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of Lake Burley Griffin. The purpose-built library was constructed in 1968 in the Late Twentieth-Century Stripped Classical style using traditional materials such as marble, granite, bronze, slate and copper. The building was designed by Walter Bunning of the architectural firm Bunning and Madden, in association with T.E. O'Mahony.

   It is both a national landmark and a popular attraction.

      National Film and Sound Archive

 Figure 3.56 Main entrance to the National Film and Sound Archive. (Source: NFSA)

 The National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) was established in 1984 as Australia's premier audiovisual archive. Originally part of the National Library collection, it was decided that a new semi- autonomous body was needed to manage the nitrate film collection. Currently, there are over 2.8 million items in its collection, including films, television and radio programs, videos, audio tapes, records, compact discs, phonograph cylinders and wire recordings as well as documents, photographs, posts and other artefacts.

 The NFSA is housed in the former Institute of Anatomy building (1931–1984) in Acton by the Australian National University campus, in Canberra's north. The building reflects the Late Twentieth- Century Stripped Classical architectural style with Australian Art Deco detailing and was constructed in 1930/1931.

 The Institute of Anatomy is included in the CHL (Place ID: 105351) and comprises the main building, its surrounds and the former director's residence. It is considered significant for its architectural style and detailing, as a key public building provided by the Federal Capital Commission in the first phase of Canberra's development, and for housing the NFSA and its collection.

        National Gallery of Australia

   Figure 3.57 The National Gallery of Australia. The 2010 addition to the front with the original 1982 building in the rear. (Source: TripAdvisor)

   The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) is located within the National Triangle on the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. The NGA was established through the National Gallery Act 1975 (Cth). The role of the NGA is to develop and maintain the national art collection and to exhibit and make it available to the public. The collection consists of more than 153,000 works of art acquired through purchase, gifts and bequests and is grouped into five main areas: Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australian art; Asian art; Pacific art; and European and American art.20 The Gallery is open to the public with permanent, temporary and travelling exhibitions.

   The NGA building was designed by Colin Madigan of Edwards Madigan Torzillo and Partners—the winners of the 1968 design competition. The exterior of the three-storey Brutalist building is predominantly reinforced bush-hammered concrete with exposed triangular patterning. In 2010, a major extension to the building was completed by architect Andrew Andersons of PTW Architects, providing a more legible entrance and