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University of Sydney Graduates Lead the Way

13 December 2007

At the Faculty of Architecture, Design & Planning at the University of Sydney we build leaders. Our graduates are equipped with the skills they need to create and innovate, to become leaders in their field. They approach their careers with openness, curiosity and a desire to meet new challenges and engage with the world in which they live.

A recent profile of Sydney’s Top 100 Most Influential People in The Sydney Morning Herald’s the(sydney)magazine (January 2008) was well populated by our academics and graduates.

Senior lecturer, architect and community activist Col James AM (DipTCPlan, 1977) was cited by the magazine’s panel for his long-time commitment to housing for the poor, disadvantaged and aboriginal groups in Sydney’s inner-city, while the award-winning architectural critic and adjunct professor Elizabeth Farrelly (PhD, 1997) is noted for her ability to change minds and spark debate through her fearless and honest writing on design and architecture in the Sydney Morning Herald. So too architect Frank Stanisic (BSc (Arch), 1975, BArch, 1978) has Sydneysiders talking about the importance of his inner-city apartment buildings, elegant expressions of the joys of urban living that have become benchmarks for sustainable design. Leading the way in the preservation of Sydney’s magnificent harbour foreshore, architects Richard Leplastrier (BArch, 1963) and Rod Simpson (BSc (Arch), 1985) are working with the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust to transform abandoned industrial and defence sites into usable public space that preserve both the port’s past and natural beauty.

We’re proud of the influence our graduates and academics have on our city and our world.

the(sydney)magazine excerpt featuring the graduates and academics of the Faculty of Architecture, Design & Planning.