Winner of several design awards, including the Victorian Architecture Gold Medal 1998, and the Melbourne Prize, the Ian Potter Museum of Art represents a major addition to the architectural landscape of Melbourne, and it has lifted the profile of one of the premier universities of Australia. The gallery is instantly recognised as a tour de force of contemporary urban design and architecture.
A lively coffee shop is located adjacent to the Swanston Street entry. From that entry a sculptural staircase leads up through the atrium around which six exhibition spaces are grouped around the atrium galleries, and which frames a major hanging artwork.
A lively coffee shop is located adjacent to the Swanston Street entry. From that entry a sculptural staircase leads up through the atrium around which six exhibition spaces are grouped around the atrium galleries, and which frames a major hanging artwork.
Details /
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Location / Parkville, Australia
Client / The University of Melbourne
Cost / AUD 5.5 million
Completed / 1998
Awards /
- RAIA VIC Architecture Awards
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Gold Medal Award 1999
Melbourne Prize Award 1999
William Wardell Award - Institutional Category 1999
A project by our sister Studio / Fender Katsalidis Australia