# UTS Tower

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{{Short description|Landmark building of the University of Technology, Sydney}}
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'''UTS Building 1''', also known as the '''UTS Tower''', is a landmark building on Broadway at the southern gateway to [Sydney](/source/Sydney)'s central business district. Many of the administrative units of the [University of Technology, Sydney](/source/University_of_Technology%2C_Sydney) are located across the building's 27 occupied floors. Completed in 1979 in the [brutalist](/source/brutalist_architecture) [architectural style](/source/architectural_style) from a 1968 plan by [Michael Dysart](/source/Michael_Dysart) of the [NSW Government Architect's Office](/source/New_South_Wales_Government_Architect), the Tower was officially opened by NSW Premier [Neville Wran](/source/Neville_Wran).

==Location==
[[File:UTS Victoria Park.jpg|left|thumb|The building as seen from the [University of Sydney](/source/University_of_Sydney)]]
The UTS Tower is located at 15 [Broadway](/source/Broadway%2C_Sydney), [Sydney](/source/Sydney), south of the city's [central business district](/source/Sydney_central_business_district), near to [Central Railway station](/source/Central_railway_station%2C_Sydney) and opposite [One Central Park](/source/One_Central_Park).

It sits between the UTS Bon Marche Building and Terraces (home to radio station [2SER](/source/2SER)) and the newly constructed UTS Central (Building 2).

==History==
The original 1964 plan envisaged three towers of varying heights plus a podium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maas.museum/inside-the-collection/2010/03/30/the-dreaming-towers-uts-towers/|title=The Dreaming Towers- UTS Towers|website=Inside the Collection|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref> By the mid-1970s, with cutbacks in commonwealth funding, the original plan was reduced to the main Tower and smaller 11-level Building 2 next door.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Stories from the tower : UTS 1988-2013|date=2013|publisher=Xoum |editor=Adelaide, Debra |editor2=Ashton, Paul |editor3=Salt, Annette |isbn=9781922057518|location=Sydney|oclc=852794242}}</ref>

Construction of the building commenced in 1969 and lower floors were occupied from 1975. The building was officially opened on 15 October 1979 by the [NSW Premier](/source/NSW_Premier) [Neville Wran](/source/Neville_Wran) where the Tower was declared the tallest educational facility in Australia at the time.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Stories from the tower : UTS 1988-2013|date=2013|publisher=Xoum |editor=Adelaide, Debra |editor2=Ashton, Paul |editor3=Salt, Annette |isbn=9781922057518|location=Sydney|oclc=852794242}}</ref> The adjoining Building 2 opened in 1980.

Originally occupied by the [NSW Institute of Technology](/source/University_of_Technology_Sydney), the Tower became part of the newly created University of Technology Sydney in January 1988.

==Criticism of architectural style==
The Tower has been described very colourfully and identified numerous times as Sydney's ugliest building, notably in ''[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)'', and by architect [Frank Gehry](/source/Frank_Gehry).<ref name="SMH_31Oct2006_Cubby_SydneysUgliestBuildings">{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/ugly-talk-strikes-a-chord-in-citys-heart/2006/10/31/1162278141507.html|title=Ugly talk strikes a chord in city's heart|last=Cubby|first=Ben|work=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)|access-date=4 February 2010 | date=1 November 2006}}</ref><ref name="SMH_31Mar2008_RosemaryJohnston">{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/deep-rich-replenishment-through-the-eye-of-a-needle/2008/03/30/1206850709653.html|title=Deep, rich replenishment through the eye of a needle |last=Johnston|first=Rosemary |date=31 March 2008|work=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)|access-date=5 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="ABCNews_11Dec2009_Gehry_UTS">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/11/2768531.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213143117/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/11/2768531.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2009|title=Architect Gehry to transform Ultimo site|date=11 December 2009|work=[ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(Australia)) |location=Australia |access-date=4 February 2010}}</ref> Journalist and author [Mike Carlton](/source/Mike_Carlton) described it as "a menacing concrete monolith in an architectural genre that the old East German Stasi brought to perfection".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/margaret-a-commonsense-class-act-20120323-1vop4.html|last=Carlton|first=Mike|author-link=Mike Carlton|title=Opinion|date=24 March 2012|work=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>

The Tower's visibility in the central business district skyline has also been described positively, as marking Sydney as a [University town](/source/College_town).<ref name="SMH_31Mar2008_RosemaryJohnston"/>

===Proposed redesign===
One scheme for renovation suggested by Chris Bosse from Laboratory for Visionary Architecture involved covering the building with a lightweight composite mesh textile, which would be able to store rainwater, generate electricity and cool down the building.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.infoniac.com/environment/sydneys-ugliest-building-to-become-an-eco-friendly-tower.html|title=Sydney's Ugliest Building to Become an Eco-friendly Tower|publisher=Infoniac.com|access-date=12 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/uts-tower-brutalist-sydney-eyesore-set-for-200m-makeove/news-story/514a09f667c97822ccd75f9ba96619fb |title=UTS tower: brutalist Sydney eyesore set for $200m makeover |work=[The Australian](/source/The_Australian) |author=Loussikian, Kylar |date=9 September 2015 |access-date=4 October 2016 }}</ref> However, such plans were not taken up by the university beyond a simple refurbishment, with one observer noting: "It may be that, for better or for worse, the Tower is finally valued as an essential part of the University’s identity."<ref name="Pickett">{{cite web |last1=Pickett |first1=Charles |title=The Dreaming Towers- UTS Towers |url=https://maas.museum/inside-the-collection/2010/03/30/the-dreaming-towers-uts-towers/ |website=Inside the Collection |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Schwartzkoff |first1=Louise |title=Glowing cocoon is a winning idea that will never emerge |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/glowing-cocoon-is-a-winning-idea-that-will-never-emerge-20100329-r8ek.html |access-date=2 August 2018 |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 March 2010}}</ref>

=== Redevelopment of Building 2 ===
As part of the UTS Campus Master Plan, Building 2 next to the Tower was demolished in 2016/2017 to make way for a vibrant new student hub and faculty space for the university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/city-campus-master-plan/campus-development-news/2016-news-5|title=Building 2 to go out with a bang as heavy demolition begins {{!}} University of Technology Sydney|website=www.uts.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20|archive-date=10 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410235035/https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/city-campus-master-plan/campus-development-news/2016-news-5|url-status=dead}}</ref> [UTS Central](/source/UTS_Central) (Building 2) opened in August 2019 and features direct pedestrian connections with the UTS Tower across four levels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/city-campus-master-plan/projects-progress/uts-central|title=UTS Central {{!}} University of Technology Sydney|website=www.uts.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref>

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