About
The searchable online Melbourne School of Design Building Archive is a comprehensive source of data on the design and construction of the Melbourne School of Design Building (2009-2014), also known as the Glyn Davis Building. The Archive includes images of the previous buildings in which the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning was housed (Architecture and Old Commerce buildings) as well a broad range of resources relating to the construction of the new building. These resources cover every phase of the project, from the initial design competition through to the design process, pre-construction activities, construction, and post-construction. There are numerous resource types available, including images, videos, sketches, drawings, documents, presentations, WebEx screenshots, renders and data.
The Archive was originally created using the Online Heritage Resource Manager (OHRM), a contextual information mapping system. The OHRM maps the overall structure of the project (key people, organisations and events). In 2026, the Archive was migrated from OHRM to Omeka.
A number of people and groups have been involved in the development of the Archive, including:
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Prof Robert Crawford (Project Leader)
Dr Praddeep Gobinath
The eScholarship Research Centre (eSRC)
A/Prof Gavan McCarthy
Christine Moje
Helen Morgan
Dr Marco La Rosa
Dr Caitlin Stone
The University of Melbourne's Records Services
Adelaide Parr
Kathryn Dan
The University of Melbourne Archives
Dr Katrina Dean
The establishment of the Archive was funded by the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning's Strategic Initiative Scheme.
Licensing:
The Melbourne School of Design Building Archive is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Cite as:
MSD Building Archive (2015) Available from: Melbourne School of Design <http://archive.msd.unimelb.edu.au>
Further details in relation to the establishment of the Archive can be found HERE