University of Sydney Architecture

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Author: Trevor Howells

Number of Pages: 240

This is a full-colour guide to the history of the University of Sydney as told through its magnificent architecture.It has dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to architectural media and organisations.The University of Sydney with its many architectural styles – from traditional ‘academic’ Gothic buildings of the early Colonial and Government Architects through to the glass and steel of the new century – is a microcosm of Australian public architecture.The “University of Sydney Architecture” provides readers with expert information on more than 100 buildings on the various campuses – each with detailed historical, architectural and anecdotal notes together with brief biographies of their leading architects – together they tell the unique history of the university through its buildings.The text is brilliantly supported with original full-colour photographs, archival drawings, floor plans, location maps and suggested walks.