Inveresk Library
The design for the Inveresk Library has been driven by a sense of discovery and the excitement of remapping a historically significant part of the city to create an utterly contemporary learning environment.
As the precinct’s centrepiece, nestled between the Annexe Theatre and School of Creative Arts, the library’s sawtooth roof lines and industrial materials ensure a playful and vital dialogue with existing Launceston landmarks is created and maintained.
In deep consultation with community including First Nations voices to embed indigenous experience and knowledge within the spaces, the Library establishes a distinct presence with a clear sense of arrival, journey and orientation. Elements of the interior have been individualised to the campus, such as custom carpets, joinery and display systems for art installations and collections.
The Riawunna Collection occupies a special place in the building – providing a cultural space for community, collaboration, and communication. The ground floor café is a welcome and much-loved addition to the campus. The library features modern, tech equipped facilities and flexible spaces for group, individual, informal and formal learning – a new intellectual heart of the campus.
Designed to be public and inviting, the library is a place where the community, university staff and students, industry partners and enterprise can engage and participate.
- Location Inveresk TAS
- Traditional Custodians The Palawa people
- Client University of Tasmania
- Year 2019–2021
- Levels 3 floors
- Floor area 3,300m2
- Selected awards
- Academic Library Design Award, Academic category, Australian Library and InformaAcademic Library Design Award, Academic category, Australian Library and Information Association, 2024
- Award for Educational Architecture, National Architecture Awards, 2023
- The Alexander North Award for Interior Architecture, AIA Tasmanian Architecture Awards, 2023
- Architecture Award for Educational Architecture, AIA Tasmanian Architecture Awards, 2023
- Selected media
- ArchitectureAU
- The Examiner
- The Australian
- Arch Daily
- Tasmanian Timber






Underpinning the Inveresk campus precinct plan is considerable research into strategies that will deliver an enduring and highly valued community asset for the community of Northern Tasmania.






Specific pieces have been thoughtfully integrated to allow connection to country. The carpet designs of Tasmanian Indigenous artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell tell the story of the site’s First Nations people and the cultural significance of kanamaluka, the nearby
Tamar River.



