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NSW Education had the worldâs biggest collection of bubble buildings. Now most are gone.
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In the 1970s the Askin government was racing against time to fulfil its promise of new school buildings. So it turned to Italian architect Dante Bini, whose bubble structures, known as Binishells, were fast to build and cheap.
Not everything went to plan. Fairvale Highâs hall caved mid-construction in 1974 because the workmen knocked off for beers instead of checking the air pressure. Another collapse at Pittwater High in 1986 narrowly missed a PE class.