About the Sidney Myer Asia Centre
The Sidney Myer Asia Centre is a purpose-built facility to house the Asia Institute (formerly Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies) and the Asialink Centre. Its purpose is to be a catalyst for Australia's understanding and engagement with contemporary Asia, and to foster awareness of the importance to civilization of the diverse Asian cultures, both ancient and modern.
 The Sidney Myer Asia Centre was a $18.5 million project designed by Bob Nation of Nation Fender Katsalidis to form a 'book-end' to the award-winning Ian Potter Museum of Art as part of the streetscape of the University's external profile on Swanston Street. The building was erected by Probuild Constructions and in 2002 won the Master Builders Association of Australia award for 'Excellence in New Construction (Buildings) $10-50 million'. It comprises the 500-seat Carrillo Gantner Theatre and five storeys of teaching and learning, research and academic office space.
To mark the centenary of the arrival in Melbourne of one of Australia's most successful immigrants - Sidney Myer - the Myer family reinforced its commitment to Asia-Australia relations in 1999 with a $2 million grant to the University of Melbourne for the design and building of the Sidney Myer Asia Centre.
About this website
This website was developed by students from the Univeristy of Melbourne Department of Information Systems. The students involved were Matthew Bourne, Adam Craike, Michael Yin Hang, Bettina Lung (Project Manager), Philip Heung Chung Lo and Ben Yu Lin Zhang. The website was developed as part of their final year industry project.
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