Dr Chau Chak Wing Building


Dr Chau Chak Wing Building is a business school building of the University of Technology Sydney in Sydney, Australia, and the first building in Australia designed by Canadian American architect Frank Gehry.

Description

The tower is named after Chau Chak Wing, a Chinese Australian businessman and philanthropist who donated $20 million for the building's construction. 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 from The Goods Line – 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 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: