Status Complete Opened 2 February 2015 Cost 180 million AUD | Construction started Mid-2012 Floors 12 | |
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Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Town or city Ultimo, New South Wales (suburb) Similar The Goods Line, Governor Phillip Tower, Citigroup Centre, Deutsche Bank Place, Regimental Square | ||
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building is a Business School building of the University of Technology Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is the first building in Australia designed by Canadian American architect Frank Gehry.
Map of Building 8, New South Wales, Australia
The tower is named after Dr. Chau Chak Wing (周泽荣) , a Teochew Chinese Australian businessman and philanthropist who donated $20 million for the building's construction. The 12-storey tower provides teaching, learning, research and office accommodation for 1,256-1,300 students and 300-326 academic staff. Building 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."
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. It is estimated that 320,000 custom-designed bricks were used for its construction.
Construction of the building started in late 2012. The building structure was topped-out in December 2013. The Dr Chau Chak Wing building construction was completed in November 2014 and the official opening took place on 2 February 2015.
An entrance from The Goods Line - a pedestrian pathway - is located on the eastern border of the site.