Architecture on Campus

A Guide to the University of Melbourne and its Colleges

Philip Goad and George Tibbits

Offers a unique insight into the rich array of buildings, public artworks and landscapes of the University of Melbourne.

Opinion

‘Architecture on Campus will appeal to those interested in the history of the University, and education or architecture in Australia generally.’ (Postgraduate Review, May 2004)

About this Title

Architecture on Campus offers a unique insight into the rich array of buildings, public artworks and landscapes of the University of Melbourne. When the university was established in 1853, its founders secured a large and expansive site. It was a shrewd move. The first building, the Quadrangle, was Tudor Gothic and handsome in aspect. It sat like a gentleman’s villa in a vast park.

Now, 150 years later, the campus is like a city, home to more than 35 000 students and spreading beyond its original boundaries. It is an urban precinct with its own special identity, and its buildings offer an unparalleled chronicle of educational architecture in Australia.

Architecture on Campus features over one hundred buildings, complemented by Patrick Bingham Hall’s stunning photographs. It is a celebration of the backdrop to the intellectual, social and sporting life of a venerable and distinguished university.

This clear and thoughtful guidebook is an invitation to exploration, and the perfect companion for walks.

Table of Contents

Architecture on Campus
A guidebook to the buildings of the University of Melbourne
George Tibbits and Philip Goad

Chapter Outline

Title/publication/contents
Introduction
How to use this Book
Chapter 1 - Foundation 1853-1880

Old Quadrangle
Gate Lodge
Systems Garden
Leeper Wing, Trinity College
National Museum
Queens College

Chapter 2 - Consolidation 1880-1900

Old Physics
Old Pathology
Baldwin Spencer
University House
Engineering School
Ormond College
1888 Building
Trinity College
Janet Clarke Hall

Chapter 3 - Early 20th century 1900-1920
Conservatorium of Music and Melba Hall
Veterinary School
Newman College
Trinity College Chapel
Union Building

Chapter 4 - Public Works and Private Consultants 1920-45
Old Arts
Botany
Old Geology
Agriculture
Richard Berry
Bacteriology
Natural Philosophy
Old Commerce
Chemistry
Old Radiation Laboratory
Walter Boas
Grainger Museum
Frank Tate Building
Vice-Chancellor's house
Womens College

Chapter 5 - Postwar Austerity and Optimism 1945-1960

Babel Building
Wilson Hall
Beaurepaire Centre
Baillieu Library
Alice Hoy Building
International House
Jeopardy, Trinity College
Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry
Redmond Barry Building
Engineering (Grattan Street)
Masters House, Ormond College

Chapter 6 - Health and High Rise 1960-1970

Microbiology
Howard Florey
Economics
Master's House, Trinity College
Raymond Priestley
Medicine
Architecture Building
Picken Court and McCaughey Court, Ormond College
St Hilda's
Ridley College
John Medley Building
Union Building
Brownless Library

Chapter 7 - Master Plan and Moves to Change 1970-1980

1970 Master Plan/landscape
South Lawn and Underground car park
Deakin Court
Zoology
Sports Union
ERC
Engineering (Grattan Street)
School of Optometry
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Teacher's College
Earth Sciences
St. Mary's

Chapter 8 - Urban Fragments and Urban Visions 1980-2003
Walter and Eliza Hall
New Zoology
Physics, additions
Library, Trinity College
Security Point, Swanston Street
Genetics
Old Pathology additions
Architecture, additions
Café, School of Graduate Studies
Courtyard, Richard Berry
Sunshade, North Court
Ian Potter Museum
University Square
Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Botany annexe

Architectural Glossary
Architects of the University
Reed and Barnes
Gawler and Drummond
Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony
Percy Everett
Brian Lewis
Bates Smart and McCutcheon
Eggleston MacDonald and Secomb
Rae Featherstone
Daryl Jackson
Peter Elliott
Nonda Katsalidis

Walking Tours
Tour 1 Old Quandrangle precinct
Tour 2 Medical/Agricultural precinct
Tour 3 Engineering Precinct
Tour 4 Chemistry/Physics precinct
Tour 5 The Colleges
Tour 6 University Square

Acknowledgments
Select Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Philip Goad is Professor of Architecture in the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Melbourne Architecture (1999) and New Directions in Australian Architecture (2001).

George Tibbits is a Senior Associate in the Australian Centre at the University of Melbourne. A notable composer and architectural historian, he is the author of Port Phillip Colonial (1989) and The Planning and Development of The University of Melbourne (2000).

Patrick Bingham-Hall is a Sydney-based architectural photographer whose work is published extensively in Australia and internationally. He is the author of Austral Eden: 200 Years of Australian Architecture (1999) and Olympic Architecture: Building Sydney 2000 (1999).

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