Reshaping Sydney by design – few know about the mandatory competitions, but we all see the results
- Written by Robert Freestone, Professor of Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW
Mandatory competitive design processes have transformed the Sydney CBD skyline.Robert Freestone, Author provided
The conventional approach to commercial city building is for private developers to enlist their preferred architect for a design that satisfies planning and building regulations. For major projects, the architect would likely have had a...