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
Brut structure; the base & muscular transfer structure of our slim Burwood tower. The builder asked-‘why are you taking photos of this, it’ll all be covered up’. Precisely, when all finished you won’t be able to see the raw scale & elemental character of these utilitarian spaces #constructionsite #building #offformconcrete #concrete #precastwalls #insituconcrete #structure #transferstructure #column #ramp #beam #liftshaft #prop #architecturalscale #burwood #slimtower #utilitarianarchitecture #sydneyarchitecture #mixedusebuilding #apartmenttower @hillthalisaup team; @aaronj_murray @hay_nina @brett_sperling
Capitol Theatre Sydney, stage facade to Hay Street. Amazing de and recomposition of elements over 120 years; Original architecture as open market in 1890’s by #cityarchitect #georgemcrae, dismantled & reassembled c1916 by next #cityarchitect #rhbroderick as #hippodrome, again change 1928 by #ehwhite into theatre, expanded in 1990’s into street by @andrewandersons /@ptwarchitects @cityofsydney #capitoltheatre #haystreet #creativeadaptation #buildingsremember #publicworks #theatre #publicproject #streetwall #facade #urbanarchitecture #sydneyarchitecture #publicsydney
Surry Hills Library and Community Centre, in the heart of Crown St. Design @fjmtstudio for @cityofsydney , part of a legacy of public works by @clovermoore & great team at the City. Vertical stack of double height library, community rooms, topped with childcare Centre with open play #surryhills #surryhillslibrary #surryhillscommunitycentre #crownstreet #publicworks #publicbuilding #communitybuilding #publicspace #communitycentre #publiclibrary #sydneyarchitecture #publicarchitecture #urbanarchitecture #architecture #cityprojects #publicsydney
View of our Surry Hills sky court under a dust laden sky. Construction of compact office building alterations, additions & improvements nearing completion. Concrete courtyard. @hillthalisaup team @guckmal @waterloverswim #courtyard #skycourt #views #urbanourlook #dustysky#concretwalls #offformconcrete #framedview #insideoutside #sky #officebuilding #creativeadaptation #sydneyarchitecture #urbanarchitecture #surryhills
Sydney Corner Buildings 5; house perched high on remnant sandstone outcrop on corner of Liverpool & Bourke Sts in Darlinghurst. Dramatic clash between street grid & topography @cityofsydney #darlinghurst #bedrock #sandstone #sydneysandstone #sandstoneoutcrop #topography #streetgrid #cornerbuilding #streetcorner #liverpoolstreet #bourkestreet #publicsydney
An Australian masterwork; #richardleplastrier 1973 Palm House in the lush garden @ Bilgola. Rammed earth garden perimeter wall, embracing a service spine & 2 steel framed vaulted rooms. Set in a palm grove, minimal footprint, least impact, spare living arrangements-a sublime project #house #palmhouse #bilgola #bilgolahouse #palmgrove #rammedearthwall #rammedearth #steelvaults #copperroof #servedandservantspaces #australianarchitecture #residentialarchitecture #architecture_best #architecture
