UTS Kuring-gai
Formerly known as the Teacher's College.
Architect: David Turner (1968-71)
Landscape Architect: Bruce Mackenzie
This brutalist school is built to complement the beautiful bushland granite cliffs that it sits on, and does a nice job of it. The architect stated that the natural landscape was so beautiful, it should not have been built on. So his goal was to make the building as compact as possible, and disturb the natural landscape as little as possible. The project won a Sulman Award and is now heritage listed. Unfortunately, the school recently sold much of the surrounding land to a developer, who is building an enormous retirement home around it.
UTS Kuring-gai
Formerly known as the Teacher's College.
Architect: David Turner (1968-71)
Landscape Architect: Bruce Mackenzie
This brutalist school is built to complement the beautiful bushland granite cliffs that it sits on, and does a nice job of it. The architect stated that the natural landscape was so beautiful, it should not have been built on. So his goal was to make the building as compact as possible, and disturb the natural landscape as little as possible. The project won a Sulman Award and is now heritage listed. Unfortunately, the school recently sold much of the surrounding land to a developer, who is building an enormous retirement home around it.