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The Chemistry Building was designed by Percy Everett in 1938, during a period of expansion on the Parkville campus. Everett was, at the time, employed by the department of Public Works. The interior of the building was designed to facilitate…

Professor of Architecture, Brian Lewis proposed a master plan in 1948. He proposed that all tall buildings should act as the perimeter of the campus site to keep the traditional centre of the University open. Another radical move in his plan was that…

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…

The 1970 Master Plan focused on preserving open spaces, encouraging foot traffic and highlighting areas/land in Carlton into which the University could expand.

"The master plan presented in the 1970 Report has completed the first decade of its active existence. This is an appropriate time to review that decade; to report on, and illustrate, the development that has taken place; to assess the effectiveness…

In March 1971 the Council of the University of Melbourne gave authority for the release of the University of Melbourne Master Plan Report 1970 under the seal of the University. The principles of the 1970 Report have governed the development of the…

The Master Plan 2008 proposed nine planning principles for future development, which articulated key environmental, conservation and urban design issues to assist realising the vision, Growing Esteem.

Growing Esteem was the University’s visionary…

Formerly known as the Anatomy building, and later the Richard Berry Building. This building was renamed in December 2016 after Peter Hall, researcher in probability theory and mathematical statistics. The renaming (from the Richard Berry building)…

Built in 1899, the Engineering Building was the home of the first permanent Engineering course in Australia. Its construction was jointly funded by Professor William Charles Kernot, and the Government.

A shared path running in the east-west direction, connecting Swanston Street to the central section of the campus, Masson Road took its shape as a street during the rectangularisation of the campus in the 1930s. The street had existed before, but was…

The picturesque Lake was incrementally filled and eventually converted into the Union Lawn. The filling of the lake began during the construction of the New Chemistry Building in 1930s.The New Chemistry Building was supposed to be built in a more…