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
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,
New South Wales
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, Australia. The school was established in 1920.
History
From 1880, the study of
architecture
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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.
Wilkinson Building
The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning is located in the
Wilkinson Building, 148
City Road
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,
Darlington
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.
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
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. Only six years later in 1965 the University Senate approved in principle 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.
The
Tin Sheds Gallery is all that remains of the Tin Sheds art workshops, established in 1969 by
Donald Brook and Marr Grounds.
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Rankings
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.
In 2021 the School was ranked first in Australia, ahead of the University of Melbourne
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and RMIT University
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in the ''QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Architecture & Built Environment''.
Organisation
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
* Leslie Wilkinson (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.
* Joseph Charles Fowell (1891—1970) Awarded RAIA Gold Medal in 1962
* 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 and a founder of the Australian Institute of Architects
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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
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competition in 1957
* Henry Cowan: Professor of Architectural Science, 1953—
* Arthur Baldwinson (1908—1969): Lecturer 1953—1969
* Denis Winston (1908—1980): 1949—1977, first professor of Town Planning, established Planning Research Centre in 1964, Faculty Dean 1964–1965, (Architecture Library named after him)
* Peter Johnson (1923–2003): Professor of Architecture and head of the school of undergraduate studies between 1968–1986
* Lloyd Rees (1895—1988): 1946—1986
(awarded University of Sydney Union Medal in 1988)
* Marr Grounds (1930—2021): 1968—1987, and co–founder of Tin Sheds Gallery
*George Molnar
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(1910—1998)
* Jennifer Taylor (1935—2015): Lecturer, Academic, Professor and Adjunct Professor, 1970—1998
* Col James (1936–2013): Senior lecturer, 1970s
Notable graduates
* Emil Sodersten (1899—1961): attend lectures by Wilkinson, 1921
* Heather Sutherland (1903—1953): BArch 1926
* Eleanor Cullis-Hill (1913—2001): BArch 1938
* Bill Lucas (1924—2001): BArch (Hons) 1946
* Ruth (Harvey) Lucas (1926—): BArch late 1940s
* Bryce Mortlock (1921—2004): BArch 1950 (Hons 1) (University Medal)
* Robert Woodward (1923—2010): BArch (Hons) 1952
* Neville Gruzman (1925—2015): BArch 1952
*George Clarke
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Life
The son of Sir William Clark ...
(1932—2005): BArch 1953
* Peter Johnson (1923—2003): BArch 1953
* Harry Howard (1930—2000): BArch 1953
* Ken Woolley (1933—2015): BArch 1955
* Peter Hall (1931—1995): BArch 1957, B Arts 1958, Architect for the Sydney Opera House
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interiors
* John Andrews (1933—2023): BArch 1957, DArch 1988 (Honorary Doctor of Architecture)
*Philip Cox
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(1939—): BArch 1962, DipTCPlan 1971
* Louise Cox (1939—): BArch 1963, DipTCPlan 1971
* Penelope Seidler (1938—): B.Arch
* Richard Leplastrier (1939—): BArch 1963.
Awarded RAIA Gold Medal in 1999.
* Andrew Andersons (1942—): BArch 1964 (University Medal)
* Lawrence Nield: BArch
* Imants Tillers (1950—): BSc(Arch) 1973 (University Medal)
* Alexander Tzannes (1950—): BSc(Arch) 1974, BArch 1976
*Geoffrey Atherden
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Early life and education
Atherden attended the ...
: BArch (later screenwriter, playwright and writer of ''Mother and Son
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'')
References
External links
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Architecture, Design and Planning, Faculty of
1920 establishments in Australia
Architecture schools in Australia