CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FINE ARTS LIBRARY COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION. ,<\ xs Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924015339595 COIadONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS, Office of Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction. Melbourne. 30th June, 191 4-. House Architectural Competition. ANNOUNCEMENT, The Australian Government announces an Inter*, national architectural competition for the purpose of selecting the architect of the Parliament House and pos- sibly incidentally additional architect for other govern- ment structures of the new Federal Capital City, Canberra, Only tentative outline sketch designs r, for the building are requested, and eight (8) prizes are offered aggregating £6,000, the first being £2,000, in addition to commission for service at the scale of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Designs may be submitted in either Melbourne or London before 31st March, 1915, and will be Judged by the following jury of architects?* George T. Poole of Australia* John ^..Burnet of London* Victor Laloux of Paris* Otto Wagner of Vienna, Louis H* Sullivan of Chicago,, whose decision will be final* A programme will be issued to any practising architect on application to the High Commissioner for Australia in London, Works Department of British Colonies, or British Embassies at Berlin, Madrid, Paris, Rome, St .Petersburg*, Stockholm, Vienna, Washington, from whom also copies of text in French or German may be had on request. Copies in Esperanto may be obtained from the High Commissioner or from the Esperanto headquarters at Geneva* The importance of this event is not to oe measured by that of the foremost building of tne Common** wealth but by the opportunity to establish an architectural standard not only for the future seat of government in Australia but for a great new Democracy of scope, scale and modern advantages as well as of climatic oonditlons differing radically from any prototype in Europe or else- where. Enclosed is copy of programme. Please give due publicity to this matter. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. Federal Parliament House Architectural Competition. REGISTRATION. Commonwealth Minister of State for Home Affairs, Melbourne, Australia. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of copy of Programme for the Federal Parliament House Architectural Competition, and registers application for any Special Information that may be communicated from the Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction to intending competitors. The undersigned has engaged in the actual practice of architecture, having designed and supervised building construction. Signature Address in full , Witness „ AaVress in full,. F.4618, Date PROGRAMME. CONTENTS. 1.0. Purpose 2.11. Qualification of Applicants 2.12. General Information . . 2.13. Special Information . . 2.21. Preparation 2.22. Submission 2.23. Custody 2.24. Publicity 2.25. Return 2.26. Adjudication 2.27. Premiation . 1. PREAMBLE. 3. CONDITIONS. 2.1. APPLICATION. 2.2. DESIGNS. 2.3 2.31 . Employment of Architect 2.311. Extent of Services 2.312. Remuneration EXECUTION OF BUILDING. PAGE 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3. INSTRUCTIONS. 3.0. DESIGN POLICY. 3.1. THE SITE. 3.11. Position 3.12. Climate 3.13. Topography 3.14. Vegetation 3.15. Setting in Projected City 3.151. Setting in the Public Buildings Group 3.1511. Setting in the Government Buildings Group 3.21. Materials and Appliances 3.22. Funds 3.2. FACILITIES. 3.3. FUNCTIONS. 3.31. General— 3.311. Public Accommodation 3.312. Public and Members' Accommodation 3.3121. Library 3.313. Members' Accommodation 3.3131. Recreation 3.3132. Refreshment 3.314. Legislative Drafting Office 3.315. Official Reporting Department. . 3.316. Newspaper Representation 3.317. Post, Telegraph, and Telephone Office 3.318. Caretaker's Apartment 3.32. House of Representatives 3.33. Senate ILLUSTRATIONS. Canberra — Two Views of Present Condition. Government Group Site. — Plan. Government Group Site. — Elevation and Section. Government Group. — Preliminary Diagram. Public Group. — Preliminary Diagram. Government Group. — Preliminary Elevation. Government Group. — Preliminary Section. Entire City. — Preliminary Perspective. Entire City. — Preliminary Plan. F.4616. 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION. 1. PEEAMBLE. Purpose. — The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, having under construction the Federal Capital City at Canberra, desires to secure the services of an architect or architects to design, in harmony with the objects and policies of the general design for the city, the first of its important public buildings. The foremost of these buildings in importance and in order of construction is Parliament House, for which tentative designs are invited in international competition open to all qualified architects. If any premiated design additional to the first shall have been specially commended .by the Adjudicators on account of exceptional merit, it is possible that the Commonwealth may subsequently commission the author thereof in connexion with other buildings at the Capital ; but it must be understood that such commendation does not entitle the said architect to any right for such future employment. 2. ooisrrnTidisrs. These conditions are mandatory, and failure on part of a competitor to conform to the same will exclude his design. 2.1. APPLICATION. 2.11. Qualification of Applicants. — Intending competitors are required to acknowledge receipt of Programme of Competition on accompanying Registration Form indicating responsible architectural practice in design and supervision of building construction. Satisfactory compliance with this condition will be a first essential to candidacy for employment in connexion with the execution of this work. No adjudicator nor advisor nor employe of the Commonwealth of Australia shall compete or assist a competitor. No competitor shall submit more than one design. 2.12. General Information. — Registration Forms and Programmes can be obtained by addressing any of the following places : — Department of Home Affairs, Melbourne ; Commonwealth Works Director, Sydney ; and Public Works Departments in Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, and Hobart. Office of High Commissioner of Australia. Public Works Department. The British Embassy. London Wellington, N.Z Cape Town Ottawa . . Berlin . . Madrid . . Paris Rome St. Petersburg Stockholm Vienna . . Washington 2.13. Special Information. — Additional information, if necessitated by circum- stances, will be forwarded by the Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction to all registered competitors. Drawn to a scale of ■&-inch per 1 foot 2.2. DESIGNS. 2.21. Preparation.-All the drawings required shall be drawn with pencil or pen, without wash or colours, except plain washes if desired, to indicate sections or to block in openings or to show different planes of distances. All lettering shall be of plain legible type. All rooms shall have figured dimensions. AH drawings shall be cloth-mounted on stretchers. The only drawings to be submitted are :— (1) Plan of each floor of Parliament House . . (2) Longitudinal section of Parliament House (3) Transverse section of Parliament House . . (4) 3 Elevations of Parliament House . . . (5) Perspective from direction of " Terrace Court of the Keservoir, indicating relationship with proposed future Departmental and Capitol Buildings. Scale & inch per 1 foot at nearest angle on picture plane. (6) Detail of one architectural feature of the building, selection optional. A brief description, in print or typewritten, unsigned, must accompany the drawings, including a statement of the total volume of the ultimate building in terms of cubic feet. Cubage shall be computed to indicate as exactly as possible the actual volume of the building, calculated from the surface level or levels of the lowest floor to the highest points of the roof, and contained within the various outside surfaces of the walls. The actual volume of projecting features of all sorts, including parapets, towers, lanterns, bays, dormers, vaults, and exterior steps above grades shall be included, but covered open-sided porticos or loggias shall be taken at half their volume. Light wells of less than 400 square feet area shall not be deducted. A figured diagram, showing method adopted in computing volume, shall accompany each design. Any language may be used at the option of the Competitor. 2.22. Submission. — Designs shall be submitted without revealing the registered address of the competitor or bearing any distinguishing mark, motto, or name which could serve as _ means of identification, but with a sealed opaque packet firmly attached containing name and address of the author or authors, with a declaration that the design is his or their own personal work, and that the drawings have been prepared throughout under his or their own personal supervision. Such packet and the design to which it is attached will be given a common number on receipt, and the former will be held and opened after adjudication only by his Excellency the Governor-General or his deputy. Any attempt by an author to disclose his identity in any other manner will disqualify his design, and such design will not be included in the competition. The designs shall be delivered to the Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction, Melbourne, Australia, or to the High Commissioner of Australia London, England, free of cost to the Commonwealth, on or before 31st March 1915. Omission to so deliver will involve disqualification, unless the Commonwealth Minister of State for Home Affairs is satisfied that the delay could not have been forseen and is only for a period that will not interfere with the work of investigation and adjudication. 2.23 Custody.-The Government does not accept responsibility as regards safe transit, custody or retransit of the designs or any documents forwarded o/dehvered by a competitor but it undertakes that all reasonable care shall Werdsed t Tnrlvent ttX&^aI^$^£» ^ ™» "* ^™^ free to the public Publication of deri^ffi^^ exhlbltl °n to be open no way entitle competitors to any claim oi comSZt^ * ■°\ Un ? Xe % aated > ml1 in its agents in regard to proprietaryVr other right7 ^^ the Govemment or aho^^ competitors. Each competitor will be adZnUi.^T for return to tne several charges in transit will be paid by the GtovS^^*^*? 1 - Erai 8 ht and other competitor. J ^uvernment to the address so named by the 2.26. Adjudication. — The drawings will be adjudicated by a jury of*architects as follows : — GEOEGE T. POOLE JOHN JAMES BUENET VICTOE LALOUX OTTO WAGNEE LOUIS H. SULLIVAN To first in order of merit the sum of To second „ j )> To third > j) To fourth „ > j) To fifth 5 55 To sixth „ 5 55 To seventh „ ) 55 To eighth „ )5 55 of Australia. of London and Glasgow. of Paris. of Vienna. of Chicago. In case of disability of any adjudicator, his successor will be appointed by the Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction. The jury will examine all designs submitted, determine as to their conformity with the mandatory conditions, and select eight (8) designs in order of merit and accord -mention to such others as may be deemed especially worthy. The decision of the jury will be final, and its announcement will be made in Melbourne within three months of date of receipt of designs, or as soon thereafter as is possible. The report of the jury will state its reasons for the selection and classification of the designs, in order of merit, and a copy, accompanied by the names of the prize winners, will be sent by the Federal Capital Director of Design and Construction to each competitor. Immediately upon the opening of the identification envelopes by the Governor- General the prize winners Will be notified by telegraph. 2.27. Premiation. — In accordance with the jury's award the Government of the .Commonwealth of Australia agrees to pay within two months of adjudication premiums as follows : — £2,000 1,500 1,000 500 250 250 • 250 250 2.3. EXECUTION OF BUILDING. 2.31. Employment of Architect. — The Government will employ the competitor placed first by the jury as architect for the initial portion of the building (note reference in 3.22.) ; and so far as the subsequent stages of the ultimate building are concerned, it is the intention of the Government similarly to employ him. Insomuch, however, as the construction of the ultimate building may spread over a number of years, this state- ment cannot be taken to bind the Government to employ the architect in these later stages. 2.311. Extent of the Service required. — The employment of the competitor as architect for the construction of the building, or any part thereof, is to include the preparation of all such working drawings and. specifications in connexion with the work to be constructed and the furnishing of -all such information in connexion therewith as the Minister for Home Affairs may require and the furnishing to the Minister of necessary copies thereof and the supply of one permanent copy on tracing linen of the plans, elevations, and sections of tjie work as executed, and also a permanent copy of all corrected details of the work and figured plans and diagrams of all ducts, wires, pipes, and appliances for service systems inside and outside the building. If the Government decides to require personal supervision by the competitor employed as architect, he shall, in addition to the, above, faithfully and diligently personally supervise the execution of the work, and perform all such architectural services in connexion therewith as are necessary to insure the complete carrying out of his design. No departure from the working drawings and specifications is to be permitted without written approval of the Minister for Home Affairs. 2.312. Remuneration. — The architect will be remunerated for his services as follows : — . • (a) If the employment includes personal supervision of the execution of the work, he will be remunerated in accordance with the schedule of percentage charges sanctioned and published by the Eoyal Institute of British Architects as at the date of the first publication of this programme in. the Commonwealth Gazette ; or (b) If his employment does not include personal supervision of the work he will be remunerated at the rate of 3 per ' cent, oh the calculated cost of the actual work undertaken. 3. INSTRUCTIONS. The following intimations are advisory and contain no recommendations that need be considered mandatory : — 3.0. DESIGN POLICY. The Australian Commonwealth, with no historically-evolved suitable architectural style, but with unique scope in its unlimited open continent for national growth, with this virgin city site under unified control, and possessed of modern building science, appliances, and materials, is in a position to exact unity in plan and homogeneity in expression and harmony with whole natural environment beyond any ordinary opportunity. Since the city is to evolve gradually, the desired unity cannot be assured by personality, nor can it under popular govern- ment be established by authoritative decree of any arbitrary type. Hence it is desired that the standard of design be the expression of actual functions through practical organic planning ; through the direct adaption of the inherent characteristics of the materials used, avoiding the intrusion of irrelevant features, however time-honoured, on the one hand, or individual on the other; and through recognition of the peculiar site conditions. Parliament House, with the whole Government Group, is out an element in a larger system of parallel-set public edifices, all regulated by the same standard, which is intended to. extend through the entire city and to characterize it. Hence, appropriate scale and relationship to the other masses are imperative. To illustrate the conception of general relationship of important structures — but not their style — there are appended plans, elevations, and sections of the Government Group, and a general perspective view of the Capital from the preliminary city design. 3.1. THE SITE. , 3.11. Position— Canberra site is of latitude 35° 15' south, longitude 149° 15' east of Greenwich, with an average altitude of 2,000 feet in a Federal Territory of 900 square miles among the northernmost ranges of the Australian Alps. 3.12. Climate.— The minimum and maximum recorded shade temperatures are 11 -1° and 104° Fah. The average temperature during the coldest month is 39 "7° Fah during the hottest month 68 '4° Fah. The average yearly rainfall is 22 -63 inches' - Earns are, however, occasionally torrential. Snow is almost unknown, and of but a few hours' duration at the most. On an average there are 2,519 hours of bright sunshine during the course of the year and the rarity of the atmosphere of the altitude serves to magnify the intensity of the rays. Winds are climatically characteristic of the latitude. The agreeable wind is from the east, the disagreeable ones are from the west in the winter and from the north m the summer. Provision for economical heating of the buildings during the winter months and arrangements throuTou for proper summer aeration and shade are essential. wuuuguoin; 3.13. Topography.-The region is generally undulating, sometimes ruared occasionally rocky the outlooks between the near-by mounts beiSg S by Snt blue ranges. It is proposed that the completed city shall eniov the 3 nf « 7 of artificial water, in place of the Molonglo River 1 ^Z the ™ of an ex P anse city site between high Ufa clothed wiSweepbg willows. ^^ thr ° Ugh the taJ^^SS^^ tev n atft y gming ft indioatoLlfStS^S? Sne'S^ekLlSr mtra L Part ° f the cit y as P^cted theatre, with Mount Ainslie on the north tl SL / ^ consid ^d as an amphi- Mountain and Mount Pleasant, all together forming + 11 ° n either side b ? Black water, the auditorium: with waterway and flood h.l-„ ?\P S aUel 7 : with. slopes to the reflected in the basin, the terraced stage set with™™ ^TX with s °uthern slopes sharply defined, rising tier on tier to the culminati™ X? ™f * * Gover nment structures and with grey Mugga Mugga, Red Hill, anlTth S?? V"?*" 1 hiU ° f the Ca P ito1 : reflecting, forming the back scene. F«"i»ie distant mountain ranges, sun- 3.151. Setting in the Public Buildings Group. — The public groups in the design of the city are treated in a broad way because the extension of this important category of functions may go beyond any present basis of expectation. The general arrangement of the public functions and the preliminary plan are illustrated in the accompanying diagram, where they are first separated into those belonging to the Federation as a whole and those concerning only the city's immediate needs. The architectural base lines for the Federal Groups are an axis joining Ainslie with the hill of the Capitol, passing over the lesser eminence of the Parliament Hill between, and a co-ordinate axis from the peak of Black Mountain extending through the water basins. These axes are not thoroughfares essentially, but form park or garden frontage for all the important structures which can be developed with the least utilitarian limitations and afford the greatest ease and comfort for comprehensive observation of the Capitol. In general, the arrangement of all the Federal buildings on heights about two co-ordinate axes, their individual groups, set off by formal basins and garden features, forms one combination of parallel-set buildings, sufficiently unified to dominate all other interests in the city. 3.1511. Setting in the Government Buildings Group. — The Capitol is isolated and centrally focused in an extensive hill" park. This building, which is intended to symbolize Australian sentiment, achievement, and ideals, will be used for the housing of archives, &c, and in connexion with public ceremonials. Its isolation and the height of its site, 80 feet above the Parliament House, insure its supremacy as the objective feature, not only of the Government Group, but of the entire city. The whole group of Govern- ment Buildings is to be directed out from this one popular point along lines of sequence in function. The fact that Parliament is in two Houses, in addition to the topographical situation, precludes giving to that structure a focal significance. The plateau stretching between the hills of the Capitol and Parliament provides sufficient foreground for the former to set off the latter, over which, however, the court of departmental buildings on the succeeding long terrace below may yet be~ seen, while the view beyond is uninterrupted across the basin, public gardens, and along a broad plaisance to Mount Ainslie. Parliament building, on the brow of its hill, has an elevation of 50 feet above the terrace of the buildings next below, and is to be approached therefrom by wide ramps around the fountain end of a terrace reservoir. From this terrace court the Parliament edifice has a lofty setting, stopping the long axis of the reservoir. Crowned by the Capitol behind, and supported on the flanks by the lower departmental buildings, it thus presents an opportunity for cumulative massing. The central terrace court of the Government Group lies some 30 feet above the lowest terrace of the water front, from which it is separated by the buildings facing the great basin, and to whose embankment access is given by ramps at the end and flights of steps between the structures. The court terrace, however, is extended on the roof of a central building of the waterway embankment, which projects into the basin crowned toward it by an open colonnade surmounting a slight bank of steps to "afford an open forum, beneath which the structure serves as a launch entrance or " water gate." It is to be noted that the roof of Parliament House, as well as the roofs of departmental buildings, will be important objects of view from the terrace outlooks above ; also, that framing and maintaining the open axial view through the extent of the Public Groups are desiderata. 3.2. FACILITIES. 3.21. Materials and Appliances. — Bricks of good quality for rough work, of size 9" x 4J" x 3", are being manufactured and stored by the Government on the ground. Although there are to be found on site a variety of basalts, porphyritic rock, sandstones, and limestones, and grey granite is obtainable within the Federal Territory, there is no stone at hand worked with sufficient economy obtainable in sufficient size or quantity or of proven durability for general adapta- tion throughout the public buildings. There are, however, at hand many kinds and colours of rocks suitable for base and facing aggregates in concrete construction, and. Australia is rich in building marbles, with white, grey, pink, red, black, and veined combinations adapted to exterior and interior facings. Lime in limited quantities is burnt from stone on the city site. The manufacture of Portland cement is carried on S^pSTrttoStai and the ingredients of manufacture are tc .be found Lgta a few miles of Canberra. Steel, in large structura rolled shapes is ™}y oUamvi at present by importation; but there are probabihties of 5° nslder ^ le pn ^!^ development in this direction within a few years. Reinforced concrete construction is established and in general use. The availability of skilled plaster-workers and materials may well facilitate general employment of that class of work. Fire-resisting construction of the most advanced type is essential. Hardwood for finishing has been brought in from a distance, and is undergoing seasoning on the ground. 3 22 Funds.— The ultimate cost of the Parliament House shall be considered to be within the sum of £1,000,000, but provision shall be made in the designing to allow for an initial housing as an integral constructional feature of the completed building, providing for the immediately necessary functions without external embellishment. The functions suggested as most necessary to the initial structure are printed in ttalics in the subsequent enumerations. The cost of the first necessary portion should not exceed £250,000. Economy in obtaining a maximum effectiveness with direct means will be an important element in the ultimate design, while satisfying the fundamental necessities in an economic arrangement of a " shell " or " core " for immediate purposes will be an important factor. 3.3. FUNCTIONS. The Parliament consists of two elective bodies, the House of Representatives and the Senate, to the former of which is responsible the administrative " Government/' drawn from members of both Houses, and comprising the Prime Minister and Ministers for various Departments for the administration of all Government affairs. The essential requirements concern either the House of Representatives, the Senate, or both (general), provision for which should be in accord. Women are equally eligible with men for membership. Convenience of access to Session Chambers is required for summons of all members to division vote on three minutes' notice. 3.31. General. — Allow ample corridors, stairs, and lifts. Local wardrobe, lavatory and toilet provision for men and for women shall accompany all groups. Heating and ventilating systems shall be provided throughout. 3.311. Public Accommodation. — Entrance Hall giving access to Galleries, Exterior Observation Balconies, Roof Promenades, &c, and served with — Room for Doorkeepers Room for three Policemen 2 Reception Rooms General Lobby, or Reception Hall, suitable for Banquets, with direct connexions, with doorkeeper, to and Members' Sections. Aggregate Floor Areas, suggested minimum in square feet. . . . . Ceremonials and principal Public 8,000 as 3.312. Public and Members' Accommodation- Library — Quarters so placed as to allow scope for expansion and to give access for the public separately from members ■ combining National and Parliamentary Libraries until specified capacity is outgrown, when independent Library quarters may be established elsewhere provided for m Government group reservation. Administration — 2 Rooms for Librarian 1 Room for Assistant Librarian 1 Room for Chief Cataloguer 1 Room for Five Assistant Cataloguers 1 Room for Binders 1 Room for Accountant 1 Room for packing 4,000 Books- Room for -250,000 volumes ; 5,000 volumes of newspapers, preferably flat on roller shelves ; and 50,000 volumes of documents Temporary accommodation for members only shall provide' for 5,000 volumes books; 200 periodical files; 200 newspaper files , . . . 1 Room for collection of rare books, plate, medals, maps, &c. Public Accommodation — ' ' 1 Periodical Room " . . . . . . '""* . . . . 1 1 Reading Room . . . . . . . . . . } 6 Study Rooms (small, with provision for typewriting) . . j Members' Accommodation— 1 Periodical Room 1 Reading Room Aggregate Floor A teas, suggested minimum in equare feet. ■■} 1,000 5,000 2,500 ''i}> 3.313. Members' Accommodation- Recreation and Refreshment Services (preferably on one floor) — 1 Billiard-room, with room for three tables, with lounges adjacent Members' Dining-room or rooms, to seat 250 1 Officers' Dining-room, to seat 30 1 Press Dining-room, to seat 30, or service in Press suite 1 Strangers' Dining-room, to seat 20 2 Strangers' Dining-rooms, to seat 10 each 2 Strangers' Dining-rooms, to seat 6 each 1 Kitchen with— Scullery at one end, not separate Store-room harder Refrigerator Stock Cellar Fuel-room Serving-rooms, between Kitchen and Pantries 2 Rooms for Stewards . . 2 Rooms for Staff changing dress Lavatory . . Bath .. 1 Spare Room for Staff 3.314. Legislative Drafting Office— 2 Rooms to equivalent room 8,500 Dining-rooms, with 4,000 1,500 500 3 .315 . Official Reporting Department^- (Suite on same floor with, and as close as practicable to, the reportorial allotments in the two Session Chambers.) 1 Room for Chief Reporter . . 1 Room for Second Reporter . . 6 Rooms for Assistant Reporters, two in each 1 Room for Reference Library and Retiring 1 Room for Typewriters' Retiring 1 Room for Clerk and Accountant 1 Room for Messengers and Stores .. . i 10 Rooms for Typewritings minimum dimension 10' x 10'. (Four of these may be in separate suite adjacent to House of Representatives, and two in separate suite adjacent to Senate) .,-* 6,000 T.4616. 8 3.316. Newspaper Representation- Press Writers' Assembly-room— (Dining-room for Press (which see) may serve lor this if not readily connected with Kitchen service) . . 13 Suites of 2 rooms each assigned to separate news agencies convenient of access to Reporters' Galleries m Session Chambers 3.317. Post, Telegraph, and Telephone Office— 1 Office 1 Room adjacent for switchboard 3.318. Caretaker's Apartment — 1 Office 1 Living Room 1 Dining-room 1 Kitchen 2 Bedrooms . . 3.32. House of Representatives — Representatives' Lobby — 1 room of general access Strangers — 3 Waiting-rooms 3 Women's Retiring-rooms 1 Session Chamber — light and airy, to seat initial membership of 100, with lateral tier benches without desks and provide for ultimate expansion to seat possible member- ship of 300. Include— Speaker's Dais and seat Speaker's Gallery, to seat 150 persons Official Reporters' Desks on floor at centre table, or in gallery near floor Newspaper Reporters' Gallery, near or at front, set low with desk equipment for 30 reporters Public Gallery, to seat 200 persons Administrative Reference — 7 Rooms, accessory to Session Chamber (for arranging data required for immediate information in Sessions) Speaker's Suite — 1 Ante-room 1 Reception and Dining-room 1 Library 1 Bedroom, with bath, toilet Government Whip — 1 Room Government Supporters — The Min^ar^" aSSmhUng Resent) 100 to (ultimately) 300 1 R °ZdZkt SemUit>& ^ de ? mtati(ms > with ^oAory 1 Suite of 2 rooms for Prime Minister 8 Rooms for other Ministers The Opposition — ^ JiZtr 8 ***"? 60 to ( * imately) 150 memb - 1 Suite of two Rooms Extra Parties— 2 Rooms en suite Chairman of Committees— 1 Room Aggregate Floor Areas, suggested minimum in square feet. 4 Rooms 700 5,000 500 1,500 2,000 2,000 5,000 23,000 Aggregate Floor Areas, suggested minimum in square feet. Officers — Clerk— 1 Office .. 1 Bedroom, bath, and toilet Clerk Assistant — 1 Office ..,. 1 Bedroom, bath, and toilet Serjeant-at-Arms — [ 3,000 1 Office, convenient to Clerk 1 Bedroom, bath, and toilet Clerical Assistance — 3 Officers Messengers — 2 Rooms, with baths and toilet accommodation ) Records — 1 Room for ready access to current files in standing cases of face area of 1,500 square feet, for Parliamen- tary Papers, Bills, Acts, and Records. Also storage vault space, for 15,000 superficial feet of standing case frontage, elsewhere available. Housekeeper's Quarters— 6 Rooms . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 3.33. Senate — Senators' Lobby — 1 Room of general access . . . . . . . 2,000 Public Reception — ] 3 Rooms . . . . . . .. m ..y 2,000 2 Women's Retiring-rooms 1 Session Chamber — a light and airy room, to seat initial mem- bership of 50, with lateral tier benches, and provision for ultimate expansion to seat possible membership of 150. Include : — President's Dais and seat President's Guests' Gallery, to seat 250 Official Reporters' desks on floor at centre table or in gallery near floor level . . . . f 5,000 Newspaper Reporters' Gallery, near or at front, with desk equipment for 20 reporters Public Gallery, to seat 300 persons Insomuch as Parliament is opened by the Governor-General in this Chamber, provision should be made for accommodating on such occasions the members of the House of Representatives. Administrative Reference — . 7 Rooms accessory to Session Chamber (For arrangement of data required for immediate information in Sessions.) President's Suite — 1 Ante-room 1 Reception and Dining-room 1 Library 1 Bedroom, with lavatory and toilet Government Whip— 1 Room .. . . . . . . . . 14,000 Ministers — 4 Suites of 2 Rooms Leader of Opposition — 2 Rooms Extra Party — 1 Room Chairman of Committee's Suite — 2 Rooms Committees — 2 Rooms for assembly 10 Officers — Clerk— 1 Office, convenient to President 1 Bedroom, with bath and toilet Clerk Assistant — 1 Office, convenient to Clerk 1 Bedroom, with bath and toilet Usher — 1 Office, convenient to Clerk 1 Bedroom, with bath and toilet Clerical Assistance — 3 Offices Messengers — 2 Rooms Records — 1 Room for ready access to current files cases of face area of 7,500 Square feet. Also storage vault for old files, 7,500 superficial feet of standing case frontage, elsewhere. Housekeeper's Quarters — : 6 Rooms Aggregate Floor Areas, suggested minimum in square feet. 3,000 in 1,000 9 CANBERRA.-VIEW IN PRESENT CONDITION. From painting by W. Lister Lister CANBERRA.-VIEW IN PRESENT CONDITION. From painting by Penleigh Boyd. TWO VIEWS OF SITE FROM DIFFERENT POINTS ON PLEASANT HILL, (1) GOVERNMENT GROUP SITE-PLAN. in N A\ m u < iL O <0 z: o J q! o u • < a n cQ >< < < r. o o » — I h u lU z o H O LU CO z o I- < > LU _l ill I CO LU H ce a. o O LU s z C£ LU > o C5 (3) ■Si fl X < WATER AXIS / MTS SU&OBOINATE D r Departments _j WATEf SuBOUDl/NATE- PRINCIPAL- CoUBTS OF . Gate Justice Departme Principal PoiTMMTEH CiEHtRAL Tor JH -r /^HOU5E5 Attorney General UNALIGNED UrlASSlGMtD » TbADE tCUSTOH5 DeFEM-SE Home Affairs External ArrAiRS TREASURY Prime 'Minister , Parliaments ' -V- % ■ Residence lib^aio Ap»*i>N I'STfLATION^'Stj'l-DI/iQ RESipEMCE Covernor. General Capitol Prime minister.- DIAGRAM OF GOVERNMENT GROUP. TEDER/i Ainslic Peak ^ Legislativ V Executive^ TnURR Parkway ■ ^?isj_mek:anxi le CENTER/^ MILITARY P05T GARDEM5 ON Basins -x LAKE PARK COVEF.NMENT TERBACI. fBONT Parliament -x Department CaMF' Hill Capitol -X AJOM& -X DIAGRAM OF PUBLIC GROUPS. (4) o CO > < z Ul ce Q. cC o o r- Z uj 5 z oc UJ > O o (5) Ill > O LU Q_ £ 3 LU £ °- 3 > 1 < * i * 13 1 LU I cc § Q. t§ '. § o LU cc h- z LU (6) ANBERRA StunsnU, of&laxX JfounJ^uJ* Federal Capital Australia PKGM&RY PLAN fart 400 BOO 1200 1600 I'M I II" L , . I ' rv? ^^^aiis^. i«siHm^» ■0\^ - iea.s»pt