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Item 16
S03820
15 April 2005
<strong>be</strong>autiful campuses in Australia.
The building was awarded the Sulman
Prize for architecture.
The UTS Kuring-gai buildings ‘reflect’
and ‘promote’ the cultural landscape.
The campus is a ‘significant
representation’ <strong>of</strong> the development <strong>of</strong>
Australian architecture.
The campus demonstrates how
architecture can <strong>be</strong> complemented with
the outdoor environment.
UTS buildings <strong>of</strong> prime architectural
importance.
The natural setting <strong>of</strong> the Campus is
particularly significant, particularly the
path leading in<strong>to</strong> the university.
The architecture is ‘inspiring’.
UTS Kuring-gai Campus is among the
<strong>be</strong>st, if not the <strong>be</strong>st designed tertiary
education institution.
Support from architects and academics
use as an educational institution over its
life.
The College has his<strong>to</strong>rical significance
for its role in education on the North
Shore and is thought <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> <strong>of</strong> significance
<strong>to</strong> the surrounding community and <strong>to</strong> the
population <strong>of</strong> the North Shore <strong>of</strong> Sydney
as an area <strong>of</strong> native bushland linking with
the adjacent Lane Cove National Park.
The Campus is an important
representative example <strong>of</strong> the Neo-
Brutalist style in Australia architecture in
the later 20 th Century with the integration
<strong>of</strong> public buildings and the natural
landscape. It also received a RAIA Merit
award in 1972 and a Royal Australia
Horticultural Society Award for Bush
Landscape Design.
See previous comments RE: Neo-
Brutalist style architecture & Sydney
School.
The College is his<strong>to</strong>rically important for
its contribution <strong>to</strong> the development <strong>of</strong>
landscape architecture in Australia and
the retention and adaptation <strong>of</strong> natural
bushland settings.
The campus building were set within the
natural environment rather than starting
with a cleared site and creating an
‘artificial’ natural landscape (example <strong>of</strong>
MacKenzie’s landscape philosophy)
See above comments.
Bruce MacKenzie’s landscape design for
the UTS Kuring-gai Campus
demonstrates his philosophy that existing
con<strong>to</strong>urs, rocks and trees can <strong>be</strong> the main
determinants <strong>of</strong> composition.
The Campus demonstrates the
development <strong>of</strong> institutions in NSW and
the building <strong>of</strong> a system <strong>of</strong> higher
education in NSW.
The building is highly regarded by the
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