National Archives of Australia P1

Building: National Archives Building (East Block)
Location: Queen Victoria Tce, Parkes (Canberra) ACT
Function: Head Office of the National Archives of Australia
Owner: Department of Finance and Administration
Architect: May Flannery Pty. Ltd.

> Next to Parliament House + Museum of Australian Democracy (Old Parliament House)
> Parking and public transport available
*** NOTE: how to integrate new building with these amenities? [infrastructure]
open for exhibitions 9am-5pm
reading rooms for viewing of records
> located in Parliamentary Triangle
> listed on the Register of the National Estate
> originally known as "Secretariat No. 1", now "East Block"
> designed by Commonwealth architect John Smith Murdoch, consructed 1927 as Canberra's first Government Office and General Post Office Building
> "sensitively refurbished" in 1998 to create permanent office for archives
> "The architects, May Flannery Pty. Ltd., returned the building largely to its 1927 configuration, handling such problems as disabled access with considerable ingenuity. Light fittings and detailing picked up Murdoch's geometric style, and polished timber floors and original timber columns were left exposed." (Department of Environment and Heritage 2004)
> received Excellence in Building Award (1999) from the Master Builders Association ACT, and Rider Hunt Award ACT (1999)

Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Environment and Heritage. 2004. Adaptive Reuse: Preserving our past, building our future. Accessed September 8, 2011. http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/publications/protecting/pubs/adaptive-reuse.pdf