It was a dawn pouring of concrete for this ongoing work at Bankstown Airport Sydney and the adaptive re-use of one of the hangars.
Bankstown Airport
Bankstown Airport heritage hangar re-use
The Bays Skywalk featured in ‘Call for Great Ideas Compendium’ for The Bays Precinct, Sydney
We’re excited about our collaboration with Sydney Heritage Fleet ‘ THE BAYS SKYWALK’ is included in the submissions report by The Bays Precinct Sydney, led by Urban Growth NSW Please see Page 24 Report
A concept similar to New York’s High Line, Bays Skywalk is an elevated architectural walkway above the western shore of Rozelle Bay curving around the working harbour along the northern shore. The Bays Skywalk could take pedestrians and cyclists along the shores of Rozelle Bay without interfering with the working harbour area below. Any impact or disruption on the harbour yards would be minimised while providing panoramic views across Rozelle Bay, as well as a unique bird’s eye view of the harbour activities. The Skywalk would connect to Bicentennial Park, Victoria Road and the Anzac Bridge pedestrian and cycle path and could include a Skywalk shopping and restaurant precinct that integrates with the transformed waterfront.
iGuzzini launches new Sydney showroom
We were proud and pleased to be invited to the showroom launch of iGuzzini on Sydney’s beautiful Jones Bay Wharf last Friday.
What a great evening of light, celebration and culture.
“iGuzzini has opened its first Australian showroom, having previously operated through distributors in Australia. The Italian lighting manufacturer marked its presence in the continent with an invite-only launch party at Sydney’s Jones Bay Wharf on Friday, hosted by TV presenter Natarsha Belling.
The launch brought together some of Australia’s most influential engineers, architects and interior and lighting designers with representatives from the Italian Consul in Australia.The Guzzini family, architect Glen Murcutt AO and local partner Rino Brindisi conducted the event” (http://luxreview.com/article/2015/03/iguzzini-sets-up-shop-in-australia)
Tony Gray (Director) Joolie Green, Annie Thi Nguyen, Paul Godsell (Director) enjoy the opening. The cocktails were favoloso!
Master Builders Australia Award for COS – Complete Office Supplies
One of our most valued clients, FDC Constructions took out a total of 7 awards at the 2013 MBA excellence in construction awards last December.
Crawford Architect’s warehousing, unique adaptive reuse office component, and infill dual deck split level parking structure design assisted FDC to win the award for Complete Office Supplies – Best Commercial building in the $10m-$50m category
Complete Office Supplies – Image courtesy of FDC Building
Crawford Participates in PARK(ing) Day
As an initiative to engage in a broader design project, promote sustainability, engage with the community, collaborate with our design and development peers (on the wharf in Sydney Harbour), and for a bit of fun, Crawford Architects collaborated with Arcadia Landscape Architecture, and decided to partake in the world wide event of PARK(ing) Day.
Whilst we could just get involved on our own, there was an opportunity to gather our local Design conscious Colleagues together and build larger and more diversified responses to the event. As such we joined forces with Sutter’s and Altis, and through collaboration created 3 separate, but unified responses that engaged with the community throughout the day – The Arcadia/Crawford results are attached. There appeared to be even distribution of people (that passed our structure) that indicated they either drive/walk/cycle to work – interesting survey results being one of the great outcomes of the day. (excluding the last child of the day, who took home the remainder of non-distributed helium balloons – to her great satisfaction).
Crawford’s first venture into Hong Kong
Crawford Architects is proud to announce our first project in Hong Kong: Serco Asia Pacific.
Serco is a provider of professional, technology and management services by managing people, processes, technology and assets more effectively. Serco employs over 100,000 people in more than 30 countries, delivering local services informed by many years of international experience and expertise. They advise policy makers, design innovative solutions, integrate systems and deliver front-line services that make a positive difference to customers and communities. Serco works across a variety of sectors, including transport, health, justice, immigration, business process outsourcing, defence, infrastructure services and consulting.
Check out more images of this project here.
Students size up Briscoe Building
University of Technology Masters of Architecture students toured the Briscoe Building in July. Crawford Architects converted this old warehouse on Wattle Street into a purpose-built workplace. The building provides an ideal space for members to attend a variety of workshops, professional development opportunities, and meetings. Crawford’s leading architect, Paul Godsell, accompanied the students on their tour as they examined how the industrial elements of the old warehouse had been incorporated into the modern office space.
“We’re proud to be able to show the Wattle Street building as an example to up-and-coming architects. The building reflects the quality and values of the organization it houses.” – Paul Godsell
Flannery Centre in Architecture Bulletin
The Flannery Centre and Paul Godsell were recently featured in Architecture Bulletin, the official journal of the NSW Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects. Paul talks about thermally broken aluminium windows and doors on the recently completed Flannery Centre at Bathurst.
“The client very early on wanted to take on as many sustainable building techniques as they could to prove that it doesn’t cost a significant amount more than a standard building. I think that actually has been achieved. I mean it’s creating it’s own energy, they’re putting power back into the grid, they don’t even have to turn the lights on. We’re anticipating a 6 Star Green Star building.”
Concept Design for Tokyo Stadium Competition
Crawford Architects submitted a concept design for the new National Stadium in Tokyo for the Japan Sport Council’s bid for the 2020 Olympic Games in September. The winning entry of this international call for submissions was recently selected.
Our concept is derived from a sea urchin “test” (shell). While the symmetry is not obvious in the spiny form of the living animal, it is easily discernible in the dried test; a fivefold symmetry defined by white bands where the sea urchin’s rows of tube feet are located. These five bands are represented on the stadium by the five vertical super trusses supporting the roof and aperture structure. The operable portion of the roof is a mechanical iris diaphragm formed by five rotating leaves further reinforcing the significance of the number five in Japanese culture and philosophy.
The roof closes around the Olympic Torch which is suspended in the center of the aperture below the roof structure. When the roof is open, the five leaves of the mechanical iris nest in under the fixed roof. The fixed portion of the roof and the operable leaves are clad in translucent ETFE ensuring that the stadium interior is bright and inviting under all weather conditions.