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Denton Corker Marshall

Full disclosure: as a member of a shortlisted but ultimately unsuccessful project team that bid to design the new science and technology building at Melbourne Grammar School (MGS), I have been waiting with interest to see what enticed the competition jury to select the scheme submitted by Denton Corker Marshall (DCM).

Five years on, the 1954 Bromby Building that once occupied the site is gone and the new Geoff Handbury Science and Technology Hub is open. Armed with an invitation from Architecture Australia to review the new building, my patience was rewarded with a tour of the facility with project architect, DCM senior associate Anne Clisby, and members of the school’s facilities and academic staff.

My sense of

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