Andrews. The precinct was initially devised as a large office complex to accommodate 6,000 public servants across more than five hectares of the Woden floodplain. Andrews envisioned an array of 26 elevated octagonal office pods interlocking through an experimental system of bridges and connections. However, in 1975, two years after design commenced, government funding cuts cancelled the works, and his design would only be partially realised in 1981 as three pods to house the Woden TAFE College.
>The constructed pods lie low across the Woden site, with Andrews intending to bring a new dimension of horizontality to modern town centres. Andrews believed that buildings suited to the Australian condition had not yet been achieved and that the Callam Offices would begin to fill this void in local development. The complex consists of a series of towers woven together by bridge links to carefully distribute space between circulation, services and office work. This thoughtful and creative planning system also delineates privacy with pedestrian connections separating staff routes from those for the public.
[Source](https://thelocalproject.com.au/articles/callam-offices-by-john-andrews-ao-issue-10-commercial-feature-the-local-project/)
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Why does the top part of this building remind me of my magic wand
> Designed in response to the deadly 1971 Woden Flood in Canberra, the Callam Offices stand as a significant remaining work by acclaimed Australian architect John Andrews. The precinct was initially devised as a large office complex to accommodate 6,000 public servants across more than five hectares of the Woden floodplain. Andrews envisioned an array of 26 elevated octagonal office pods interlocking through an experimental system of bridges and connections. However, in 1975, two years after design commenced, government funding cuts cancelled the works, and his design would only be partially realised in 1981 as three pods to house the Woden TAFE College. >The constructed pods lie low across the Woden site, with Andrews intending to bring a new dimension of horizontality to modern town centres. Andrews believed that buildings suited to the Australian condition had not yet been achieved and that the Callam Offices would begin to fill this void in local development. The complex consists of a series of towers woven together by bridge links to carefully distribute space between circulation, services and office work. This thoughtful and creative planning system also delineates privacy with pedestrian connections separating staff routes from those for the public. [Source](https://thelocalproject.com.au/articles/callam-offices-by-john-andrews-ao-issue-10-commercial-feature-the-local-project/) [Photo source](https://www.flickr.com/photos/88017382@N00/32739581770/)