Architectural Drawing - Dining Area & Children's Playground, Melbourne Museum, Barrie Marshall, 1994

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Summary:: Made: Barrie Marshall, 1994
Used: circa 1995
This drawing, with the associated drawings and concept plans, was part of the successful entry by architectural firm Denton Corker Marshall for the development of a design for the new Melbourne Museum, planned for a site adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building in the Carlton Gardens. It was drawn by Barrie Marshall, a partner in the successful firm. The competition was conducted in 1994-95.
This drawing was hung in the Directorate of the Museum of Victoria, 222 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, from c 1996 to early 2000, when it was removed in preparation for the move to the new Museum.
Description:: Framed architectural drawing of the dining area and children's playground at Melbourne Museum, opened in 2000. The impressionistic drawing, done in pencil and coloured chalk, is framed behind a mount of museum board and a silver metal frame.
Acquisition Information:: Collected, 1997

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	49.00 cm (Height), 2.00 cm (Width), 78.50 cm (Length)

Tagged with:	architecture, museum history, public gardens
Themes this item is part of:	Public Life & Institutions Collection
Primary Classification:	MUSEUM HISTORY
Secondary Classification:	Architecture & Buildings
Tertiary Classification:	architectural designs
Inscriptions:	Handwritten in pencil below drawing: Dining area with childrens playground beyond.
Format:	Drawing: Colour
Artist:	Mr B. Corker - Denton Corker Marshall Pty. Ltd. (DCM), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1994
Place & Date Used:	Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1996-2000