Adelaide University Union redevelopment

[1]: 128  The design concept was to be low-rise to allow for easy movement on foot, provide important and attractive circulation spaces encouraging intercommunication.

[1]: 130 The complex includes the Union Buildings include the Lady Symon Building (named after the wife of Sir Josiah Symon), the George Murray Building (named after George John Robert Murray, vice-chancellor and later chancellor of the university), the Cloisters, Union House and the Western Annexe.

[2][3] This meant including a diversity of functions, including a bookshop, shops, refectories, a cinema, theatre, gallery, and offices, while encompassing a large five-level red brick and concrete building with exposed brickwork and timber detailing.

[5] It has several entrances, balconies and terraces connecting it to the multiple levels of the university site, while many aspects of the design and materiality match those of the historic university context, including works by architects Walter Bagot and Louis Laybourne-Smith.

[4][a] The Union Building Group was state heritage-listed on 25 July 2002 on the South Australian Heritage Register.