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"Public school in the making": the Department of Education building. Photo: Christopher Pearce
One of the two major public buildings on Sydney's Bridge Street should be converted into a much-needed city school, says a group of prominent Australian architects.
The Department of Education building and the adjacent Department of Lands building are being offloaded by the Baird government for "no longer meeting their requirements"after more than a century of civic use.
The architecturally prized landmarks, known as "the sandstones", are being sold on a 99-year lease through an international expressions of interest campaign closing on December 3. The marketing pitch describes it as a "rare" chance for a buyer to convert the two buildings into boutique luxury hotels.
But eight architects and academics are appealing to the Premier and Treasurer to keep the historically significantbuildings in public ownership by realising the Education building's potential as "a Sydney city public school in the making".
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Australian Institute of Architects' gold medallists Richard Leplastrier and Peter Myers, both of whom worked withJornUtzonon the Sydney OperaHouse, are among those who put their names to a letter sent on Saturday.
"Surely here is an unlikely to be repeated opportunity to make a very fine city-based school in a buildingthat belongs to the citizensand is currently under the custodianshipof the Department of Education," the letter says.
The group argues the building was "readily adaptable" for use as a public high school; a purpose that would require less intrusive changes to the historic structure than a hotel.
"Basically, you could call it Bridge Street High School, just write it in chalk on the wall and that's it; everything's there," said Mr Myers, who has designed plans that show how the building's internal courtyard could be converted into a 500-seat theatre.
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Careful design and material selection can reduce the long-term maintenance of apartments.
This week Tony Trobe talks to Andrew Wilson, president of the Australian Institute of Architects' ACT chapter.
TT: Canberra is having a strong public debate about building quality. What are the issues?
AW: Much of the debate is around the quality of design and build outcomes. For example, owners and tenants experience aspects of poor design, with excessive heat load in our hotter and drier climate and/or technical failures, the leaking of balconies into apartments below and unplanned, or high, maintenance costs.
Careful design and material selection can reduce the long-term maintenance. Effective maintenance ensures the longevity of buildings, sustaining the value of the property and reducing the life-cycle cost to owners.
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TT: NSW aims to improve the design quality of residential flat/apartment buildings by a policy called SEPP 65. What is this?
AW: It is a policy that promotes better apartment design. It has a companion code, the "Apartment Design Guide - Tools for improving the design of residential flat development". It was introduced in 2002 and is acknowledged as improving the design quality of apartment buildings.
The design of apartments has improved markedly. Much of this improvement can be attributed to SEPP 65 and the Residential Flat Design Code. This success indicates that design considerations are fundamental to the achievement of high-quality building projects.
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DECATUR - Decatur's Near Westside Restoration and Preservation Society will host its 24th annual Decatur Heritage & Holly Historic Home Tour on November 28 and November 29.
Officials say the tour will highlight the city's "Prairie Homes - Craftsmen at Work," and will include nine homes and businesses. The tour will kick off from The First Presbyterian Church, located at 604 West Prairie Street.
One of the highlights of this year's tour is #2 Millikin Place, the final home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright before he left his family and home behind to travel to Europe. The home has not been open to the public in over 20 years. The tour will take participants through the Oglesby Mansion as well.
Tickets for the tour cost $18.00, and are available at Haines & Essick in downtown Decatur and Kirlin's Hallmark on North Water Street.
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Taiwans premier resigned to take responsibility for the loss of key mayoral seats around the island for the ruling Kuomintang party, including the capital city of Taipei.
Premier Jiang Yi-huah said at a press briefing today President Ma Ying-jeou accepted his resignation and would soon announce his replacement as well as new members of the cabinet.
Todays election results show that the people are dissatisfied with the administrations policies, Jiang said. The people have spoken clearly through their votes. I have decided to assume political responsibility.
Todays vote is viewed as a referendum on Mas presidency, during which students have staged protests against his push to strengthen ties with China and average real incomes have declined as home prices have soared. The loss of top municipal seats threatens to hamper Mas ability to advance his policies, such as completing a services trade pact with the mainland, and may reduce the partys chances of retaining power in 2016.
Sean Lien, the KMTs candidate for Taipei mayor, a seat the party has held for two decades, conceded defeat to Ko Wen-je, an independent backed by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party. The DPP leads in five of the islands six mayoral elections, including Taichung and Taoyuan, according to early counting by the Central Election Commission.
To contact the reporter on this story: Justina Lee in Taipei at jlee1489@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Debra Mao at dmao5@bloomberg.net
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It is maddeningly short, but the first official glimpse of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens serves as a fitting reminder that a galaxy far, far away is actually much closer than we thought.
While returning cast-members Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher are absent from the 88-second montage, fans are given a first look at the younger generation of cast-members to feature in this, the first of three planned sequels.
Opening some 30-years after Return of the Jedi, the teaser kicks off with British actor John Boyega racing across a desert landscape dressed in full Stormtrooper regalia.
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