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Butler, Graeme1985
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Melbourne Technical College Printing School, also Building 6, Bowen Street, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 105490 4
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materialsTextual material
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:__________________________________________________Style: Streamlined ModernePeriod: Post-WarDATE: 1950-;ASSOCIATIONS: Melbourne Technical College;DESIGNER: Everett, Percy Public Works Department Chief Architect;BUILDER: Thompson and Chalmers Ltd. ?.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites DARYL JACKSON EVAN WALKER ARCHITECTS PTY. LTD 1976 FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS PRESERVATION COUNCIL; MELBOURNE: THE AREA BOUNDED BY VICTORIA, SPRING, LONSDALE AND SWANSTON STS (source 77),p16:Building NameR.M.I.T. Building No. 6 Reference B2Address Bowen StreetDate Built 1955Architect Chief Architect, PWDBuilderOriginal UsePresent Use Bookshop and student facilitiesAwardsNoneIntactnessExterior completely intact. Minor alterations (partitions etc.) to interior.Construction MaterialsFour storey building. Frame of rolled steel. Columns and beams encased in concrete. Filigree concrete floor system (75 slab, ribs @750 c-c). Brick spandrels, steel window frames.Historical Basis NoneOther ReferencesRecommendationNot to be included on Historic Buildings Register.1 HistoricalBuilt on the site shared by the caretaker's cottage and Motor Engineering School (1). . Presently used as a bookshop and for student facilities.2 Architectural2.1 Built in 1955 (although not officially opened until 1959) to the design of the Chief Architect of the Public .Works Department (2).2.2 Four storey reinforced concrete building with dark brown brick spandrels and multi-paned steel windows in continuous horizontal bands, radiused at the junction of north and west walls. The building shares detailing with the earlier buildings 5, 7 and 9 (See C8).Footnotes(1) Mahlstedt 1910 map.(2) R.M.I.T. Records..RMIT WEB SITE, 2021https://www.rmit.edu.au/maps/melbourne-city-campus/building-6Built in the functional style of early European modernism, the building has housed the printing workshop, Architecture, Interior Design and the beginnings of the central library over its history.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1944https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206014472PRINTING TRADE NEGLECTED Technical CollegeComplaints The linotype "room" at the Melbourne Technical College was , at present housed in a passage way and accommodated only a limited number of students, a member of the college council (Mr. J. Ash) told the Minister for Education (Mr. Hollway) at a deputation to protest against conditions at the printing department of the school Included - in the deputation were representatives of the Victorian Master Printers' Association and the Printing Industry Employes' Union. ' - ' Mr. Ash said the equipment compared badly with that available at overseas schools. The president of the Master Printers' Association (Mr. K-. D. Macdougall) said two of the machines frequently used were purchased second-hand in 1900, and the other in 1910. Victoria was in a worse position than any other State; v , The Minister said the state, of affairs presented to him was' alarming. The Government was considering a proposal which would affect the whole future and scope-, of the college. In the meantime he would, endeavour to make temporary arrangements to ease the position.1948https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206899853Printing School The decision of the Education department to ignore the recommendation of the Melbourne Technical College council for the continued control of the printing school was sharply criticised at a meeting or the college council last night. The council agreed to request the department to withhold Its decision to set up a new printing school and that the incoming Director of Education (Major-General Ramsay) be instructed to inquire Into the matter when overseas. The principal (Mr. Ellis), said that the statement" that the Minister for Education was convinced that those "best In formed" In the printing Industry concurred In the department's decision was Interesting. Evidence had been sup plied that the opposite opinion was held strongly In New South Wales, England and Scotland.1950https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187342200New School at Tech. CollegeA new commerce school will be erected at the Melbourne Technical College for £70,700 by Thompson and Chalmers Ltd. The tender has been accepted by the Public Works department. The structure will he built in reinforced framed concrete, and will be of six stories. It will house the architecture and industrial management departments of the college. Originally it was intended to be the printing school.1954https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205393349Larger School for Printers The Melbourne Printing Trades school in North Melbourne is to be extended to cope with increasing numbers of printing apprentices. The Minister for Public Works (Mr. Merrifield) yesterday Invited tenders, closing on July 13, for the erection of a new brick and concrete building. The intention is to centralise all printing trades students at North Melbourne and to use the portion of the : Melbourne Technical College, where instruction is now being given, for other purposes. At present, 450 printing trades students are being taught at Melbourne Technical College and 436 are attending the 4 Melbourne Printing Trades school. The new building will have two main stories and a basement.
Related material link:
Melbourne Working Men's College (part) also Building 4, Workshops and Classrooms, later Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Bowen Street, Melbourne (BIF-CITY 105490\\)6 Bowen Street, Melbourne (Butler13353\\)
Names:
City of Melbourne
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesModerne styleInterwar periodSchools and collegesBrick1950-1959
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1249388
Bookmark link:
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/ARCENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=1249388
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