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  • Collection: 1960 - 1970: High Rises & Modernist Buildings

Aerial view of University of Melbourne, 1963-1968.
Aerial View of the campus from the west side, Royal Parade with the New Medical Precinct under construction, and the completed Redmond Barry Building. An increase in high rise and modernist buildings is clearly visible.

Photograph - Redmond Barry Building. 1961
The Redmond Barry building opened in 1961. "Designed (by staff architect, Rae Featherstone) to provide low-cost expansion for both humanities and science departments, the former North building, renamed the Redmond Barry Building in honour of the…

John Medley Building during construction in 1970
Formerly known as Arts South, the modernist John Medley building was named after the Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1938-1951. It was designed by Roy Grounds and constructed between 1969 and 1971, with the aim of relieving the crowding in the…

Architecture, Building and Planning in 1983
The original School of Architecture, Building and Planning building opened in 1964 providing a dedicated home for the school for the first time since the Architectural Atelier was established in 1919. It was demolished in 2012, with the present…
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