The UNSW Faculty of Law is recognised internationally as being one of the great law schools with an enviable reputation for excellence in teaching and research.

In 2004, Lyons won a national design competition for a new building for the Faculty of Law. The 12,000m² building incorporates a 350 seat auditorium, teaching spaces, a new Law Library and office accommodation for academic teaching staff.

Other key features of the building include accommodation for all of the University's legal research centres, the Kingsford Legal Centre (KLC) and a newMoot Court. Marshall Day Acoustics has been engaged to provide design advice on the entire project.

Our scope of services included:

• Acoustic design and specification of surface finishes for the lecture theatres and moot court.
• Assessment of speech privacy between offi ces and meeting rooms.
• Detailed assessment of noise emissions from the roof mounted energy centre.
• Noise impact assessment for the project development application.
• Assessment of potential construction noise impact.

You can read the buildings Architecture Australia profile here.

Architect: Lyons.  

Structural consultant: Bonacci Group.

Mechanical and electrical consultant, fire and fire service engineer: Bassett Kutter Collins.

Acoustic consultant: Marshall Day Acoustics.  

Hydraulic consultant: Alexander and Associates.

Facade engineer:  Connell Mott McDonald.  

Building surveyor: Gardner Group.

Project manager: McLachlan Lister.  

Construction manager: Bovis Lend Lease.  

Client: University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law.