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What We Do.
We are architects who talk, walk and ride about the city.
We don't assume you know anything about architecture. Rather, architecture is the lens we use to explore the city allowing us to open up other conversations; political, environmental, cultural and historical. We are interested in the way buildings respond to and are borne from these competing forces and the way they respond to one another.
we don't just look at any old projects. Cutting edge, daring and edgy stuff is what gets us up in the morning. Projects that provoke, explore, push boundaries and reveal something of Sydney's (grimy) pulse. So the city acts as 'sign' or signifier of a bunch of ideas and tendencies simmering quietly beneath the surface.
Cities are made, not found [Farrelly]. They are complex, dynamic systems and societies greatest cultural, social and economic expression. We hope our tours give you some insight into why cities and the buildings that define them are the way they are.
Why Sydney is the way it is.
We want you to really feel the city. We want you to get stung by architecture!
Get SAW feet. Sydney will never look the same again. Promise!
 
SAW Walking Tours.
2 hours duration. From $25/person
SAW1 SAW2

SAW 1 - The City, Sydney
The city examined through the design of three contemporary master-works.

 SAW 2 - Utzon
The Sydney Opera House viewed through the lens of its creator, Jørn Utzon.
SAW3 SAW4
SAW 3 - Harbourings
Sydney's gritty, industrial western edge.

 SAW 4 - Art, Place & Landscape
Examining the city through its evolving attitude to the public domain.
 
SAW Bicycle Tours.
4.5 to 5 hours duration. From $80/person
Five-Suburb Sydney Derivé: Bike Tour
5 suburbs in 5 hours - a bike tour through Sydney's most dynamic inner-city suburbs.
 
Custom Tours.
Custom, Group & Private Tours
If you have a special request, particular interest or certain arrangments you need met - or perhaps you're just really, really fussy then our Custom Tours are for you.


 
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Past newsletters
#1 Winter 2011
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News
One of Australia's greenest office buildings 1 Bligh Street by Ingenhoven and Architectus is now part of the SAW 1 - The City, Sydney tour. We've interviewed the architects, we've interviewed the developer, we've crawled all over the building. Its very clever... Come see for yourself!

 
"Chapter One.
He adored New York City. To him it was a metaphor for the decay of contemporary culture. The same lack of individual integrity that caused so many people to take the easy way out was rapidly turning the town of his dreams in...
No, it’s gonna be too preachy, I mean, you know, let’s face it, I wanna sell some books here.
Chapter One.
He was as tough and romantic as the city he loved. Behind his black-rimmed glasses was the coiled sexual power of a jungle cat."
Woody Allen | Manhattan
Sydney Architecture Walks
architect-led tours for urbanites, aesthetes & flaneurs
and for locals who love familiar terrain from a different viewpoint