Building 15 (1945 - )

From
1945
Website
https://web.archive.org/web/20240303124629/https://www.rmit.edu.au/maps/melbourne-city-campus/building-15
Summary

Construction for Building 15 commenced in 1941, with the building completed and officially opened in 1945 (Melbourne Technical College, 1946, pp. 144 and 145). Building 15 was built to house aeronautical engineering workshops at a time when aircraft expertise and skills were urgently needed in the country due to the Second World War (Edquist and Grierson 2008, p. 60; RMIT University, undated).

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Title
Building 15 - just completed - Buildings - Buildings 15 & 17
Type
Image
Date
1946
Control
Item no. PH2.7.011, Series S0462
Source
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Edquist, Harriet and Grierson, Elizabeth, A Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind: A Guide to the Architecture and Art of RMIT University, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, 2008; Melbourne Technical College, Melbourne Technical College Prospectus 1946, Melbourne, Victoria. Also available at https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/1ke29l0/alma9921556741501341; RMIT University, Building 15, Melbourne, Victoria, undated. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20240303124629/https://www.rmit.edu.au/maps/melbourne-city-campus/building-15.

Created: 14 December 2021, Last modified: 10 December 2024