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Reed's original classical façade was preserved before demolition and gifted by the Bank of New South Wales to the
University of Melbourne, and erected on university grounds in 1938 as the frontage for a new home for the School of Commerce. In the 2010s, the supporting building and the 1960s
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When Reed was questioned about the structural integrity of the building he responded, “At the time there was no iron to be had in the colony. Some stone arches and columns were removed by order of the management, and timber substituted; dry rot got into it, and the thing failed".
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in St Mark’s Square in Venice. Reed chose
Sansovino’s library due to the building’s style and evocation of merchant activity and the function of banking that was central to the city and society in Renaissance Italy.
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