Yesterday whilst at the Old Bus Depot Markets in Kingston, out of the corner of my eye something caught my attention – the recent addition of a glass chimney stack towering above the  Canberra Glassworks.

A welcome addition to the ever growing Canberra skyline, Touching Lightly, by internationally-recognised Australian artist Warren Langley towers 22 metres above the Glassworks and looks amazing. The Glassworks are housed within what is Canberra’s oldest building (constructed 1913 – 1915) and despite the dazzling panels of reinforced glass being in almost total contrast to the grey reinforced concrete walls of the original structure, somehow both manage to co-exist, complementing the another yet at the same time succeeding as individual entities. The chimney rises from the base of the former powerhouse smokestack, evoking memories of the building’s previous 35 metre-high steel chimney.

It was only later whilst talking later to some locals I learnt that the arrival of nightfall marks the tower being lit internally by thousands of green powered LEDs that bathe the glass tower with a brilliant blue light. Sadly I couldn’t stick around to see this firsthand – the image on the Glassworks site looks nothing short of spectacular. Hopefully i’ll have a chance to get some night shots next time I’m down that way.