We’re pleased to announce that the Catalina Apartments project in St Ives, done in association with Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects, won Highly Commended in the Contemporary Design category at the recent Ku-ring-gai Architecture and Urban Design Awards 2017. …
We are starting design work on another new project in Glebe – alterations and additions to a house at the end of a single storey row. It was originally a shop, then a restaurant, and now our clients want to …
We are starting design work on a new project in Parramatta, again in association with Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects, just around the corner from our other project there, which should be approved in early 2016 (update: approval February …
We are starting design work on a new project in Burwood – well, Burwood Heights really – an addition to an old timber cottage. The site is an irregular shape as the result of an earlier subdivision. The house is …
We are starting design work on a new project in Rozelle – replacing a single family house with a small apartment building containing 5 units. The application will be for Boarding Houses under the State Government’s Affordable Rental Housing SEPP …
We are starting design work on another new project in Forest Lodge – alterations and additions to a detached house, one of a curious group of cottages built in the 1940s overlooking a creek near Annandale. The client is looking …
We are starting design work on a new project in Newtown – alterations and additions to a terrace that needs some light and air and more comfortable living spaces at the back. The bedrooms at the front get all of …
We are starting design work on a new project in Balmain – alterations and additions to one of a pair of grand terraces, a listed heritage item. The house is in pretty good condition for its age, but the new …
We are starting design work on a new project in Forest Lodge – alterations and additions to a large terrace in dire need of some love and attention. The house is on a busy road, but the room at the …
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A project for low-cost housing at Parramatta, done in association with Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects, provides for 21 one-bed and one-bed plus study units, on a narrow site behind a heritage cottage in Parramatta’s city centre. True low-cost …
Clients sometimes approach us saying ‘I want the drawings but I’ll look after the construction myself’ as though the role of the architect after the development approval is negligible. Sometimes, after getting the development consent, they decide to move ahead without …
A project to provide architectural and urban design advice for a rezoning application in Hillsdale, done in association with Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects. The site is long and narrow, adjacent to a recently rezoned site incorporating the local …
You sometimes wonder why we put ourselves through such trouble: we’ve all heard the stories about the family without a bathroom for weeks, using the neighbours’ shower, having to use a builder’s portaloo; without a kitchen, eating out for weeks …
On eco-friendly architecture Sustainability considers the impact of our life on the well-being of the environment. Sustainability has been defined as: meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability is …
House at Glebe-2 has been moving slowly. The terrace slab over the garage has cured and the framing is underway.
Every project needs a clear budget, and every project has to be designed to meet the financial expectations of the client, otherwise the project will not progress far beyond being a nice idea. At the beginning of a project the …
The project for the adaptive re-use of a light industrial building in Camperdown for seven units of student housing has been approved by City of Sydney, after a rigorous assessment of some site contamination issues. Site remediation will need to …
Small rooms and dwellings set the mind on the right path, large ones cause it to go astray. Leonardo da Vinci Economist E.F. Schumacher’s book Small Is Beautiful encouraged ‘enoughness’ and warned, among other things, that living in a space …
Sometimes I meet clients who only want to engage the architect for the design stage, who do not know that full architect services include follow-up on site. In other cases clients choose not to have the architect involved during the …
Architects fees can be tailored to suit your project. The fee is usually structured in one of three ways: as a percentage of the total construction cost; as a fixed fee with a stipulated sum; or as a reflection of …
Every project is an alteration or a renovation of some kind. Even a new building can be seen as the alteration of an existing context by the addition of something new. In the case of renovation design the addition always …
People often ask about the Development Application process, having heard stories about appalling council delays. As part of our commitment to making the development process quicker, cheaper and as easy as possible for homeowners, builders and developers, the following may help as …
Architects create a framework for people’s lives through the design of the buildings that people live in and work in. Design is mainly a mental activity – it is about understanding light, space, structure and order. The work of the …
