Old Bookshop Student Lounge
The heritage listed ‘Union Bookshop' in the George Murray building has been restored to its full brutalist beauty.
![George Murray bookshop interior with wooden staircase](/infrastructure/sites/default/files/styles/ua_image_full_width/public/media/images/2024-05/bookshop-header.jpg?h=57013b68&itok=r4DG5IIo)
Project Overview
- Location: Levels 2, 3 and 4, George Murray building, North Terrace campus
- Architect: Swanbury Penglase
- Construction partner: Sarah Construction
- Project Manager: Vicki Jacobs
Features
- Multiple levels of casual seating, as well as group and individual tables.
- Restored original staircase, brickwork and straw ceiling.
- New towering windows and thoroughfares through to the Barr Smith Lawns and Cloisters.
- New undercover plaza (the Undercroft) for outdoor events, with bench seating and tables.
Completed February 2023.