ENGAGING ASIA: ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT THESES AT THE ABP LIBRARY COLLECTION, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, 1960-1980 - TAASA Review December 2020

ENGAGING ASIA: ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT THESES AT THE ABP LIBRARY COLLECTION, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, 1960-1980 – TAASA Review December 2020

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This article was originally found in the December 2020 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 17).

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Philip Goad and Naomi Mullumby T he Architecture Building and Planning (ABP) Library collection at the University of Melbourne evolved from a donation of books in the early days of the Melbourne University Architectural Atelier (MUAA), established in 1919.

Today, it is acknowledged as the most significant architectural collection in Australia.

Within it is a considerable number of titles relating to Asian architecture, many quite rare, donated by faculty academics returning from travels, visiting professors and professional architects, or gifted through professional networks...