It now houses the Vice-Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, the Equity Office, parts of Academic Services, the Great Hall and the Council Room. This major reconstruction work earned an award from the Institute of Architects. The rear wing provided extremely limited student amenities until the Student Union Building was opened in 1968.īetween 19, the main wing was renovated, strengthened and cleaned, regaining the whiteness which originally suggested the popular name of "the wedding cake". The octagonal interior is vaulted and galleried with a mosaic floor and piers.įor many years the building housed all Arts departments, Architecture, Law, Music and the Library as well as the University Hall. Lippincott, a Chicago-trained architect and brother-in-law of Walter Burley. The 54-metre tower, faced with Mount Somers stone, was inspired by the famous Tom Tower of Christ Church, Oxford. Formerly known as the Old Arts building, the ClockTower was designed by R.A. Some other buildings also have clock faces on their exterior but these.
Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another building. Lippincott, a Chicago-trained architect and brother-in-law of Walter Burley Griffin, designer of Canberra. Clock towers are a specific type of structure which house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Formerly known as the Old Arts building, the ClockTower was designed by R.A.
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