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Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
TypePublic
Established1920
DeanRobyn Dowling
Location
Wilkinson Building, Darlington
,
New South Wales
,
Australia
CampusDarlington
AffiliationsUniversity of Sydney
Websitesydney.edu.au/architecture

The Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, also known as The University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, formerly the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, is a constituent body of the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school was established in 1920.

History

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From 1880, the study of architecture at the University of Sydney was an elective of the postgraduate and undergraduate engineering degrees. In 1918 the University of Sydney Senate approved the establishment of a School of Architecture within the Faculty of Science, which was enacted in 1920 with Leslie Wilkinson as the chair and then the first dean of architecture. Of the first nine undergraduate students, five were men and four were women.[1]

Wilkinson Building

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The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning is located in the Wilkinson Building, 148 City Road, Darlington.[2] The building is named after the first dean of the school Leslie Wilkinson.

The Wilkinson Building is an amalgam of two building phases, the first a modest T-shaped building opened in 1959 and major additions completed in 1975. The first building was built from an original sketch plan of the new School of Architecture prepared by the office of Baldwinson, Booth & Peters in November 1957. Documentation drawings were prepared by Eric Andrew and construction commenced in 1958 and completed in 1959. This was the first building to be completed in the University of Sydney's expansion south across City Road into Darlington. Only six years later in 1965 the University Senate approved in principal draft plans for significant alterations and additions to the School of Architecture. Architectural firm McConnel Smith & Johnson has been credited with the initial designs, of which Dean of the School Peter Johnson was a principal. By 1967 the Senate reviewed sketch plans and a brief prepared by the Faculty of Architecture under Johnson, which were to be documented by local firm Fowell Mansfield Jarvis & Maclurcan. The final proposal was documented in 1972 with construction taking place 1973—1975.[3]

The Tin Sheds Gallery is all that remains of the Tin Sheds art workshops, established in 1969 by Donald Brook and Marr Grounds.[4][2]

Rankings

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The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning ranked 1st in Australia and 15th in the world for Architecture and Built Environment in the 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject.[5]

In 2021 the School was ranked first in Australia, ahead of the University of Melbourne and RMIT University in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Architecture & Built Environment.[6][7]

Organisation

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The school contains four disciplines:

  • Discipline of Architecture
  • Discipline of Architectural Science
  • Discipline of Design
  • Discipline of Urban and Regional Planning and Policy

It hosts five research groups:

  • Architectural & Building Design
  • Architectural & Building Science & Technology
  • Architectural History, Theory & Criticism
  • Design Lab
  • Urbanism

Former teaching staff

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  • Leslie Wilkinson OBE (1882—1973): 1918—1947, First Dean and Professor of Architecture at the University of Sydney, Emeritus Professor from 1947. Awarded inaugural RAIA Gold Medal in 1960 and an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters on 2 May 1970.[citation needed]
  • Joseph Charles Fowell (1891—1970) Awarded RAIA Gold Medal in 1962[citation needed]
  • Alfred Samuel Hook (1886—1963): Lecturer from 1922, Associate Professor of Architectural Practice and Construction 1926—1945, Professor of Architectural Practice and Construction 1946—1951 and Faculty Dean 1948—1949[8] and a founder of the Australian Institute of Architects in 1929
  • Henry Ashworth (1907–1991): Chair of Architectural Design and History 1949, Professor of Architecture and Faculty Dean 1950—1963 and jury member of Sydney Opera House competition in 1957[9]
  • Henry Cowan: Professor of Architectural Science, 1953—[citation needed]
  • Arthur Baldwinson (1908—1969): Lecturer 1953—1969[citation needed]
  • Denis Winston CBE (1908—1980): 1949—1977, first professor of Town Planning, established Planning Research Centre in 1964, Faculty Dean 1964–1965, (Architecture Library named after him)[10]
  • Peter Johnson AC (1923–2003): Professor of Architecture and head of the school of undergraduate studies between 1968–1986[citation needed]
  • Lloyd Rees AC CMG (1895—1988): 1946—1986[11]
    (awarded University of Sydney Union Medal in 1988)
  • Marr Grounds (1930—2021): 1968—1987, and co–founder of Tin Sheds Gallery
  • George Molnar OBE AO (1910—1998)
  • Jennifer Taylor (1935—2015):[12] Lecturer, Academic, Professor and Adjunct Professor, 1970—1998
  • Col James (1936–2013):[13] Senior lecturer, 1970s[14] to 2009[15]
  • Roger Pegrum: Associate Professor of Architecture, 1974—1986[16]
  • Adrian Snodgrass, Professor of Architecture (1931—2025), 1981—1997[17]
  • Swetik Korzeniewski (9 May 1946 — 6 March 2024):[citation needed] Lecturer, tutor, Italian renaissance and baroque architecture, 1972—2001[citation needed]
  • Anna Rubbo, Associate Professor, 1997—2012: Lecturer and project leader of the Global Studio and co-founded the Architectural Theory Review journal with Adrian Snodgrass and edited from 1996—2011[citation needed]
  • Michael Tawa: Professor of Architecture, 2010—2023[citation needed]

Notable graduates

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References

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  1. ^ "History of the school". The University of Sydney. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ TKD Architects (December 2013). "Merewether and City Road Precincts, Darlington Campus, University of Sydney—Heritage Impact Assessment". NSW Government Planning Portal. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Architecture/Built Environment at Sydney Uni already 1st in Australia and rises to 15th globally". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  4. ^ Reedie, Jarrod (1 February 2022). "Australia's Top 10 Architecture Schools". Architecture and Design. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Architecture & Built Environment". QS Top Universities. 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ^ Broomham, Rosemary (1996). "Alfred Samuel Hook (1886–1963)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  7. ^ Lumby, Roy (2014). "Henry Ingham Ashworth (1907—1991)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  8. ^ Freestone, Robert (2002). "Arthur Denis Winston". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  9. ^ Duyker, Edward (2008). "Lloyd Rees remembered". Sydney Alumni Magazine, University of Sydney (Autumn 2008): 30–31.
  10. ^ Nield, Lawrence & Andrea (17 December 2015). "Vale Jennifer Taylor, 1935—2015". ArchitectureAU.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  11. ^ Pholeros, Paul; Shellshear, Karine; Clarke, Sue (22 February 2013). "Giant architect built for justice". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  12. ^ Moore, Clover (25 February 2013). "Item 3.3. The late Colin Leslie James AM - Condolences: minute by the Lord Mayor" (PDF). City of Sydney. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Col James and Mick Mundine" (PDF). HousingWorks. 7 (4). Australasian Housing Institute: 39. November 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Design Revisited: Architects Roger Pegrum in Conversation with Philip Goad". Design Canberra Festival. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  15. ^ Jackson, Davina (2015). "Professor Adrian Snodgrass". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  16. ^ "News & Media: Jury unveils shortlist for the 2015 National Architecture Awards". Architecture.com.au. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Ruth Harvey Biography". Design & Art Australia Online. 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Mr John Hamilton Andrews AO, Doctor of Architecture" (PDF). University of Sydney. 1988. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  19. ^ "2022 ACT Architecture Awards". ArchitectureAU.com. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Penelope Seidler". University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  21. ^ "Imants Tillers (b.1950—)". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Geoffery Atherden biography". Griffith Review. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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