Canberra’s distinctive cream and orange concrete bus shelters have been added to the ACT Heritage Register, recognising their architectural, historic and social significance.

The ACT Heritage Council has heritage listed the iconic precast concrete bus shelters, ensuring their significance will be considered in future planning and management.

More than 460 of the shelters are spread across Canberra. They were designed in 1975 by architect Clement (Clem) Cummings and have become a familiar feature of the capital’s suburban streets.

Heritage Council chair Catherine Skippington said the shelters reflected Canberra’s planned development and had become uniquely associated with the city.

“The bus shelters are uniquely Canberran. They are familiar landmarks in suburbs across the city and reflect the co-ordinated planning approach that helped shape Canberra as Australia’s planned national capital,” she said.

The council said the shelters were a notable example of Brutalist design, with their simple concrete construction and modular form creating practical but distinctive public infrastructure.

The heritage listing does not change how the shelters are used, managed or maintained.

The registration will take effect once it is published on the ACT Legislation Register.

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