Barr Smith library exterior |
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| Title : | Barr Smith library exterior |
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| Creator : | Woods Bagot Architects | ||
| Source : | Woods Bagot Architects, BRG 18 item 118 (copy 1) | ||
| Date of creation : | 1929 | ||
| Format : | Architectural drawing | ||
| Dimensions : | 200 x 340 | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Architectural drawing by Walter Hervey Bagot for the Library of the University of Adelaide. He also designed Bonython Hall, St Peter's and St Francis Xavier Cathedrals and the State War Memorial. Walter Hervey Bagot designed the Barr Smith Library of the University of Adelaide. It is built of red brick with stone dressings with a freestone portico. A number of additions have been made to the Library since the 1950s. Only three Australian libraries are built in a classical style on a monumental scale: the Mortlock Wing of the State Library of South Australia, the Barr Smith Library and the circular reading room of the State Library of Victoria, which is modelled on the former Reading Room of the British (Museum) Library. The Library is listed in the Register of the National Estate and the South Australian Heritage Register. |
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| Related names : | Barr Smith Library University of Adelaide |
| Coverage year : | 1929 |
| Place : | Adelaide city |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | Heritage of the city of Adelaide : an illustrated guide Adelaide Corporation of the City of Adelaide, 1990 Burn, Margy The Barr Smith Library : its early days [Adelaide] : University of Adelaide Library, 1982 University of Adelaide Official opening and inspection of the Barr Smith Library, March 4th, 1932 Adelaide : Hassell Press, 1932 Turney, Barbara Adelaide, city of charm [Kent Town, S. Aust.] : Axiom Publishing, 1989 |
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| Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing. From the ground up August 2004- |
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