UTS Building 10, Fairfax Building
The former headquarters of John Fairfax & Sons Ltd has many stories to tell
10am–4pm
About the building
UTS Building 10, also known as the Fairfax Building, has a storied history. Opened in 1957 as the headquarters for John Fairfax & Sons Ltd, it housed the offices and presses for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun and The Australian Financial Review.
After the newspapers moved out in the mid-1990s, the building was used for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, as the base for the Organising Committee. In the early 2000s, it was given new purpose in education, becoming home to UTS’s Faculty of Health, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and central student admin centre.
Bligh Voller Nield Architects and Woods Bagot Interiors refurbished the building in the early 2000s, bringing it into the 21st century. The design honoured its modernist heritage while introducing a six-storey-high atrium that floods the interior with natural light. The project won the Sulman Medal for Public Architecture in 2003 for its contemporary interpretation of a Sydney icon.
Sydney Open visitors can tour the level 1 foyer and step back in time to see the old Fairfax boardrooms preserved on the 14th floor.
Built
1957
Architect
Unknown
Alterations
Bligh Voller Nield Architects and Woods Bagot Interiors, 2002
Awards
Australian Institute of Architects NSW Architecture Awards – Sulman Medal for Public Architecture, 2003
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UTS Building 10, Fairfax Building
235 Jones Street, Ultimo
Entry details
Level 1: foyer; level 14: historic Fairfax boardrooms
10am–4pm
3.30pm
Need to know
Accessible featuresThere is lift access to all parts of the building. Accessible toilets are available
Toilets availablePhotography allowedNo photography of private spaces (to be indicated by UTS), including offices on level 14
