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Philip Vivian is a Director of renowned architecture firm Bates Smart, where he has led the Sydney studio since 1998. He is an expert in urban renewal and has continuously studied city design throughout his career, both at the London School of Economics and at Columbia University. Key projects include Sydney 2050, the city’s vision plan to knit together supertall and transport development, and the integrated station developments at the Victoria Cross Metro Station in North Sydney and Pitt Street South in the Sydney CBD.
CTBUH Roles
City Committee, Sydney, Board Member (2015 – Present)
Regional Committee, Sydney (2017 – Present)
Australia Chapter, Chair (2015 – Present)
CTBUH Initiatives
08 May 2019
Regional Representatives Meet at 2018 Middle East Conference
20 October 2018
Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting
20 October 2018
Videos
01 October 2020
Designing Tall Mass Timber Office Buildings: 25 King, Brisbane, & 55 Southbank, Melbourne
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Research
28 October 2019
Sydney 2070: Visions of a Future City
Philip Vivian, Bates Smart
Sydney’s population is predicted to increase from 4.6 million to nearly nine million by 2061. Even without this growth, the city has already surpassed the...
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Research
30 October 2017
Shaping Australia’s Tall Tower Design And High Livability Standards
Guy Lake, Katie Rathbone, Philip Vivian & Kristen Whittle, Bates Smart
With nearly 90% of its population expected to live in its state-capital cities by 2053, Australia is on track to become one of the world’s...
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CTBUH Initiatives
8 May 2019
CTBUH Australia and the UNSW Built Environment present a lecture featuring Prof. Robert Freestone, who will speak on ‘Design excellence and the competition dividend in central Sydney.'
20 October 2018
Regional Representatives Meet at 2018 Middle East Conference
CTBUH Chapters, Regional Representatives, and Future Leaders Committees met during the Middle East Conference for a discussion on the Council's regional growth and global initiatives.
20 October 2018
Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting
CTBUH Leaders convened on Day 1 of the 2018 Middle East Conference for updates on the year's developments and to plan for 2019.
20 June 2018
CTBUH Sydney Design Excellence: 280 George Street
The CTBUH Sydney Committee hosted the second installment of the 2018 Design Excellence Series, a discussion of the competition design thinking for 280 George Street.
20 June 2018
Design Excellence Series: 280 George Street
Join the CTBUH Sydney Committee for the next installment in their Design Excellence Series, a discussion of the competition design thinking for 280 George Street.
29 October 2017
CTBUH Leaders Connect at 2017 Conference
The Annual Leaders Meeting was held the day before the start of the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, bringing together the Council’s leaders.
Videos
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01 October 2020
Designing Tall Mass Timber Office Buildings: 25 King, Brisbane, & 55 Southbank, Melbourne
30 October 2017
Philip Vivian of Bates Smart is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2017 CTBUH Australia Conference.
30 October 2017
The Tall Timber Office: A Tale of Two Buildings in Australia
While there have been many proposals for tall timber buildings around the world, they are typically residential or student accommodation. Australia is at the forefront...
30 October 2017
CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference - Session 3C: Tall Timber Q&A
Monday 30 October, 2017. Sydney, Australia. Terri Meyer Boake, Professor, University of Waterloo, chairs the question and answer session with Philip Vivian, Director, Bates Smart;...
27 October 2015
Sydney 2050: A Sustainable City Vision for Greater Height, Public Benefit & Tall Building Resurgence
Sydney 2050 investigates how an increased height limit in Central Sydney can allow for both sustainable population growth and also benefit the public. The vision...
27 October 2015
2015 New York Conference - Session 5a - Q&A
Karl Fender, Katsalidis Architects; Philip Vivian, Bates Smart; and Caroline Stalker, Architectus, answer questions at the end of 2015 New York Conference Session 4e: Developments...
11 October 2011
Designed by Bates Smart 111+222 is a mixed-use development in Brisbane consisting of a 36 level 45,000sqm commercial office building, and a 92 level five...
11 October 2011
Seoul Conference 2011 Track Session 20: Q&A
Question & Answers session for Track Session 20.
Research
28 October 2019
Sydney 2070: Visions of a Future City
Philip Vivian, Bates Smart
Sydney’s population is predicted to increase from 4.6 million to nearly nine million by 2061. Even without this growth, the city has already surpassed the...
30 October 2017
Shaping Australia’s Tall Tower Design And High Livability Standards
Guy Lake, Katie Rathbone, Philip Vivian & Kristen Whittle, Bates Smart
With nearly 90% of its population expected to live in its state-capital cities by 2053, Australia is on track to become one of the world’s...
26 October 2015
Sydney 2050: A Sustainable City Vision for Greater Height, Public Benefit & Tall Building Resurgence
Philip Vivian, Bates Smart
Sydney 2050 investigates how an increased height limit in Central Sydney can allow for both sustainable population growth and also benefit the public The vision...
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