Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) Selected as the International Designer of the Public Domain for the Barangaroo South project in Sydney Australia

February, 22, 2013 - Lend Lease, in partnership with the Barangaroo Delivery Authority, has assembled some of Australia’s and the world’s leading urban planners and landscape architects to undertake the next phase of master planning and public domain design at Barangaroo South, the 7.5 hectare (18.5 acres) southern section of a 22 hectare (54 acre) major redevelopment site on the international landmark of Sydney Harbor in Australia. GGN’s participation will be headed by founding partner Kathryn Gustafson and principal Grant Stewart.
 
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol has been appointed as International Public Domain Designer, with a principal role as the lead design landscape architect, entrusted with the design and delivery of a truly world class public domain solution. The site will be a true mixed-use precinct consisting of commercial office buildings, residential apartments, an international hotel, shops, cafes, restaurants, and cultural facilities
 
GGN will be working with  team that consists of: Lord Richard Rogers and Ivan Harbour from RSH+P, and Lend Lease Design as the overall concept master planners; Sydney architect Tony Caro, from Tony Caro Architects, as Urban Design Director; Craig Allchin, Adjunct Professor of Architecture at University of Technology Sydney and founding director of Six Degrees Architects in Melbourne, as Local Urban Design advisor; and Aspect|Oculus, led by Sacha Coles and Roger Jasprizza continuing in their role as Project Landscape Architects.