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2008

September

Design Career Launched With NASA
2 Sep, 2008
The tremendous feats achieved by NASA, have all drawn upon the brightest, most innovative minds in design and technology. With such a remarkable history, it was no small step for student Gary Redman, when he was announced winner of NASA’s Fundamental Aeronautics Student Competition .

The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building Continue Work With Habitat for Humanity
2 Sep, 2008
Continuing the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building’s ongoing relationship with Habitat For Humanity, thirty students from the University of Technology, Sydney will head off to Thailand this 19 September.

August

Heffer and Clifton-Cunningham selected for Tamworth Fibra Textile Biennial
18 Aug, 2008
The work of Cecilia Heffer and Alana Clifton-Cunningham has been selected for the 18th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial Momentum.

A Successful Grant Win for Interior Design
15 Aug, 2008
Susan Sherringham has lead a successful cross faculty, cross institutional team, in applying for an ALTC ( Carrick) Priority Projects Grant.

Kieran Choy Upstages Competition with his Vibrant Vision in Design
7 Aug, 2008
Ninety designers from across Australia entered VIVID- Vibrant Visions in Design - this year but UTS’s Kieran Choy was the one student who took out first place for Vivid’s student award.

This Years' Australian Learning & Teaching Council Presentation Ceremony Awards Dr Louise McWhinnie
7 Aug, 2008
Dr Louise McWhinnie, Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning attended the Australian Learning & Teaching Council annual presentation ceremony on Tuesday evening where she was awarded with a citation for "an outstanding contribution to Australian university teaching & learning" and a cheque for $10,000.

UTS Design Cleans Up This Years' Iken Workstation of the Future Competition
5 Aug, 2008
UTS Design dominated the Iken Workstation of the Future Competition this year with a student from Interior Design and Industrial Design taking out 1st and 2nd place.

Stefan Lie Wins Australian Council Grant
5 Aug, 2008
It is true that good things come in small packages and though Stefan Lie has had his fair share of success with larger scale furniture design, this year he has been similarly rewarded for focusing his design on a smaller scale.

July

UTS Student Designs the Winning Solution to Child Safety
28 Jul, 2008
Third year Industrial Design student, Jessica Lee Dunn, has been announced winner of the Dreambaby Competition.

UTS Architecture Wins at RAIA Awards
21 Jul, 2008
From the three design awards announced in the annual RAIA Student Awards UTS has taken home two. The School's academic Dr Naomi Stead was also announced this month, winner of the NSW RAIA chapter award for architectural writing.

Design Granted New Opportunities with the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund
8 Jul, 2008
The School of Design have had two recent successful LTPF grant applications.

UTS Visual Communication Up With the Best at the International Adobe Awards
8 Jul, 2008
UTS Visual Communication students have made the semi-finals in the International Adobe Design Achievement Awards.

New Funding Furthers Structural Design in the School of Architecture
4 Jul, 2008
New technologies will be introduced to the teaching of structural design in Architecture at UTS with LTPF funding $10,000 to the project Tangible Digital Technologies driving Structures Learning .

June

A Fashion Guide for Any Moment in Time
23 Jun, 2008
Know your fashion for any historical occassion with Fashion: Critical and Primary Sources .

The major multi-volume of work, edited by DAB’s Peter McNeil, brings together over 100 key essays and articles covering fashion with a historical focus.

The GC User Forum Takes Off
23 Jun, 2008
The School of Architecture has run its first Australian GC user forum day with great success.

UTS Architecture Students the First in Venice
18 Jun, 2008
UTS Architecture students were this year, the first students to be asked to participate in the Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition Abundant.

The School of Built Environment Staff Awarded by AIQS
17 Jun, 2008
Rick Best and Peter Smith from the School of Built Environment, have been awarded at the recent celebration for the Centenary of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS).

Network Ten Scopes Out Rachael Cassar
3 Jun, 2008
Network Ten's science show Scope gave viewers an insight to the science behind Fashion & Textile's graduate Rachael Cassar's clothing range this month.

UTS Industrial Design Excels at the Dyson Student Design Awards
3 Jun, 2008

Three clever Industrial Design students made it to the finals of this year's Dyson Student Design Awards, with two taking out both third place and the Highly Commended Award.

May

Head South for One of the Brightest New Brains in Property
22 May, 2008
The academic spotlight shone on the Sutherland Shire’s Ashleigh Barwise this May when she was awarded The Stockland Prize at the University of Technology, Sydney’s Annual Prize Giving Ceremony.

The Property Industry: Get Set for Some Renovation
22 May, 2008
The boys’ club of Sydney’s property industry is set to have two new female leaders join its ranks with a fresh round of the industry’s best students ready to hit the workforce.

Sydney's North West Produce Strong Performers at Annual Prize Ceremony
22 May, 2008
Sydney’s northern suburbs will be well taken care of if students from the University of Technology, Sydney’s Design, Architecture and Building courses have anything to do with it.

Blue Mountains' Talent Joshua Harex at the top of Architectural Design
21 May, 2008
He may have had quite the commute, but in no way has it disadvantaged Joshua Harex in his Architectural studies at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Sydney Looks to the Hills for the Best in Design and Building
21 May, 2008
The hills district was well represented this year at the University of Technology’s Annual Prize Giving Ceremony showing more than a few of its local students have a knack for building and design.

Wahroonga Yields Well in University of Technology, Sydney’s Awards
21 May, 2008
There must be something special in the water over Wahroonga way to have produced the crop of student winners at the University of Technology, Sydney, this year.

Central Coast Creatives Set Their Designs on the University of Technology, Sydney.
21 May, 2008
The creative pair from the Central Coast, Jacqueline Tyrell of North Avoca and Brooke Snopek of Terrigal have been awarded for their achievements in design studies at the University of Technology, Sydney in this month’s Annual Prize Giving Ceremony.

The Inner West’s Future Facelift Looking Bright
21 May, 2008
From an area where the local architecture has seen a bit of a transformation in recent years, Leichhardt’s Rebekah Clayton and Balmain’s Katie O’Grady have had plenty of inspiration for their recent success at the University of Technology, Sydney.

The Best Set of Clothes to Make it to the Smith Family
20 May, 2008
We’ve all given a bit of recycled clothing to the Smith Family during one wardrobe blitz or another, but University of Technology, Sydney Fashion & Textiles graduate Rachael Cassar’s collection is set to put the lot of us to shame.

April

UTS and NSW Government to fight crime through design
29 Apr, 2008
In a first for New South Wales, UTS’s Designing Out Crime Research Centre will help reduce and prevent crime through the design of products, buildings and environments. The three year project has received over $1 million funding from both the Attorney General’s Office and UTS.

John Sheehan is Appointed Adjunct Professor with the School of Built Environment
29 Apr, 2008
Professor Spike Boydell from the School of the Built Environment presented John Sheehan this month with his letter of appointment as an Adjunct Professor with the University of Technology Sydney.

Master of Architecture Students Go Global
11 Apr, 2008
Adrian Lahoud and Dr Charles Rice have just returned from two weeks in Shenzhen, China, with students from the new Master of Architecture course.

March

International Success Pushes Greener Bike Design
28 Mar, 2008
In cities clogged with cars: bicycles and public transport should be the ideal solution to commuter traffic. Yet with no room on trains and buses for people let alone bikes, cycling to work would seem to many, the inconvenient solution. Frag Woodall, graduate of The University of Technology, Sydney has been awarded 3rd place in the 12th International Bicycle Design Competition, recently held in Taiwan, with his solution to such a problem.

Industrial Design Associate Lecturer Stefan Lie Wins Comfortably with his Origami Slippers in Japan
27 Mar, 2008
Associate Lecturer in Industrial Design, Stefan Lie is making a name for himself in Asia with his recent win of the Shizuoka Good Design Award in Japan.

February

UTS graduate wins at the Australian International Furniture Fair
25 Feb, 2008
Brad Stebbing - who graduated last year from the Bachelor of Industrial Design course - took out the 2008 student prize at The Edge, a design and innovation element of the Australian International Furniture Fair.

New Laing O'Rourke scholarship for construction student success
20 Feb, 2008
As a way of promoting excellence in construction management, Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction is now offering a $5,000 per semester scholarship to two outstanding Bachelor of Construction students.

New planning and property dichotomy wins the support of Sydney's Lord Mayor
18 Feb, 2008
In launching the School of the Built Environment's new Graduate Certificate in Property and Planning, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore MP, has recognised it as a very real innovation in city development education.

UTS Design Shines in GOTYA Awards
12 Feb, 2008
The Design Institute of Australia announced the winners of the GOTYA Awards this week. UTS across all categories showed great success, claiming more finalists than any other university.

UTS Industrial Design Graduates Proven to be of World Class
12 Feb, 2008
DAB’s Industrial Design students have had recent international success in London based competition New Designer International 2007.

New course brings planners and property developers together
5 Feb, 2008
In a move to ensure that urban planners and property developers can work together more effectively, the University of Technology, Sydney has brought together its Master of Property Development and Master of Planning with an innovative, shared entry-level degree. The newly-created Graduate Certificate in Property and Planning directly addresses recommendations made in the 2006 Planning Professionals Working Group Report to the NSW Minister for Planning, relating to improved communication between planners, developers and the community, and supporting planning education of the property development industry.

The Faculty Welcomes Louise McWhinnie to the Acting Role of Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning
4 Feb, 2008
The shoes of Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning in The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at The University of Technology, Sydney will be filled with a new pair of feet this new-year. Louise McWhinnie will assume the role in an acting capacity for the next six months, coming from a long serving academic experience teaching Visual Communication in the faculty’s School of Design.

January

A New Vision for Design Research at UTS
22 Jan, 2008
The University of Technology, Sydney will receive a new vision from 2008 with the addition of Dr Kees Dorst as Associate Dean, Research within the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.

New UAI scores make for hot competition this year in The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
18 Jan, 2008
With University offers released for 2008, The University of Technology, Sydney, shows an overwhelming increase in quality applicants for courses across the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.

Student income support available to Architecture and Planning postgraduate students.
10 Jan, 2008
Students enrolled in the Master of Planning or the Master of Architecture are now eligible for government financial assistance. Eligible student in these coursework postgraduate degrees will be able to access Youth Allowance, Austudy and the Pensioner Education Supplement from 1 January 2008. Previously, such assistance was only open to students in undergraduate courses.

2007

December

UTS Students Open a Sydney Icon to the Public
17 Dec, 2007
Customs House, a Sydney landmark in its own right, will be the venue this February for The Power of 10, a University of Technology, Sydney, exhibition which gives the public a new interpretation of the city’s iconic Town Hall. Ten selected third-year Architecture students will look at how they would shape the heart of the city if they were to redesign the Town Hall in today’s contemporary society.

UTS Retains its Courtly Crown
14 Dec, 2007
The University of Technology, Sydney, Property Economics students have retained their crown as the Australian Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Moot Court champions.

UTS architecture students provide designers with a new nest for creativity
10 Dec, 2007
Second year Architecture students will do their bit for global urban planning in January 2008 when their newly invented visual projection pavilion pixel.nest begins its international tour. The experimental structure generated from advanced computer modelling, will be part of CitySwitch, an international program encouraging the exchange of young professionals and their solutions to planning and design issues cities face across the globe.

Will The Goat That Ate Time eat Harvey Krumpet?
5 Dec, 2007
Lucinda Schreiber, Master of Animation graduate, won an IF Award for best Short Animation in November for her film The Goat That Ate Time. This adds to her recent win at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival: the Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize for Best Film or Video from an Emerging Director. Her film has also been nominated for an AFI award, a Dendy Award for Short Animation and a Bradford Animation Festival Award.

November

e11even: the UTS Architecture show that scores even more than ten out of ten.
23 Nov, 2007
They will be behind the facelift of your city in upcoming years but you can preview their work from 12 December at the opening night of e11even, The University of Technology, Sydney’s end of year Architecture show. Graduating Architecture students will deck the UTS Gallery with their final year projects, while current students will exhibit in the Architecture Studios.

Lancôme finalists show new direction for Australian fashion at Design 07
15 Nov, 2007
If you want to see where Australian fashion is heading, then you need to see Design 07, the final year show for University of Technology, Sydney design students. Robby Tjia, Laura Prideaux and Lee Matthews, who have experienced the thrill of Paris thanks to their part in the Lancôme Colour Designs Awards, are three talents to keep an eye on.

MOU signed with University of Wisconsin Plateville
15 Nov, 2007
UTS and the University of Wisconsin Plateville have this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

Industrial Design students well placed in Cormack Innovation Awards
9 Nov, 2007
Industrial design student Frank Maguire has won third place in the sixth annual Cormack Innovation Awards recognizing innovation in the industrial design.

October

UTS Industrial Design graduate wins Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award
29 Oct, 2007
Australia’s most prestigious award for emerging designers, the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award, has been awarded this year to design team Rina Bernabei and Kelly Freeman.

UTS students construct community building project in Fiji
23 Oct, 2007
Twenty-eight UTS students have returned from Fiji, where they completed a construction project for Habitat for Humanity. The students spent one week working on the construction of a timber framed house and a large set of concrete steps leading to a new church in a community on the outskirts of Suva.

Stebbing's sustainable wit on show at Design 07
12 Oct, 2007
The next set of rising design stars will be showing their talents at Design 07, the final year show for University of Technology, Sydney design student. One true talent to watch is Brad Stebbing, about to complete his Industrial Design studies.

Notorious Sydney landmark's inner beauty: UTS Tower to host Design 07
12 Oct, 2007
As a Sydney landmark it may be brutal, but in December, the interior of the University of Technology, Sydney Tower will be beautified by Design 07 – the end of year show for the next crop of quality fashion and textile, interior, industrial and visual communication designers.

Third year Industrial Design student wins Isson Eyewear Design Competition
2 Oct, 2007
Third-year Industrial Design student Tasman Munro has won the inaugural Isson Eyewear Design Competition, instituted by managing director of Isson Eyewear and UTS graduate Catherine Federici.

Speculative competition a global experience for UTS architecture students
2 Oct, 2007
University of Technology, Sydney architecture students have been rewarded in their first foray into international competition with a second place for a design for new municipal offices in Hanoi, Vietnam.

September

Future master architects have only one choice: study at UTS
19 Sep, 2007
The new Master of Architecture degree at the University of Technology, Sydney, sets the direction for the future of the profession, as its structure and content reflects a commitment to both professional training and research, with a focus on architectural design and practice.

Master of Animation students' bid for world domination
5 Sep, 2007
International success for students from the Master of Animation beckons, with animated films from UTS being screened at festivals around the world, and receiving nominations for awards.

Industrial design student takes his furniture to the next level
3 Sep, 2007
Industrial Design student Liam O'Brien has developed his own studio label 'Nightlight Studio', where he is producing and selling his own furniture collection.

August

More flexible Project Management course meets workforce needs
29 Aug, 2007
The only Australian course with global accreditation through the Project Management Institute, the Master of Project Management is now more flexible in order to better educate students with varying degrees of project management experience.

Fashion & textiles student's winning design takes UTS to the world
10 Aug, 2007
University of Technology Sydney student, Philippa Waters was the winner of the UTS and Think Positive Design competition for the most creative scarf design.

UTS staff and student finalists in international embroidery award.
8 Aug, 2007
UTS Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles, Alana Clifton and 4th year fashion student Ling Chi Yuan are finalists in the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2007.

UTS animation student represents Australia in Japanese Youth Exchange Program
6 Aug, 2007
University of Technology, Sydney animation student Arthur Terzis is the 2007 Australian representative of the Japanese Global Youth Exchange Program.

Residential property valuations need broader focus for investment purposes, says UTS Property Economics expert
2 Aug, 2007
New research from University of Technology, Sydney property economics expert Vince Mangioni reveals that property valuation advice may be failing investors, as the advice is asset focused, while valuers have a property focus. From a consumer perspective, valuers fail to link the specific attributes of a property to the specific investment objectives of the investor.

July

Career switch proves to be the right move for Mona Vale student
31 Jul, 2007
Mona Vale construction student, Geoffrey Davis is set for a promising career in the building industry after receiving the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NSW Chapter) Prize at the UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

Newtown graduate's passion for architecture proves worthwhile
13 Jul, 2007
Newtown graduate, Jose Serrao's passion for architecture proved to be a bonus at the annual UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

Windsor graduate's industry recognition helps plan international expedition
3 Jul, 2007
Windsor graduate, Clare Sowden's excellence in architecture has earned her the RAIA (NSW Chapter) Prize at the annual UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

June

Excellence in property research provides Strathfield student with industry awards
21 Jun, 2007
A guide to evaluating potential property markets and investment opportunities has earned Strathfield graduate Clara Lee two awards at the UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

Green Valley graduate leads the way in architecture excellence
19 Jun, 2007
Green Valley graduate, Deni Mandrovski was recognised for excellence in architecture at the annual UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

A shift in career a right choice for Bondi UTS student
19 Jun, 2007
Eastern Suburbs students are set for promising careers in architecture by winning multiple awards at the UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

Industrial Design student's win good for humanity
19 Jun, 2007
Baulkham Hills student, Nyein Chan Aung's passion for design has earned him the Carl Nielsen Professional Development Award at the annual UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

Cherrybrook student's enthusiasm in property wins industry accolades
19 Jun, 2007
Cherrybrook student, Godfrey Dinh's contribution to the property industry has been awarded at the annual UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

Sustainability earns Industrial Design graduate international exploration
18 Jun, 2007
Ultimo graduate, Liam Ryan's excellence in environmental sustainable design has earned him The Jack Greenland Travelling Scholarship at the annual UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

Students in Beecroft on the way to property success
15 Jun, 2007
Beecroft graduate, Lauren Day is on the path to a successful career in property by winning three prizes at the annual UTS: Design, Architecture and Building Prize Giving Ceremony.

UTS Architecture students to receive real world exposure through competitions subject
7 Jun, 2007
The new Master of Architecture course will give students hands-on experience of entering real-world architectural competitions. The Architectural Competition Project is based on students working together in teams to enter a current external architectural competition of significance and that is suitable for design experimentation.

UTS academics win competitive research grant from RICS Education Trust
6 Jun, 2007
The Education Trust of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has awarded funding of $18,321 to three members of the UTS Property Rights Research Group (PRRG), Professor Spike Boydell, Dr Glen Searle and Dr Garrick Small, for their research "Defining Property Rights in the Contemporary Urban Commons: a case study of Darling Harbour, Sydney".

UTS student wins new design 2007
5 Jun, 2007
UTS Industrial Design student Frag Woodall has won the Object Award for Design for Manufacture for 2007.

Enriched Nth Narrabean bathing project, a medal winner for UTS architecture student
1 Jun, 2007
A project to enrich and extend the bathing experience at North Narrabean has enabled University of Technology, Sydney architecture student Alicia Pozniak with the Royal Australian Institute of Architect (NSW)’s Design Medal.

May

UTS Architecture students and PTW's Chris Bosse install 'Digital Origami'
14 May, 2007
Groundbreaking work in architecture using digital design and fabrication techniques is on display in an installation - Digital Origami - at 72 Erskine Gallery, opening 5.30pm, 18 May. A result of an intensive studio led by Chris Bosse, an associate of PTW, for architecture students from the University of Technology, Sydney, it will run until 25 May.

Design concept shows sheet metal can be comfortable
1 May, 2007
Furniture concepts designed from that basic building material - sheet metal - will be displayed at the University of Technology, Sydney's DAB Lab, from 3 May to 4 June

Winners announcement: Lancome Colour Designs Awards
1 May, 2007
On Tuesday 24 April 2007, Lancôme and the University of Technology, Sydney celebrated the 3rd Lancôme Colour Designs Awards with an opulent fashion show and black tie dinner for 150 VIP guests.

April

UTS Property Economics students win sixth championshop
30 Apr, 2007
For the sixth year in a row, The University of Technology, Sydney, Property Economics students have retained their crown as the RICS Moot Court champions, a mock court trial which imitates a real-life scenario.

Property Tax - Risk Free Profit
26 Apr, 2007
Associate Professor Angelo Karantonis recently revealed that the three levels of Government receive over 60% of the total money generated by property development.

New appointments strengthen innovation in design sustainability at UTS
3 Apr, 2007
Students from the Faculty of DAB at UTS are set to benefit from new international strengths in digital design and sustainable cities with the appointment of six new staff in the School of Architecture and the School of the Built Environment.

March

Woods Bagot urban design expert to discuss challenges of evolving and new cities
16 Mar, 2007
The strategies that architectural firm Woods Bagot is carrying out in relation to the design of new cities and new architecture in rapidly changing cities will be presented at a public lecture at UTS' Faculty of DAB, at 6pm Thursday 22 March...

Fashionable award from DIA for UTS student
8 Mar, 2007
Awarded for the maturity of her approach and designs, University of Technology, Sydney Fashion and Textile graduate Donna Sgro has won the Design Institute of Australia's Graduate Of The Year Award 2006 for textiles design.

February

Urban Australian architects bust bush myth in US exhibition
27 Feb, 2007
While the 'bush idyll' is the most recognised historic reference point for Australian architects, their more contemporary urban sensibilities are now being acknowledged by their American counterparts.

Local homemakers to feature in Queer Space conference
9 Feb, 2007
Interviews with residents of inner Sydney suburbs have contributed to new research into the importance of home space for those who feel uncomfortable being themselves in public.

January

NSW land tax reform: land values to reflect the market
23 Jan, 2007
Land tax payers in NSW will need to get used to land values being brought closer to market value in some locations over the next three to five years.

2006

December

Qantas commends steam dishwasher in SOYA 06
4 Dec, 2006
University of Technology, Sydney Industrial Design graduate Alex Gilmour has taken out the Highly Commended award in the 2006 Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards (SOYA) in the Industrial + Object Design category.

Provocative designs at UTS Architecture graduate show
1 Dec, 2006
Sydneysiders will get a sneak peak at the "look of the future" at Provocation - an exhibition of state-of-the-art and revolutionary designs by the University of Technology, Sydney's newest architecture graduates.

November

'DAB Documents' made known through first publication
21 Nov, 2006
The Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at UTS is proud to release the first in a new series of publications, DAB Documents.

UTS students awarded for graphic design brilliance
13 Nov, 2006
University of Technology, Sydney visual communication students have won two of the five inaugural student prizes at the biannual Australian Graphic Design Association awards, a major industry event held recently in Canberra.

Award winning architect to reveal solutions to design challenges
7 Nov, 2006
The challenges facing a contemporary architectural firm will be presented at a public lecture at the UTS Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, at 6pm Wednesday 15 November.

New bags for The Big Issue vendors
2 Nov, 2006
UTS Industrial Design student, Nichola Hunt's multipurpose bag for The Big Issue has been manufactured and delivered for distribution.

Charles Wilson wins Bombay Sapphire Discovery Award
2 Nov, 2006
UTS graduate and part-time lecturer in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, Charles Wilson, has been awarded Australia's most prestigious award for emerging designers, the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award.

October

Setting the global standard for project management
13 Oct, 2006
Sydney has helped develop a first-ever set of performance-based competency standards for project managers around the world.

Project Management receives global accreditation
13 Oct, 2006
The School of the Built Environment is proud to announce that the UTS Project Management program is the first Australian project management course to be awarded with global accreditation.

September

The architectural past hosts the future at Customs House
12 Sep, 2006
Sydney's historic Customs House is showing the shape of things to come in architecture with an exhibition of experimental work by postgraduate students of the University of Technology, Sydney.

August

UTS textile students win award in the Annual Scarf Design Awards
16 Aug, 2006
Textile students Yuang Ling Chi and Danielle Van Camp, each won an award in the Annual Scarf Design Awards, Flinders Lane, Craft Victoria Melbourne.

June

Queer Space Conference to be held in February 2007
29 Jun, 2006

April

Public Lectures: Michael Cross & Pascal Anson: New Alchemists
5 Apr, 2006

January

UTS Property students Moot Court champions for 5th year in a row!
1 Jan, 2006
The UTS Property Economics team remains undefeated, winning the 2005 Australian Property Moot Court Challenge for a fifth consecutive time.

2005

June

Associate Prof. Karantonis Impresses International Property Conference
23 Jun, 2005
Associate Professor, and Head of School of Construction, Property & Project Management, has just returned from presenting at the 56th FIABCI World Real Estate Congress.

UTS student design installations... a flipping good idea!
21 Jun, 2005
A selection of UTS student design installations, 'Flip', will be a dynamic addition to Sydney Design 05, while continuing UTS' tradition of practical design education.

May

UTS first PhD in Project Management
23 May, 2005
Award winning PhD student, Joyce Adu, was awarded her PhD in Project Management in May 2005.

Design Graduate Wins Prestigious Australian Design Award
4 May, 2005

Architecture's next generation wades into Sydney's development controversies

Some of Sydney's most controversial redevelopment sites were tackled by graduating architecture students of the University of Technology, Sydney in an exhibition held from 14 December 2004 in UTS Gallery.

UTS Fashion Graduate Wins Industry Accolade

UTS, Fashion and Textile Design graduate, Reshma Ghedia has been awarded the Australian Business Limited Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Leather (TCF&L) award for 2004.

International expert to lecture on construction ethics

In a State that has seen two Royal Commissions within two decades and increasing criticism of Private-Public Partnerships, ethics in the construction industry is now of the utmost importance.

UTS Industrial design students share skills to help innovate car share service

Third-year Industrial Design students are preparing a series of design solutions for Newtown CarShare that will cover everything from making the service's cars adaptable for multiple user needs to branding, signage and web design.

Eco-friendly design to make a splash in the dishwasher department

Environmentalists could soon be pushing for everyone to buy a dishwasher thanks to young designer Alex Gilmour.

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UTS & Powerhouse Museum join to develop Design Research

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Design graduates awarded in Graduate of the Year Awards

Architecture at UTS

Dr Garrick Small Awarded API's Meritorious Service Award

Shopfront Theatre Student Project

Visual Communication Graduate Director of Gang Festival

Industrial Design student wins Cormack Packaging Innovation Award

Third year Industrial Design student, Frag Woodall has won Cormack Packaging's annual Innovation Award for his one-handed, simple action closure concept for energy drinks.

Industrial Design Graduate wins SOYA 05!

Scarlet's 'Wool to Wear' wins major innovation award

Graduating architects make their mark on Sydney

Animation student wins our first award!

Melissa Kritsotakis' story ... now designing for Roberto Cavalli

Melissa Kritsotakis, 2004 Fashion & Textile graduate, joins Roberto Cavalli in Italy ... this is her story

UTS wins again in Bombay Sapphire Design Awards

Visual Communication graduate in International Photography Awards

UTS Student Wins National Project Management Award

A four-way collision of brilliant student design

The University of Technology, Sydney's groundbreaking, boundary-crossing graduate design exhibition – the only exhibition of its kind in Australia – will focus both industry and public attention on the university's City campus early in December.

Leading architects join UTS

Two award-winning architects appointed to Adjunct Professor: Peter Davidson from LAB Architecture Studio and Gerard Reinmuth from Terroir.

UTS architecture takes a lead in major Sydney redevelopment plan

UTS architecture academics, alumni and students feature prominently in one of the five proposals selected as finalists in the East Darling Harbour urban design competition

UTS appoints new Head of Architecture

Dr Sandra Kaji-O'Grady, has joined the University of Technology, Sydney as its new Head of the School of Architecture in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.

Master of Design now offers Majors!

From 2006, the Master of Design will offer majors in Photomedia, Furniture Design, Information Design, Interaction Design, Service Design, Sustainable System Design, Branding Design, Interior Lighting Design, Contemporary Fashion Design.

Peter Davidson Masterclass open to Professionals

The Master of Digital Architecture Masterclass at UTS is open to professionals as a short course to meet CE/CPD requirements. The Masterclass is titled VISUALIZATION LAB_overcoming iconophobia (and curing the digital divide)

Bachelor of Design in Industrial students win at VIVID

University of Technology Sydney Industrial Design students win in the hotly contested VIVID - Vibrant Visions in Design Competition.

Architecture Academics Prominent at RAIA Awards

UTS featured in the 2005 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) New South Wales Architecture Awards, held on June 17 at Walsh Bay.

UTS Fashion Wins: Lancôme Colour Designs Awards

In March 2005, all 4th year students in the Bachelor of Design in Fashion & Textile Design at The University of Technology, Sydney were asked to design a mini-collection as part of the Lancôme Colour Designs Awards.

Young designers go for cosmetic effect

Written by Georgina Safe, published in The Australian, p5, 30 June 2005

Fashion elite come out in force to announce winners of Lancôme Colour Designs Awards

Architecture: designing an urban edge

UTS Fashion & Textiles student wins Think Poitive Design Competition

Peter Smith elected Secretary General of the International Cost Engineering Council

At the recent International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) World Congress, Senior Lecturer in the School of Construction Property & Project Management, Peter Smith was elected to the position of Secretary Treasurer of ICEC and also received the "ICEC Region 4 Award” for contributions to the Quantity Surveying/Cost Engineering profession in the Asia Pacific region.

Cecilia Heffer's solo exhibition - Lace

Laced, a solo exhibition of new work by UTS Fashion & Textile Design lecturer, Cecilia Heffer, explores the notion of creating contemporary translations of one of the oldest and most seductive form of textiles - lace.

Winners Announcement: Lancôme Colour Designs Awards

Three Fashion and Textile Design students have been announced as the winners of the 2nd Lancôme Colour Designs Awards in Australia. UTS students are the only students selected to enter this prestigious International competition.

Designs on e-learning

Senior lecturer in the Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication, Darrall Thompson is one of only nine prominent international practitioners (including two from Australia) in the field of online learning who presented a paper at the online conference, 'Learning and Teaching with Technology in Art Design and Communication' which was organised by The University of the Arts London.