Sydney School: Formative Moments in Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney traces a century of architectural education at one of Australia's oldest schools — from Leslie Wilkinson's founding appointment to the school's role in shaping sustainable and computational design practice.
About This Book
Far from a conventional institutional history, this book positions the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning as an active site of disciplinary formation — one that has repeatedly placed itself at the leading edge of architectural education in Australia and beyond. The volume charts the school's engagement with architectural science, computer-aided design, and environmentally and socially sustainable design, reading these developments not as isolated milestones but as part of a broader story about how architects, designers, and planners are trained and what that training demands of them. A rare republication of Gough Whitlam's 1969 Leslie Wilkinson Lecture makes the book essential reading for anyone serious about the history of architecture and planning in Australia.
Key Features
- 193 pages of historical essays, institutional analysis, and primary archival material including a previously out-of-circulation lecture text
- Edited by Andrew Leach and Lee Stickells, with essays by Paul Jones, Simon Weir, Daniel J Ryan, Catherine Lassen and Julie Willis, Glen Hill, Duanfang Lu and Peter Webber, and Martin Tomitsch
- Includes Gough Whitlam's 1969 Leslie Wilkinson Lecture, republished for the first time since its original University of Sydney Architecture Society publication
- Designed by Michael Bojkowski
- Published by Uro Publications, 2018
What You'll Discover
- How the Sydney School helped establish architectural science and computer-aided design as legitimate fields within Australian architectural education
- The school's formative influence on environmentally and socially sustainable design thinking in Australia
- Gough Whitlam's vision of Australia as "An Urban Nation" — a significant primary document in the history of Australian urbanism and planning policy
- How the specificities of one institution's history reflect wider shifts in the education of architects, designers, and planners across the discipline
About the Author
Andrew Leach and Lee Stickells are the editors of this volume and contributors to its scholarly content. The book also draws on contributions from a range of academics and historians whose work spans architectural history, planning, and design education in Australia.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 193
- Dimensions: 216 x 280 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780994396655
- Publisher: Uro Publications
- Publication Date: 2018
Perfect For: Architects and educators with an interest in Australian architectural history, students and academics in architecture and urban planning, and anyone tracing the development of sustainable and computational design thinking in Australia.