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Frank Gehry's 'brown paper bag' opens in Sydney | Frank Gehry's 'brown paper bag' opens in Sydney |
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Sydney has joined the list of cities with a Frank Gehry-designed building. | Sydney has joined the list of cities with a Frank Gehry-designed building. |
The Chau Chak Wing Business School building has been dubbed the "brown paper bag" by local media. | The Chau Chak Wing Business School building has been dubbed the "brown paper bag" by local media. |
Speaking at Monday's opening, Mr Gehry said he hoped the building would generate a "spirit of invention". | |
The A$180m ($140m; £93m) building for the Business School for the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is named after businessman and philanthropist Dr Chau Chak Wing. | |
It is the architect's first design to be built in Australia. | It is the architect's first design to be built in Australia. |
Mr Gehry said he had designed a "flexible" building with only a few fixed parts, allowing the building to be changed over time to meet the changing needs of its users. | Mr Gehry said he had designed a "flexible" building with only a few fixed parts, allowing the building to be changed over time to meet the changing needs of its users. |
"People will invent ways to use it," he said | "People will invent ways to use it," he said |
Gehry said that five years after its conception, there were perhaps some things he would change but he was pleased with the finished result. | Gehry said that five years after its conception, there were perhaps some things he would change but he was pleased with the finished result. |
"I am Jewish and I feel guilty about everything," he joked. | "I am Jewish and I feel guilty about everything," he joked. |
The building - tucked between several small streets in the inner city suburb of Ultimo in Sydney - is a key part of the university's campus master plan. It will house 1,630 students and staff for the UTS Business School. | The building - tucked between several small streets in the inner city suburb of Ultimo in Sydney - is a key part of the university's campus master plan. It will house 1,630 students and staff for the UTS Business School. |
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