Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00148:reg:2017:p32
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00148
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2017 (pt 32/81)
Character Range: 128569–132948

across Lake Burley Griffin, including reflections, making it one of Canberra's landmark features.
characteristics
Criterion (f) –Creative                       The National Library building contributes through its visual prominence, location, freestanding character, proportions and materials to the planned aesthetic qualities of the Parliamentary Zone.
achievement
                                              Fine craft construction and the use of high quality materials is reflected in:
                                                   * the external building cladding and finishes of the building and podium;
                                                   * the design and/or finely crafted details of the surviving original internal spaces of note, these being the:
                                                      * entry foyer, twin stair cases and mezzanine (GR:55, L1:78);
                                                      * café and bookshop;
                                                      * Main Reading Room (GR:31);
                                                      * Council Room (L1:11);
                                                      * former Director General's office (L1:01);
                                                      * Chairman's Room (L1:05);
                                                      * Nan Kivell Room (L2:24);
                                                      * Nan Kivell Room Foyer (L2: 25);
                                                      * former Manuscripts Librarian's office (L2:38);
                                                      * former Keeper of Rare Books office (L2:11);
                                                      * Asian Collections Reading Room (L3:58);
                                                      * former viewing rooms and projection room (L3:30, L3:31, L3:34);
                                                      * Lamson tube room (LG1:34);
                                                      * Conference Room (L4:92);
                                                      * Brindabella Room (L4:91);
                                                      * Theatre (LG1:77);
                                                      * parts of lower ground 1 Foyer (LG1:48);
                                                   * the general use of marble window surrounds;  and
                                                   * the use of quality standardised special door frames and hinges, some of which survive.

                                              The artworks by Tom Bass, Leonard French, Arthur Robb and Mathieu Matégot.

                                              The furniture specifically designed as part of the original building, or otherwise associated with key developments in Library use.
Criterion (g) – Social value                  The building's use as a public library with the particular attributes being the publicly accessible parts of the building.
Criterion (h) – Significant people            The original building design, Bass sculpture, and use of the building as a repository for the Petherick, Ferguson and Nan Kivell collections.

    5. Development of Policy—Opportunities and Constraints

    5.1 Implications Arising from Significance

The Statement of Significance (Section 4.1 above) demonstrates that the National Library of Australia is a place of considerable heritage value.  The implication arising from this assessment is that key aspects of the place should be conserved to retain this significance.  The key features which should be conserved include:
     * the whole building including its podium extensions and its national library use;
     * Council Room;
     * the building's Late Twentieth Century Stripped Classical style evidenced in:
         * the symmetrical façade;
         * horizontal skyline;
         * regular bays of vertical proportion;
         * colonnade, using columns without bases or capitals;
         * the use of a broad horizontal member at the roof line echoing classical entablature;
         * central entrance;
     * its location in a prominent and strategic location, and its freestanding character, dominating views across Lake Burley Griffin;
     * its proportions;
     * its fine craft construction and the use of high quality materials