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The 22-metre tall smoke stack has been described by architect Studio Chris Fox as a 'bespoke sculptural façade'. What are your thoughts? 9News

The design has divided professional architects, as well as members of the local Balmain Facebook group, who variously described it as "a portaloo monstrosity", "stunningly gorgeous", "oppressive", "beautiful" and "a dehydrated meconium stool sample", Nine newspaper The Sydney Morning HeraldStudio Chris Fox has explained the "tectonic, modulated façade" is intended to "evoke a rocky monolith, a relic of the Sydney...

"The form of the façade echoes that of an escarpment, with the under croft giving way to an explosion of greenery as green wall modules populate the surface," the building's description reads. "The structure also draws inspiration from the geomorphology of New South Wales waterfalls, especially those in the Blue Mountains."

One Facebook user has commented that the building will resemble "waterfalls in the Blue Mountains after a drought of at least five years".

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