The AMP building is a significant and excellent example of Tasmanian Modernism designed in the 1960s. When built it was the tallest building in Hobart until another Modernist landmark, the Wrest Point Casino Tower (heritage listed & designed by Sir Roy Grounds) was opened in the early 1970s. Whilst many designs from the late 1950s and 1960s in Tasmania and indeed throughout Australia utilised a glass curtain wall facade (think the State Library in Hobart), by the late 1960s and well into into the 1970s and early 1980s we see an expanded use of and experimentation with concrete in buildings throughout Tasmania. Examples include such as 10 Murray Street Government Offices (demolished), Lands Building (Hobart), The Marine Board Building (Hobart), former RBA Building (Hobart), Launceston Police Headquarters (Launceston) and Henty House (Launceston). The AMP Tower exemplifies this approach with its use of thin concrete columns that run vertically between each window. Below each window is the use of small tiles. Another feature of the Modernist movement was involving artists to design works that would adorn and complement the built architecture. This is the case in the AMP with a stunning relief on the facade of the building by Sculptor Thomas Dwyer Bass. His works can be found adorning so many Modernist buildings and spaces throughout Australia and I've had a side mission of documenting and finding his works. I like how the AMP building is in two distinct sections. The lower floors act as a podium for the rest of the building to stand upon and this can be especially be seen from higher vantage points. This design creates a sense of lightness and breathing space at street level as opposed to the entire tower facade being at street level. I enjoy the prominent corner position of the tower, its wonderful to make photographs of with this perspective.