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Dr Chau Chak Wing Building is a business school building of the
Early works on site and archaeological excavation were carried out from late 2011 until early 2012. The building was constructed by Lend Lease Group which was appointed in November 2012.
Construction of the building started in late 2012.
The building structure was
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building at UTS website
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building design
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University of Technology Sydney
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in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is the first building in Australia designed by Canadian American
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architect Frank Gehry
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Description
The tower is named after Chau Chak Wing, a Chinese businessman who donated $20 million for the building's construction. The "Dr" in the building's name refers to honorary doctorates that have been conferred on Mr Chau. The 13-storey tower provides teaching, learning, research and office accommodation for, approximately, 1,256 students and 326 academic staff. The building's design is based on the idea of a tree-house structure. The building's façade, which was made of 320,000 custom designed bricks, is described as the "squashed brown paper bag". Frank Gehry said, "Maybe it's a brown paper bag, but it's flexible on the inside, there's a lot of room for changes or movement." An entrance fromThe Goods Line
The Goods Line is an linear park and shared pedestrian pathway and cycleway in the suburb of Ultimo, in the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The corridor connects Railway Square to Darling Harbour in the south and passes both the U ...
– a pedestrian pathway – is located on the eastern border of the site.
Construction
Early works on site and archaeological excavation were carried out from late 2011 until early 2012. The building was constructed by Lend Lease Group which was appointed in November 2012.
Construction of the building started in late 2012.
The building structure was topped-out
In building construction, topping out (sometimes referred to as topping off) is a builders' rite traditionally held when the last beam (or its equivalent) is placed atop a structure during its construction. Nowadays, the ceremony is often parlay ...
in December 2013 and construction was completed in November 2014. The official opening took place on 2 February 2015.
Awards
The building has won the following awards: *2015 AIQS Innovation Project Award *2015 Australian Timber Design Award People's Choice Award *2015 Good Design Awards: Product Design Hardware and Building *2015 Think Brick Awards: Horbury Hunt Commercial Award *2015 Master Builders Association NSW Awards: Tertiary Buildings Construction over $100m *2016 Australia Engineering Excellence Awards Bradfield AwardSee also
*Buildings and architecture of Sydney
The architecture of Sydney, Australia’s oldest city, is not characterised by any one architectural style, but by an extensive juxtaposition of old and new architecture over the city's 200-year history, from its modest beginnings with local m ...
* List of works by Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry is a Pritzker Prize-winning architect. His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions. His style is sometimes described as Deconstructivist or postmodern, although he has rejected the second term.
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References
External links
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building at UTS website
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building design
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