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1 Treasury Place (also known as the State Government Office) is a government building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that was built in the '60s and comprises five levels of office accommodation. The building was designed by architect Barry Patten of Yuncken Freeman Architects according to the internationalist style of architecture.〔(1 Treasury Place ), Walking Melbourne.〕 The building is home to the Victorian Government Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) and Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF). The building is also home to the office of the Secretary of DTF (currently Grant Hehir), the office of the Premier of Victoria (currently Daniel Andrews), and the office of the Treasurer of Victoria (currently Tim Pallas). ==History== Prior to the planning and construction of 1 treasury place, the undeveloped landscape was a lager paddock with a care taker as its sole resident. The land was selected to be used as a site for an architectural competition to design a series of government owned and operated buildings which resides within the Treasury .〔(Treasury Walks ), Open House Melbourne〕 The Treasury Precinct holds significant historic value as for the past 150 years it has resided at the centre of the Victorian government administration in Melbourne. The government’s position in the precinct was established before the separation of government departments and included buildings such us the Government Printer’s Office, Old and New Treasury Building and Department of Agriculture Building. These buildings along with the buildings built in the 1960s under Yuncken Freeman Architects portray the work that the government has done over the past 150 years while operating in the Precinct. Commonly known as the State public offices 1 treasury place is one of several buildings in the urban surroundings that was influenced by the internationalist style of architecture. A number of these buildings where designed by Barry Patten and other architects from Yucken freeman architects. During the time 1 Treasury Place was under construction two other structures were also undergoing work on the same site. Using the same facade as 1 Treasury place these additional buildings were also designed by Yuncken Freeman Architects in response to the architectural competition. One building located directly behind the old treasury building was designed to accommodate the premier and other ministers. The other structure which was built to the East of 1 treasury place was to house the State Chemical Laboratories. All 3 government buildings were designed by Yuncken Freeman Architects as a response to the brief that outlined the competition.〔(Victorian Heritage ), Heritage of Treasury Precinct〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1 Treasury Place」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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