Building Highlight - Hedley Bull Building

Building Australia's National University: 75 Years of the Australian National University

The Hedley Bull Building sits alongside the HC Coombs complex of buildings and features a similar hexagonal design, intended to complement the existing Coombs Buildings.  

The building was designed by Lyons Architecture with sustainability at front of mind, and it is one of the 'greenest' buildings on the Acton campus, featuring grey-water recycling; green water retention; recycled water used in gardens (mostly native species) and operable windows with high performance glass. The building won an award for best interior architecture in Australia in 2009. 

The building is named in honour of Professor Hedley Norman Bull. Bull was appointed as professor and joint head of Department of International Relations at the ANU in 1967, having studied at the universities of Sydney and Oxford and lectured at the London School of Economics and Political Science.   

 

References

Australian National University n.d., Acton Campus site inventory,  

Miller, J.D.B. 2007, Bull, Hedley Norman (1932-1985), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography,  

Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Lyons Architecture.

Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Lyons Architecture.

Interior of Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Lyons Architecture.

Interior of Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Lyons Architecture.

Interior of Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Lyons Architecture.

Interior of Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Lyons Architecture.

Interior of Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Lyons Architecture.

Interior of Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Lyons Architecture.

Interior of Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Lyons Architecture.

Interior of Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Lyons Architecture.

Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Architecture Daily.

Hedley Bull Building, undated. Photograph courtesy of Architecture Daily.