A practice working on a range of projects across the private and public sectors, specializing in architecture located in sensitive environments. This practice has an interest in making things special.
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The Imperial by Welsh and Major
Architecture studio Welsh and Major has given a Sydney drinking hole a new lease on life with a design that highlights the building’s chapters of history spectacular coastal location.
Gathering character: Seagrass House
Perched above an isolated beach on the New South Wales south coast, this joyfully crafted home gathers the character of the place into its architecture, providing a welcome retreat for its owners.
‘Deliberately quiet’ addition to Pyrmont Community Centre
Pyrmont Community Centre
2021 Houses Awards: House in a Heritage Context – joint winner
Instead of erasing the notorious past of a historic building, the design has enriched it, and added a new layer.
Bohemian legacy: The Hat Factory
In a once bohemian suburb of Sydney, a modest building that became a symbol for squatters’ rights has been sensitively renovated to retain its significance beyond its scale.
Breathing room: Darling Lane
Challenging the ubiquity of open-plan living, a series of flexible rooms has been added to this historic inner-city warehouse, forming the latest “chapter” in the building’s narrative.
First House: Hordern Street
Before making the decision to launch their practice, architects Chris Major and David Welsh were presented with a friend’s small single-storey worker’s terrace that was in need of renovation. Sixteen years later, David Welsh reflects on this seminal project.
2017 National Architecture Awards: Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions) Award
Annandale House by Welsh and Major Architects.
Telescopic vision: Annandale House
Making clever use of an extreme slope, this robust and detail-focused addition to a weatherboard cottage by Welsh and Major Architects extends across its site like a telescope, creating open, calm spaces in dense inner-Sydney.
2014 National Architecture Awards: Heritage
Former Police Station, 127–129 George Street, The Rocks
