UNSW Faculty of Built Environment
The Built Environment is a constituent body of the University of New South Wales, Australia. The school of architecture was one of the founding schools of UNSW. The Faculty of Architecture was established in 1950 and was one of the first three faculties of the university. In 1993 the name of the faculty was changed to the Faculty of the Built Environment.[1]
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The faculty is headquartered in the Red Centre (West Wing) on the Kensington Campus, approximately 5 kilometres from Sydney's CBD. According to the QS World University Rankings 2016, Architecture and Built environment at UNSW is ranked number 19 worldwide and number 3 in Australia after the University of Sydney and Melbourne University ranked 17 and 18 respectively.[2]
Teaching
The UNSW Faculty of Built Environment offers the following areas of teaching for coursework and research at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
- Architecture
- City Planning
- Computational Design (Design computing/Parametric design)
- Construction Management and Property
- Industrial Design
- Interior Architecture
- Landscape Architecture
- Sustainable Development
- City Analytics (see Urban science/Urban informatics)
- Urban Policy
Research
The following groups within the Faculty represent its broad spectrum of interdisciplinary research.
- Australian Building Analytics Lab
- City Analytics Lab
- City Futures Research Centre
- CRC for Low Carbon Living
- CRCLCL UNSW Node of Excellence
- Designing Global Sydney
- Design Research Collaboration Research Cluster
- Enabling Built Environments Program
- GRID Home
- High Performance Architecture Research Cluster
- HMInfo Clearinghouse
- People and Place Research Cluster
- Situation Engines
- Smart Cities Research Cluster
- Urban Typologies Research Cluster
Graduates
- Australian Institute of Architects 2015 National President and 2009 Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal Ken Maher[3]
- Australian Institute of Architects (NSW) award-winner Andrew Benn[4]
- Robin Boyd Award and Wilkinson Award-winner Alexander Tzannes
- Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medalist 2008 Richard Johnson AO MBE
References
- "Agency details : UNSW University Archives" (PDF). Recordkeeping.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 - Architecture / Built Environment". Topuniversities.com. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- "Architect Ken Maher ready for Australian Institute of Architects National Presidency - Architecture And Design". Architecture And Design. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)