SYDNEY FORUM FOR
ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN INC |
ABOUT US
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The Sydney Forum for Architecture and Urban Design Inc is a not-for-profit association incorporated in the state of New South Wales, dedicated to exchanging ideas on placemaking - how to make cities better, more liveable places.
Although its prime focus is on Sydney, it also examines urban issues in other cities around the world. |
BOOK REVIEWS
Killing Sydney, The Fight for Sydney’s Soul by Elizabeth Farrelly
Paul McGillick reviews Elizabeth Farrelly’s new book on what’s gone wrong in modern Sydney, and Philip Drew gives his own response.
Paul McGillick reviews Elizabeth Farrelly’s new book on what’s gone wrong in modern Sydney, and Philip Drew gives his own response.
A DESIGN MUSEUM AT LAST?
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THE SCULPTOR WHO LEFT HIS MARK ON SYDNEY'S SANDSTONE
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Despite the blistering heat of the last Saturday in November 2020, nearly a dozen SFAUDi members joined architectural historian Philip Drew for a detailed inspection of the work of Thomas Wran. From the facade of the GPO in Martin Place, to the royal coat of arms on the Chief Secretary's building in Macquarie Street, the work of this English sculptor is now a significant part of Sydney's built heritage.
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Image Details: Romanesque window mouldings by Thomas Wran on the rear elevation of Sydney's Great Synagogue in Castlereagh Street. |
A TOUR OF TWELVE PUBS IN THE ROCKS AND MILLERS POINT
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Pubs may be going out of business across Australia, hammered first by changing tastes and then by Covid, but not so in Sydney's historic neighbourhoods of the Rocks and Millers Point, where pub culture remains alive and well. On 20/05/21 David Wilson (pictured above, far left,) led fellow SFAUDi members on an exhaustive pub crawl of some of the oldest taverns in the nation. Needless to say, they didn't stop to have a drink at every pub on the route. The tour began outside the Russell Hotel in George Street, which dates from 1887.
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NEWS$1000 RAISED AT SFAUDi 2021 CHRISTMAS PARTY AND BOOK SALE |
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Members and guests at the annual SFAUDi Christmas party and book sale on 16/12/21, to raise funds for the Sydney Forum for Architecture & Urban Design
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OUR STORY
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SFAUDi was founded in 2008 by architect Roger Barrett, with support from writer Marie Geissler, architect Frank Stanisic and architectural writer and editor Paul McGillick to provide an independent voice, detached from the mainstream architectural establishment in Sydney.
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