Forestry Building, Hobart

The Forestry building is a heritage-listed complex situated at 79–93 Melville Street, Hobart, Tasmania.

Crisp and Gunn Co-Operative Ltd. was the amalgamation of two prosperous family timber firms in Tasmania.

[1] On the night of 13 May 1922 a fire broke out in the Crisp and Gunn building which demolished the offices and gutted the factory.

The building of Crisp and Gunn in Melville Street, Hobart was completed in 1923 and described as a "very fine main building with its imposing and comfortable interior equipment, the neighbouring joinery factory and the commodious ironmongery, paint, glass and other stores which are so well stocked and easily accessible".

Large Oregon and hardwood trusses were salvaged from the original buildings and were used to create pyramid roofs and a high pedestrian bridge across the natural forest of trees.

The Hobart City Council approved an application from Police to demolish part of the building but it did not proceed when it was "agreed that it would be best for both parties not to enter into any lease agreement".

The University of Tasmania reported in January 2023 that the Forestry building "will be restored and given new life as an inner-city hub for the learning, research and collaboration over the next two years".

[11] The heritage listing for the Forestry building describes it as a complex formed by three connected structures: