The Gadigal People of the Eora Nation
New South Wales
A stadium in the park a public building set within a public park. The stadium is a memorable public room for shared play and celebration.
The surrounding public domain is expanded, legible, and accessible. Varied in activation it includes intimate spaces, new public play spaces half basketball play, exercise, kids play to a civic gesture in the form of the Kippax stairs connecting Paddington and Surry Hills.
A rusticated base mediates topography, while a visually recessive bronze body contains significant program. A sinuous highly efficient white steel diagrid roof provides identity. Guided by a do more with less approach, the project achieves LEED Gold.
The Sporting Club of Sydney positioned adjacent the stadium mediates a scale shift to the smaller heritage buildings of the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The clients objective to (re)positions Sydney ahead of competing cities through offering uncompromised patron event amenity while attracting national / international events is achieved.
Allianz Stadium is Sydney’s newest world class stadium situated on the doorstep of a world leading CBD has been a game changer for Venues NSW and the NSW Visitor Economy, welcoming nearly one million fans during the past year to an exciting range of events including concerts from Paul McCartney and Elton John, and co-hosting the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. In addition to providing a world class experience for fans and sports partners, the stadium has delivered new public open space, artwork and facilities to the whole precinct, which includes the world famous Sydney Cricket Ground.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
