Wardle, previously John Wardle Architects, was founded in 1986 by John Wardle, the practice undertakes a broad range of project types and scales, across three Australian states. The portfolio includes single houses, apartment towers, university campus buildings, commercial towers and office fitouts. The residential work of John Wardle Architects focuses on inhabitation, landscape and detail, in dialogue with the practice’s larger commissions.
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