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West Block itself; while AILA will have regard for the management of the landscape setting.
In 2018, the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (England) presented a sculpture of Winston Churchill to Geocon on permanent loan, in commemoration of Prime Minister Churchill's coded correspondence with Prime Minister Curtin during World War II from the Dugout.[119]  The Foundation will have an interest in works with the potential to affect an understanding of the association between West Block and Winston Churchill.

4.4.5               General public
West Block is a long-standing feature of the Parliamentary Triangle landscape.  Since the removal of the 1920s plantings to Commonwealth Avenue in the 1980s, it has also been a particularly prominent feature in its location at a major point of entry to the Parliamentary Zone.
As reflected in the public debate about the Government's decision to sell West Block, as well as other assets within the Parliamentary Triangle (see Chapter 2), it can be anticipated that there will be a high degree of public interest in proposals for change, new works and adaptive re-use of West Block.

4.5                    Condition and presentation of built fabric
The external presentation of West Block has not changed significantly since the extensions to A Block in 1948.  The various alterations and additions carried out between 1937 and 1948 were generally reverential to the original design intent and architectural language, and despite its much-changed massing, the building still reads as a coherent example of early Federal Capital style design.  Major interventions since the mid-twentieth century have generally been internal, including the works completed in the early 1980s.
The building is in sound condition externally, and there are no known impediments to the on-going use of the building or its adaptation as a consequence of structural integrity.  One issue of note is structural cracking to D Block, which may be related to the construction of the slip road to State Circle in the 1980s.
An Intrusive Hazardous Material Survey and Management Plan (IHSMP) for West Block was completed by Robson Environment in July 2014.  Bonded Asbestos, lead paint, synthetic mineral fibre and Ozone Depleting Substances were all detected during the inspection of the building.  The IHSMP made a number of recommendations including: removal of hazardous materials; management of hazardous materials in situ; monitoring and further inspection.  These recommendations should be observed, subject to the recommendations of Policy 13 'Hazardous materials'.

4.6                    Condition and presentation of setting
At West Block, a landscape was delivered with the construction of the building which was both responsive to the function and presentation of the office site, and integrated into the formal systems of the broader Parliamentary Triangle landscape.  The strategy deployed by Charles Weston leaned heavily on dense tree plantings deployed