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University buildings: Arts Building, The University of Auckland, 1926

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University buildings: Arts Building, The University of Auckland, 1926

This is the University of Auckland’s well-known Arts Building on the day it was officially opened by the governor-general, 12 March 1926. It was designed by Melbourne architects Roy A. Lippincott and Edward F. Billson. The Arts Building has become a recognised symbol of the university.

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Kerryn Pollock, Tertiary education – Universities before 1990, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/34405/university-buildings-arts-building-the-university-of-auckland-1926 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 29 May 2012.