{"id":270,"date":"2016-12-15T14:04:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T03:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandbox.otb.org.au\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2017-09-19T10:31:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T00:31:19","slug":"jj-clark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/about-us\/jj-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Treasury Building was one of the first of many major government buildings designed by John James &#8216;JJ&#8217; Clark. He began designing\u00a0the building in 1857, at the age of nineteen.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Liverpool, England in 1838, JJ Clark arrived in Melbourne with his family in 1852. He immediately obtained work as a draftsman with the Public Works Department, and received his first commission in 1856, for the Government Printing Office. Clark toured Europe through 1858 to study Classical and Italian Renaissance architecture, and his completed designs for the Treasury Building reflect his passion for the style.<\/p>\n<p>JJ Clark\u2019s many subsequent buildings in Melbourne, country Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and New Zealand bear his signature style of elaborate ornamentation, grounded in Classical principles of proportion and balance.<\/p>\n<p>A devoted and tireless practitioner, Clark died in 1915, having never retired. His architectural legacy is among the most distinguished in Australia.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/visit-us\/\">Plan your visit<\/a> | Learn more<\/h4>\n<p>Ongoing exhibition<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/JJ-Clark.jpg\" alt=\"JJ Clark (John James Clark), architect of the Old Treasury Building\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Treasury Building was one of the first of many major government buildings designed by John James &#8216;JJ&#8217; Clark. He began designing\u00a0the building in 1857, at the age of nineteen. 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