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State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia  1.0

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The State Library of Victoria is the central library of the state of Victoria, Australia, located in Melbourne.

The library originally opened in 1856, and underwent major refurbishments between 1990 and 2004, designed by architects Ancher Mortlock & Woolley. As a result of the redevelopment, the State Library of Victoria can now be considered one of the largest exhibiting libraries in the world.

A number of statues are in the entrance area. There are statues of Mr Justice Sir Redmond Barry, Q.C., designed by James Gilbert and built by Percival Ball, installed in 1887; Saint George and the Dragon, by the English sculptor Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, installed in 1889; Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), a replica of the statue by French sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet, installed in 1907; and Charles La Trobe, by Australian sculptor Peter Corlett, installed in 2006.

The Dome

The landmark Domed Reading Room, which opened in 1913 and was designed by Norman G. Peebles. Its octagonal space was designed to hold over a million books and up to 500 readers. It is 34.75m in both diameter and height, and its oculus is nearly 5m wide. The dome was the largest of its type in the world on completion.

(source: Wikipedia)

This is my 25th BAT.

The State Library of Victoria is a Main City Library, occupying 13x6 lot space.

Construction Cost: §36000
Bulldoze Cost: §2750
Medium Wealth
Monthly Cost: §210
Capacity: 400000 books
School EQ boost: 0.4
School Coverage Radius: 4096
Landmark Effect: Magnitude 50, Radius 22

This is not a Reward Building.

Download either the Dark nite or Maxis night versions (xx_DN or xx_MN respectively) not both. If you're unsure, download the Maxis Night version.

There are no Prop dependencies, although the Dark Nite version requires SimFox_Day_n_Nite_Modd.

Please visit my Melbourne BAT thread to see my upcoming projects.

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Chris M

Amazing work, as always.  It's always pleasant to see an upload from you.  :)

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Harry's Place

Finally it's here!!!! After such a long time with no good uploads finally we have this jewel. GREAT JOB RED! AMAZING BUILDING!!!!! 5/5

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sejr99999
thank you for another incredible building there is so much detail and I can study how this building
has grown in stages because you have been so attentive to the details
excellent lighting scheme and modding is perfect.
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urielgarcia

Wow.. Absolutely wonderful.  What a majestic centerpiece for my capital Frankfurt.  Thank you Red.

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Cyclone Boom

Another amazing recreation! New SC4 content has been fairly sparse recently, but this more than makes up for it! :D

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Jack_wilds

in the running for 'Bat of the year' come trixie season... exceptionally well done 5/5

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APSMS

Not sure what the discussion on the grass color was (still looks good, though slightly off...), but otherwise I have no complaints. Absolutely stunning work.

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sgtsoul

absolutely stunning mate! The colour scheme almost matches the Fisher body plant(s) which I have used as the basis for my massive Republic of Yeomanry Marine Corps naval base in my capital city, so I will be using this for the HQ building across the road! 

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JP Schriefer

It was really an amazing work reddon! Super detailed. In my opinion one of the best BATs ever! Congratulations.

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