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).

Related Entities

Published Resources

Books

• 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. Details

Webpages

• 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. Details

Online Resources

• Melbourne Technical College, Melbourne Technical College Prospectus 1946, Melbourne, Victoria, https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/1ke29l0/alma9921556741501341. 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, 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