Hobart's 10 Murray Street office building has all but been removed in what was Tasmania's largest-ever demolition project.
The 14-storey building, known for its brutalist-style architecture, was first flagged for removal in 2009, but was subject to an appeal to the Resources Management and Planning Appeals Tribunal, delaying the project.
The appeal, which was brought by community group Save 10 Murray, was dismissed by the tribunal and demolition works began last September.
The design from the brutalist movement which flourished from the 1950s-70s was, for some, an example of austere and drab Soviet Union architecture.
But love it or hate it, the office block is no more.
About 200 people have been involved in the removal of 28,000 tonnes of concrete and steel, which has been kept to be recycled into future infrastructure projects.
Project director Shaun Wilson said people had been pleased with how smooth the demolition process has been, especially considering the close proximity to other buildings.
"If you only come into town every once in a while and you're down at the waterfront, suddenly half the building has disappeared in front of your nose," he said.
"A lot of people, even in the vicinity of the project, have wondered if the building's been taken down in the dead of night because it happened under their noses without too much fuss."
Geoffrey Hazell, the director of the project's subcontractor Hazell Bros, said the project required three excavators with multiple attachments and a tower crane to take the building down floor by floor.
He described the job as complex.
"It's CBD Hobart; there's the new building that's just been built, a coffee shop across the road and the general public moving around … it's certainly had its challenges," he said.
The demolition is part of the Parliament Square redevelopment making way for cafes, shops and a public plaza like Melbourne's Federation Square.
The redevelopment is due to be completed late next year.
