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Public in New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building is a business school building of the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. It is the first building in Australia designed by Canadian American architect Frank Gehry.
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Public |
Address | 14–28 Ultimo Road |
Town or city | Ultimo, New South Wales |
Country | Australia |
Construction started | Mid-2012 |
Completed | 11 November 2014 |
Opened | 2 February 2015 |
Cost | $180 million |
Owner | University of Technology Sydney |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 12 |
Floor area | 16,030 m2 (172,500 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Frank Gehry |
Architecture firm | Gehry Partners |
Structural engineer | Arup |
Services engineer | Aecom (also the brickwork design engineer) |
Other designers | Daryl Jackson, Robin Dyke |
Main contractor | Lendlease |
Other information | |
Seating type | Seminar rooms and classrooms |
Parking | 177 bicycles and 20 cars |
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[1] 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."[2]
An entrance from The Goods Line – a pedestrian pathway – is located on the eastern border of the site.
Early works on site and archaeological excavation were carried out from late 2011 until early 2012. The building was constructed by Lendlease which was appointed in November 2012.[3]
Construction of the building started in late 2012.[1][4] The building structure was topped-out in December 2013 and construction was completed in November 2014.[5] The official opening took place on 2 February 2015.[6][7][8]
The building has won the following awards:
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