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Sydney Morning Herald
5 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
He designed the new World Trade Centre. Now this superstar is building a Caulfield school
A Melbourne private school has snared one of the world's top architects to help design its new 'mega campus' on the site of Caulfield Racecourse in the city's inner south-east. Daniel Libeskind – who drew up the masterplan for rebuilding New York's World Trade Centre after it was destroyed in the 2001 terrorist attacks – will be announced on Friday as part of the design team for Mount Scopus College's new Caulfield campus. The private Jewish school kick-started its ambitious plans for an early learning to year 12 campus, a sports precinct and a centre for Jewish life last year with a $195 million deal to buy a large tract of the racecourse from the Victoria Racing Club. There are currently 1210 students enrolled at Mount Scopus' three campuses, in Burwood, Caulfield South and St Kilda East. Annual fees are more than $42,000 for students in its senior levels. Loading The school has dubbed the build 'Project Generation,' and says it is not only one of the largest educational developments under way in Australia, but also among the biggest projects ever undertaken for the nation's Jewish community. The project team will announce the design coup on Friday – with Libeskind, who shot to international renown with his design for Berlin's famous Jewish Museum – considered by some as the No 1 global contemporary architect. He has designed landmark buildings around the world, including Dublin's Grand Canal Theatre, the Royal Ontario Museum as well as the Berlin museum project, which electrified world architecture when it was built in 1999. University of Melbourne associate professor of architecture Rory Hyde was excited by the appointment, describing the 'hugely influential' Libeskind as the 'real deal' among the giants of modern architecture and a perfect fit to design a new centre for Australian Jewish life.
The Age
5 days ago
- Business
- The Age
He designed the new World Trade Centre. Now this superstar is building a Caulfield school
A Melbourne private school has snared one of the world's top architects to help design its new 'mega campus' on the site of Caulfield Racecourse in the city's inner south-east. Daniel Libeskind – who drew up the masterplan for rebuilding New York's World Trade Centre after it was destroyed in the 2001 terrorist attacks – will be announced on Friday as part of the design team for Mount Scopus College's new Caulfield campus. The private Jewish school kick-started its ambitious plans for an early learning to year 12 campus, a sports precinct and a centre for Jewish life last year with a $195 million deal to buy a large tract of the racecourse from the Victoria Racing Club. There are currently 1210 students enrolled at Mount Scopus' three campuses, in Burwood, Caulfield South and St Kilda East. Annual fees are more than $42,000 for students in its senior levels. Loading The school has dubbed the build 'Project Generation,' and says it is not only one of the largest educational developments under way in Australia, but also among the biggest projects ever undertaken for the nation's Jewish community. The project team will announce the design coup on Friday – with Libeskind, who shot to international renown with his design for Berlin's famous Jewish Museum – considered by some as the No 1 global contemporary architect. He has designed landmark buildings around the world, including Dublin's Grand Canal Theatre, the Royal Ontario Museum as well as the Berlin museum project, which electrified world architecture when it was built in 1999. University of Melbourne associate professor of architecture Rory Hyde was excited by the appointment, describing the 'hugely influential' Libeskind as the 'real deal' among the giants of modern architecture and a perfect fit to design a new centre for Australian Jewish life.
