University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning

A faculty of the University of Sydney, Australia

Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
Type	Public
Established	1920
Dean	Robyn Dowling
Location	Wilkinson Building, Darlington , New South Wales , Australia
Campus	Darlington
Affiliations	University of Sydney
Website	sydney.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

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

The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning is located in the Wilkinson Building, 148 City Road, Darlington.^[2]

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 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

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

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 OBE (1882—1973): 1918—1947, First Dean and Professor of Architecture at the University of Sydney, Emeritus Professor from 1947
(awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters on 2 May 1970)
Joseph Charles Fowell (1891—1970)
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—
Arthur Baldwinson (1908—1969): Lecturer 1953—1969
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
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
Roger Pegrum: Associate Professor of Architecture, 1974—1986^[13]
Adrian Snodgrass, Professor of Architecture, 1981—1997^[14]
Swetik Korzeniewski (9 May 1946 — 6 March 2024): Lecturer, tutor, Italian renaissance and baroque architecture, 1972—2001
Dr Michael Tawa: Professor of Architecture, 2010—2023

Notable Graduates

20th Century

Eleanor Cullis-Hill (1913—2001): BArch 1938
Recognised with the national architecture award Eleanor Cullis-Hill Award for Residential Architecture, Houses (Alterations and Additions) started and named in 2015 by the AIA^[15]
Gene Willsford (1921–2019): BArch 1945^[16]
Recognised with the Gene Willsford Award for Residential Architecture—Houses (Alterations and Additions) by the ACT Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects.^[17]
Bill Lucas (1924—2001): BArch (Hons) 1946
Ruth (Harvey) Lucas (1926—): BArch late 1940s^[18]
Bryce Mortlock (1921—2004): BArch 1950 (Hons 1) (University Medal)
Geoffery Twibill (1928—): BArch 1951^[19]
Robert Woodward (1923—2010): BArch (Hons) 1952
Neville Gruzman AM (1925—2015) : BArch 1952
George Clarke (1932—2005): BArch 1953
Peter Johnson AC (1923—2003): BArch 1953
Harry Howard (1930—2000): BArch 1953
Peter Webber (1932—): BArch, Hons 1, 1954^[20]
Ken Woolley AM (1933—2015): BArch 1955
Peter Hall (1931—1995): BArch 1957, B Arts 1958, Architect for the Sydney Opera House interiors
John Andrews AO (1933—2023): BArch 1957, DArch 1988 (Doctor of Architecture)^[21]
Recognised with the John Andrews Award for Commercial Architecture by the ACT Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects.^[22]
Philip Cox AO (1939—): BArch 1962, DipTCPlan 1971
Louise Cox AO: BArch 1963, DipTCPlan 1971
Penelope Seidler AM (1938—): B.Arch^[23]
Richard Leplastrier AO (1939—): BArch 1963
Andrew Andersons AO (1942—): BArch 1964 (University Medal)
Lawrence Nield: BArch
Brian Zulaikha: BArch 1968^[24]
Swetik Korzeniewski (1946—2024): BArch(Hons 1), 1963—1968^[25]
Chris Johnson AO^[26] (1945—): BArch 1968
Ken Latona (d.30 May 2023): BArch 1975^[27]
Alexander Tzannes AM (1950—): BSc(Arch) 1974, BArch 1976
Andrea Nield: BSc(Arch) 1974, BArch (Hons) 1977
Paul Pholeros AM (1953—2016): BSc(Arch) 1974, BArch (Hons 1) 1976
Peter Tonkin: BSc(Arch) 1975, BArch 1977^[24]
Helen Lochhead: BSc(Arch) (Hons1), BArch (Hons1)
Oi Choong: Bsc (Arch), BArch
Tone Wheeler: Bsc (Arch), BArch
Dr Deborah Dearing: BArch 1979, PhD in Urban Design 1997
Rod Simpson: BSc(Arch) 1979, BArch 1983
Richard Francis-Jones: BSc(Arch) 1981, BArch 1985 (University Medal)
Adrian Snodgrass: MSc (Arch) 1981 (Thesis on symbolism of the stupa); PhD 1985, (Stellar and temporal symbolism in traditional architecture)
Peter Poulet: BSc(Arch) 1982, BArch 1985^[28]
Penny Collins: BSc(Arch) 1982, BArch (Hons) 1986
Tim Williams: BSc(Arch) 1982, BArch 1986
Philip Thalis: BSc(Arch) 1982, BArch (Hons) 1985^[29]
Sarah Hill: BSc(Arch), BArch (Hons)^[29]
James Grose: BArch 1985
Caroline Pidcock: BSc(Arch), BArch (Hons) 1987
Nick Murcutt (1964—2011): BArch 1989
Jeremy Andrew: BSc(Arch) 1989^[30]
Camilla Block: BSc(Arch) 1989, BArch (Hons)
Philip Graus: BArch (Hons1) 1992
Andrew Burges: BSc(Arch), BArch (Hons1) 1992, (University Medal)^[31]
Rachel Neeson: BSc(Arch) 1990, BArch 1994 (University Medal)
Ninotschka Titchkosky: BSc(Arch) 1992, BArch 1995^[32]
Sam Crawford: BSc(Arch) 1992, BArch 1996
John Choi: BSc(Arch) 1992, BArch 1996
Conrad Johnston: BSc(Arch) 1993, BArch (Hons) 1996
Emili Fox: BSc(Arch) 1993, BArch 1996^[33]
Gerard Reinmuth: BArch 1996
Clinton Cole: BSc(Arch)1994, BArch 1997
Polly Harbison: BSc(Arch) 1994, BArch 1998
Laura Harding: BSc(Arch) 1995, BArch 1998

21st Century

Dr Sarah Hill: BSc (Science) 1999, MUrbRPlan (Hons) 2000, PhD 2018
Hannah Tribe: BSc(Arch), BArch (Hons1) (University Medal) (1994—2001)^[34]
Anthony Gill: BArch 2001
Andrew Burns: BSc(Arch) 2000, BArch (Hons1) 2003^[35]^[36]
Isabelle Toland: BArch 2003
David Neustein: BDes (Architecture) 2003^[37]
Grace Mortlock: MArch 2010^[37]
Jennifer McMaster: BDes (Architecture) 2009, MArch 2014^[38]
Crighton Nichols: PhD 2015
Simon Kringas: PhD 2017 (Design of the High Court of Australia Building)

From University of Sydney website and other sources.^[39]

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