Terraced houses are distributed across the sloping site, hugging the land contours like an alpine hill town. The relationship of the houses to each other is generated by the ridges and folds of the land. In this way, the buildings describe the contours of the land, as a glove fits a hand.

The traditional stone clad terraced houses have been loosely organised into four ‘columns’ or clusters, each one crowned by a lightweight alpinesque building form. Such a composition presents four house-sized buildings to Broadview Rise, keeping them in scale with the single freestanding houses of the surrounding area.

The houses are made from a palette of natural materials, such as traditional Queenstown schist walls, copper cladding and roofing, timber cladding and natural grey precast concrete. For variation, some walls will have coloured render. The houses range in size from 200 square metres; each is fully serviced, enjoys spectacular views and has good solar access.

The concrete silos and a tall complex of timber storage bins were originally used for the storage of grain. This project converts these structures into residential use with associated open space. A new lower-rise structure provides additional apartments alongside the refurbished heritage buildings. All new work is clearly articulated, and the retained potions will be restored in such a way that the three buildings form a coherent and functional whole.

The project has been developed to retain the industrial qualities, scale and aesthetics of the existing complex. The three buildings will accommodate 59 apartments over 14 levels. The existing ground-level bases of the historic silos and bins have architecturally impressive timber and concrete structural forms, and have been designed as the two main foyers for the new building. As the top of the silos, a new three-storey metal-clad ‘crown’ provides penthouse accommodation.

The Silo apartments take advantage of the circular plan forms to create unusual but rational room shapes, reconciling southern views with northern sunlight access. Throughout the development, original unfinished wall surfaces have been retained, linking the past to the building’s present use.

The new development utilises original support structure and references the Neo-Gothic massing of the original design, abandoned in the Great Depression. To achieve a maximum number of high-quality apartments, a system of two-level units was developed with corridors and lift access at every second floor. The whole building is within a 45° sloping height-limit plane, which preserves solar access to Wynyard Park south of the site.

The elevation created by the sequence of double-storey apartment boxes continues the proportions of the Perpendicular Gothic façade below, emphasising its verticality and creating a dynamic silhouette. Evocative roof forms are developed as a series of sky follies leaning over each of the rectilinear ‘towers’, with the northernmost looking towards the Harbour. The double storey facade spaces enhance views to the sky and the city. Integrating natural ventilation, openable sliding doors and shading elements, the attached wintergardens function as an acoustic buffer and a passive solar system to allow daylight to penetrate deep into the apartments.

The new towers use sandstone colours to connect to the restored stone base, as well as expanses of seamed zinc and brilliant glazing. The interplay of solid and light, zinc and glazing combined with the irregular rhythm of coloured glazing panels, blinds and shutters, creates an elevation that reflects the vitality of the urban setting.

Materials – sandstone, copper, concrete, brickwork and timber – were selected to preserve the memory of the site’s former timber industrial buildings. The new structure is built using reinforced concrete, externally expressed as an articulated framework to identify the various apartments. Sandstone is used to create street and garden walls.

Each apartment has a defined and individual plan, with extensive private outdoor space and generous indoor accommodation. Living spaces, both indoor and outdoor, are developed as glass or open pavilions floating in shallow pools, which articulate their volumes and visually connect the apartments with the expanse of the harbour.

This complex project involves the retention and adaptive reuse of heritage sites as well as new buildings. Approximately 16000sqm of space both new-build and refurbished will create a vibrant new retail, entertainment, dining precinct and a boutique hotel, “Off Broadway”, focused on a characterful urban mix of buildings.

The project offers an outstanding opportunity for urban renewal that reflects the eclectic, historic and dynamic character of the inner city.

The façade, which can be likened to a mask, is clad in thin copper tiles, which will acquire a patina over time. The double-height apartments have steel bridges connecting the second bedroom with an outdoor balcony, and full-height garage-style operable glass doors provide a valuable extension of the interior to the north. A rooftop glass pavilion accommodates a penthouse.

Designed in collaboration with LFA Pacific Architects, the development completely occupies one new urban block and creates a dense urban environment, where each of the apartments and townhouses has excellent solar access, privacy and a green outlook.  Roof terraces capture broad views to the city skyline.

Each of the four facades responds to its orientation and setting.  The north elevation opens onto the adjoining parkland, while the west is clad in cobalt brickwork and creates a micro-environment with the avenue of dense fig trees lining he adjoining boulevard.

Balconies on this side have contrasting yellow soffits, and project into the tree canopies.  The east and south are cubist developments of the internal program and are less expressive, in response to the more enclosed residential streets.  The four wings, with basement car parking, surround a private green court.

Located in a constricted commercial setting with excellent westward views over parkland to the city, the building has six apartments on three storeys, with retail on the ground floor.

The new building facilitates a transition between the differing scales of the two neighbouring buildings, sensitively integrating a contemporary structure into a complex and established streetscape. The apartments are arranged to maximise views and privacy, and each apartment runs through the depth of the building to provide cross ventilation. The landscaped roof of the car park enhances the outlook to the north.

The building was constructed efficiently with straightforward detailing, and develops the logic of simple precast concrete construction. It capitalises upon the raw expressive combination of natural materials and a simple bold form, with hight-quality internal finishes.

The project comprises 58 apartments, 5 townhouses, a café and several retail spaces. It is the first apartment complex in Sydney to achieve a five star Nathers rating, and features a range of one to three bedroom apartments, including two level cross-over units and a record breaking two storey penthouse marking the entry to Victoria Park.

The project consists of a tower and a low-rise podium. The podium, with stacked two-storey apartments, retains the warehouse character of its mid-town location while the tower responds to the various aspects of the void spaces surrounding the site. The brick and glass podium façade relates to the scale of Clarence Street while the Western copper-clad façade establishes a relationship with the heritage warehouses of Kent Street.

The defining element of the plan is the ‘Ravine’, a full height open space that runs through the entire section of the building providing sunlight, ventilation and city and harbour views to the North. The base of the ‘Ravine’ is designed to be heavily planted and a major public artwork is planned.

Horizontal breaks in the building section define a change in plan and provide mid level roof terraces, which allow light and air movement to penetrate to the centre of the site. Private glazed ‘wintergarden’ balconies provide a high level of thermal and acoustic control for the building’s occupants.