Robert Marsden Hope Building

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Robert Marsden Hope Building
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Canberra Patent Office, 1945
Robert Marsden Hope Building
Former names
  • Patent Office Building (1940-1971)
  • Robert Garran Offices (1983-2009)
EtymologyThe Hon. Justice Robert Marsden Hope
General information
StatusCompleted
Type Office
Architectural style Art Deco
Address2 National Circuit, Barton , Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
CountryAustralia
Coordinates 35°18′20″S149°07′53″E / 35.3056231°S 149.1312991°E / -35.3056231; 149.1312991
Current tenants Office of National Intelligence
Groundbreaking18 March 1939
Construction started1 August 1939
Completed12 August 1940
Opened7 September 1940;83 years ago (1940-09-07)
Renovated2013
Cost £116,900
Renovation costA$37 million (2011)
Client Department of the Interior
Owner Australian Government
Technical details
MaterialConcrete, sandstone cladding, marble, steel, and timber
Floor count2-3
Design and construction
Architecture firmCuthbert Claude Mortier Whitley
Main contractor Concrete Constructions
Renovating team
Architect(s)Fender Katsilidis
Renovating firmISPT
Awards and prizesACT Property Council of Australia / Rider Levett Bucknall Development of the Year (2013)
Official namePatent Office (former), Kings Av, Barton, ACT, Australia
TypeListed place
Criteria A., D., E., F.
Designated22 June 2004
Reference no.105454
References
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

The Robert Marsden Hope Building (formerly the Patent Office Building and also formerly part of the Robert Garran Offices) is a heritage listed [12] government building and the headquarters of the Office of National Intelligence, located on the edge of the Parliamentary Triangle in Canberra, Australia.

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Overview

Constructed in 1939, [13] [14] it was built to house the patent office following its move from Melbourne in 1934. [15] Prior to its completion, the patent office operated out of Hotel Acton. [16] Like other government buildings constructed in Canberra around that period, [17] it was designed in the Art Deco architectural style. [18]

In addition to the patent office, occupying the building was the ACT Supreme Court, [19] [20] [21] and the Commonwealth Security Services (CSS), [22] [23] : p. 23  [24] a predecessor of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Following their disbandment in December 1945, the CSS moved out [25] [23] : p. 37  [26] with the Supreme Court following suit in 1963, [27] [28] leaving the Patent Office the sole occupant until they too moved in 1975. [29] Replacing them was the Commonwealth Public Service Board, who occupied the building until 1983 when the building was merged into a larger complex housing the Attorney-General's Department. [30] At that time, the building was renamed as part of the Robert Garran Offices.

Following major refurbishment, the building was renamed the Robert Marsden Hope Building on 5 December 2011, in honour of The Hon. Justice Robert Marsden Hope, a former Justice of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and three-time Royal Commissioner. [31] [32] The Office of National Intelligence has occupied the building since its refurbishment and renaming in 2011. [33]

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