Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00148:reg:2017:p30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00148
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2017 (pt 30/81)
Character Range: 122576–125564

this style displayed by the building include the symmetrical facade, horizontal skyline, regular bays of vertical proportion, colonnade, use of columns without bases or capitals, the use of a broad horizontal member at the roof line echoing classical entablature, and a central entrance.

(Criterion (d))

The Library is an icon and landmark for the Canberra community, related, at least in part, to the presence of the building in several prominent Canberra views across Lake Burley Griffin.

(Criterion (e))

The Library is part of the significant planned cultural landscape of the Parliamentary Zone.  It occupies a prominent and strategic location on the western side of the zone, making it one of Canberra's landmark features.  Along with several later buildings that front the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, the Library contributes to the planned aesthetic qualities of the Parliamentary Zone which include a broadly symmetrical landscape with freestanding buildings set amongst rows and drifts of trees, hedges and sweeping lawns.  The elegant and classically-derived proportions of the Library reinforce these qualities, as does the openness of the vista across Lake Burley Griffin.

The building displays fine craft construction and the use of high quality materials which are evident in the internal and exterior details and finishes.  Interior spaces which are notable for their design, details, their use of high quality materials, and/or their distinctive original library function include:
     * entry foyer, twin stair cases and mezzanine (GR:55, L1:78);
     * café and bookshop (as enclosed parts of the foyer space, and evolved over time to meet changing use requirements);
     * Main Reading Room (the main body of the room as originally designed)(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); and
     * parts of Lower Ground 1 Foyer (LG1:48).

Integrated with the original design are major artworks by Tom Bass and Leonard French, the copper panels by Arthur Robb, together with the tapestries of Mathieu Matégot hung in the entry foyer.

A range of furniture in the Library contributes to this significance because of its specific design as part of the original building, or associations with key developments in Library use.

(Criterion (f))

The Library is highly valued by the community for its cultural use as a library, and for its national collections and exhibitions.

(Criterion (g))

The Library has strong and special associations with a range of important