Architect: Reed and Barnes 1859
Refurbishment: Bates Smart and McCutheon 1977, Croxon Ramsay 2015
Formerly the Faraday Street State School, the building is said to be modelled on the Oxford University Museum. A new restoration has transformed the 140-year-old Kathleen Syme building into the Carlton community’s buzzing location for learning and creativity – featuring a library, café, makerspace, recording studios and activity rooms for hire.
Photos: Courtesy of City of Melbourne
Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.
Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.
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