We are delighted that the Horizon House has been featured in a special Issue #41 of Habitus Magazine as one of 20 houses shortlisted for the inaugural House of the Year. The award will be announced in November, but in the interim, you can see the shortlisted projects in the issue or vote for your favourite online
Hill Thalis is relocating. From Monday 9th July, we will be on Level 4 of Ballarat House, instead of Level 5. We will have constant email and phone connection during the move – and there will be no interruption to our project work. We look forward to welcoming you to our new space very soon.
The Parramatta Escarpment Boardwalk has received funding in the recent State budget. Mayor of Parramatta, Councillor Andrew Wilson said, “This project will make it possible to walk or cycle off-road for almost 20km on a high quality path between Parramatta Park and Sydney Olympic Park via Parramatta CBD and the Western Sydney University (WSU) campus in Rydalmere.” Read more about the funding announcement here
The Thomas Street Cloud Gate – a collaboration with artist Lindy Lee, and Jane Irwin Landscape Architects is being installed just in time for Lunar New Year Celebrations in Thomas and Hay Street. The discs have been lifted into place – and we are very excited to finally see the play of light reflecting through the punched openings in the suspended discs. This is the final piece of the Thomas and Hay Street works
Recent works in Canberra with Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture are the subject of a recent post on Foreground You can see more about our recent Canberra projects including Constitution Avenue ,Linking Canberra to the Lake and Campbell Section 5 on our website.
On 12th September, Philip delivered the Donald K Turner Address at the University of NSW. The lecture was titled ‘Architectural Culture: From Site to Society’ and looked at a range of projects through the lens of architectural culture – retracing our steps from built project to inception to locate each within our understanding of its broader architectural lineage. The address can be viewed, courtesy of the University of NSW, here
Porto flashback; Douro River Road series of urban improvements by #manuelfernandesdesa #franciscobarata & #mariotrindade (1997-2003), with the backdrop of the grand concrete arch of #pontedaarrabida by #edgarcardoso (1952-55) #portoarchitecture #portugal #urbanproject #urbanregeneration #waterfrontprojects #pedestrianspaces #viaduct #walkway #cantileveredwalkway #douroriver #architecture
Porto flashback; Boyce Housing by Alvaro Siza, 1975-7. Built as a series of fingers defining courtyards, with a wall to the north to shield residents from the noise of the adjacent railway. Such a powerful statement of shared values in social housing #alvarosiza #alvarosizavieira #portoarchitecture #boucahousingcomplex #boucahousing #saalhousing #publichousing #urbanhousing #courtyards #entrystairs #architectureofhousing #architecture
Inside/outside & the design of balconies; complex arrangement at our Rose Bay apartments, open to 2 sides but protected by various solid elements determined by structure view & privacy, glazed corner to living room to capture NE light, deeper dimension to NW to protect from heat. Top floor has compact spiral stair to roof terrace @hillthalisaup team #angelokorsanos #michaellewarne #wesgrunsell Photo; @brettboardmanphotography #balcony #balconydesign #insideoutside #apartmentdesign #sydneyapartments #structure #shading #privacy #daylight #cornerwindow #window #sydneyarchitecture #urbanhousing #urbanhousingsolutions #architecture
Great scenes last weekend at the packed-out #newtownfestival. Hanging out with the crowd, @jessaroo, @jem1ller, @CloverMoore, @Plock1 & the gang @ Newtown Festival, hearing from people about issues in the area. Humungous event in Camperdown Memorial Park.. maybe the Rest came some other time perhaps... @cityofsydney #newtown #communityevent #festival #stalls #event #publicspace #publiclife #camperdownmemorialrestpark #ststephens #publicsydney
Lord Mayor @CloverMoore presenting the #sydneypeaceprize to Professor #josephstiglitz at Sydney Town Hall for his life work exposing inequality, the need for climate action, the imperative to reform our politics. “The only sustainable prosperity is shared prosperity,” concluding; “We don’t need the distopia of a divided society. The challenge today is not in our economics but in our politics.” #publicdiscourse #publicinterest #publiclife #equality #fairness #againstinequality #sustainability #principle #publicsydney @cityofsydney #australiainstitute #oxfam #universityofsydney
We are very pleased that our major urban project for the Canterbury Road corridor for #canterburybankstown won a #planninginstituteofaustralia award last week. So important to rescue these road corridors from being relegated to traffic sewers loaded up with low grade indiscriminate development. Project proposed redistributing some density north away from the road, with new public parks, lanes & streets, noise-barrier buildings, greening the road & much more @ourcbcity #canterburyroadcorridor #canterburyroad #urbanproject #noisebarrierplanning #publicimprovement #publicproject #publicbenefit #trafficcalming #urbanregeneration #publicsydney @hillthalisaup team; @benjidriver @waterloverswim @gracie.grew with #sgs & #ghd
