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3 Sydney has a character of organic flowing shapes Rock formation Bondi Beach Winding river Wave formation Sydneys stunning harbour sets the city apart from others around the world. It is the flowing topography of the drowned river valley that sets the pattern for development. Governor Philip tried to establish an order on the landscape that Governor Macquarie continued both for Sydney and Parramatta. But Macquarie and his architect Francis Greenway respected the traditions of the Scottish Enlightenment where development worked with nature rather than overpowering it. The planning system has evolved however towards a more orthogonal street pattern with most buildings respecting this. In early days building materials were pretty simple and apart from the odd windmill most were built to a rectangular plan. But a closer look at our natural systems demonstrates an organic interaction of waves and sand hills of wind and sails and flowing bays and winding rivers. It is these references that are leading to a new approach to a Sydney Style that is being applied to a range of buildings from houses to community centres to apartment buildings and to office buildings. The images on this page reflect the essence of Sydneys natural systems. Sydney Harbours flowing baysSpinnaker