UTS Building 1 | |
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Alternative names | UTS Central, UTS Tower |
General information | |
Type | University administration |
Architectural style | Late Twentieth Century Brutalist |
Address | 15 Broadway, Sydney, New South Wales |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 33°53′01″S 151°12′03″E / 33.8837°S 151.2007°E |
Construction started | 1969 |
Opened | October 15, 1979 |
Cost | A$32 million |
Client | New South Wales Institute of Technology |
Owner | University of Technology Sydney |
Height | 120 metres (390 ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Michael Dysart |
Architecture firm | NSW Government Architect's Office |
Renovating team | |
Renovating firm | Tonkin Zulaikha Greer (2014) Burtenshaw Scoufis (2011–) |
UTS Building 1, also known as the UTS Tower, is a landmark building on Broadway at the southern gateway to Sydney's central business district. Many of the administrative units of the University of Technology, Sydney are located across the building's 27 occupied floors. Completed in 1979 in the brutalist architectural style from a 1968 plan by Michael Dysart of the NSW Government Architect's Office, the Tower was officially opened by NSW Premier Neville Wran.