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and University of Adelaide to redesign the site that included existing buildings. The Union council presented the problem that the existing university accommodation needed to be redesigned within the confines of the existing built-up site, and the facilities were to be kept in operation during
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It has several entrances, balconies and terraces connecting it to the multiple levels of the university site, while many aspects of the design and materiality match those of the historic university context, including works by architects
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redevelopment. The design concept was to be low-rise to allow for easy movement on foot, provide important and attractive circulation spaces encouraging intercommunication.
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buildings, including the Cloisters, the Lady Symon Building and the George Murray building, were designed by the architects
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led the project, during which the practice name changed to Robert Dickson & Associates from 1973.
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The complex includes the Union Buildings include the Lady Symon Building (named after the wife of Sir
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complex. It incorporates the existing buildings known as Union Buildings,
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The Union Building Group was state heritage-listed on 25 July 2002 on the
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and concrete building with exposed brickwork and timber detailing.
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The redevelopment was completed in stages from 1967 to 1975.
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The redevelopment received an Award of Merit from the
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Index

Adelaide University Union Redevelopment
University of Adelaide

Dickson & Platten
Adelaide University Union
Josiah Symon
George John Robert Murray
red brick
Georgian-style
Woods, Bagot, Jory and Laybourne-Smith
Robert Dickson
Walter Bagot
Louis Laybourne-Smith
RAIA
Civic Trust Award
South Australian Heritage Register
University of Adelaide#Buildings
Civic Trust Awards



ISBN
978-1-86254-869-5



"Union Building Group, The University of Adelaide"


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