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MacFarland Library, Ormond College

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47: 394: 285: 34: 54: 281:, in conjunction with learning environment expert Associate Professor Peter Jamieson and the Master of Ormond, Associate Professor Rufus Black. It was renamed the Ormond College Academic Centre, which contains the MacFarland Library as well as space for learning, office and study space for Ormond College students and staff. 243:
was named after Sir John MacFarland, who was the College's Master (head of College) from its opening in 1881 until 1914. He was The University of Melbourne's Vice Chancellor from 1910 to 1918 and Chancellor from 1918 to 1935, establishing the position of salaried Vice-Chancellor in the 1930s.
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forming the roof structure and supported the ceiling for the ground floor. This led to the re-design taking shape of a glass domed roof, exposing the steel truss and allowing light into the core of the building. Timber was used throughout, including recycled timbers, to help with
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arc back to Romberg's earlier buildings and also reflect the evolving trends with Architectural materials & finishes used throughout the mid 1960s.
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building that drew on elements from many of Romberg’s buildings from the previous decade. The subsequent revised scheme better complemented the rest of
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gives the building sturdy appearance. Originally, the general library was found on the ground level while the second floor housed the
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2012 Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) - Category 2: Renovation/Modernisation of School/Major Facility
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1986, The German Connecting : Sesquicentennial Essays on German-Victorian Crosscurrents in Victoria, Allen and Unwin, Sydney
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listed building as part of Ormond College, which includes the original Main Building, completed in 1881 and designed by
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The treatment displayed to the MacFarland Library is considered more robust and heavier, matching the appropriately
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Goad, Philip (1999). "Collusions of Modernity : Australian Pavilions in New York and Wellington 1939".
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Architects) second building for Ormond College. The initial scheme for the building in 1962 was a largely
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Architecture on Campus: a guide to the University of Melbourne and its colleges
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The heritage building was re-designed and completed in June 2011 by architects
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Before Gromboyd : An Architectural History, typewritten manuscript
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2012 Australian Timber Design Awards - Interior Fitout: Commercial
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2012 Australian Architecture Awards - National Award for Heritage
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is a tribute to long tradition of library building including the
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Frederick Romberg : Architecture of Migration 1938–1975
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design similar to the planning arrangement he explored with
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The re-design by McGlashan Everist won six awards in 2012:
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Buildings and structures in the City of Melbourne (LGA)
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First Floor Plan of MacFarland Library, Ormond College
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Ormond College

MacFarland Library, Ormond College is located in Melbourne
Library
Gothic Revival
Melbourne
Australia
Coordinates
37°47′34″S 144°57′26″E / 37.7929°S 144.9571°E / -37.7929; 144.9571
Frederick Romberg
Boyd
McGlashan Everist
Ormond College
University of Melbourne
Frederick Romberg
Boyd
classical
Reed and Barnes
Gothic Revival
library
Melbourne Public Library
Joseph Reed
Selwyn Bates
Charles Smart
Ormond College
octagonal
spiral staircase
brickwork
theological
Victorian Heritage

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