This grand frontage of the #GordonInstitute in #Geelong is actually an amalgam of three bits – the classical bit on the left is the Lascelles Chemistry wing, built 1922, #LairdAndBuchan (same architects, style and date as the Peace Memorial across the road in the park); the furthest corner was added in 1928 in matching style, and then in the late 1940s my fave architect #PercyEverett added a taller Textile School on this end; rather than just designing a new building, he co-opted the earlier building, by building a matching classical bay on the far right, making his concave vertical entry thing the prominent part of a larger ensemble – a great move ! The extra floor in the Lascelles ruins the effect a bit, as does facing a sunken road, but it’s very prominent from the train station. Various reports say completed 1949, but I found a magazine article rom 1947 with photos showing it complete – but the official opening wasn’t till 1951.

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