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Excavated sandstone blocks are used to re-create the pre-colonial landform of the Barangaroo Reserve site, a former shipyard.

A naturalized landscape: Barangaroo Reserve

Bruce Mackenzie examines the design thinking, vegetation, soil science and collaboration that created Barangaroo Reserve.

Landscape / urban
The structure at the western end of the building has been completely rebuilt. The building’s elevation subverts the symmetry of its gable.

The Condensery: Somerset Regional Art Gallery

PHAB Architects has revived a former condensed milk factory in Toogoolawah, Queensland through considered restoration and contemporary gestures.

Public / cultural
The architects retained the facade of the former Kent Brewery, designed by Maurice Halligan and F. H. B. Wilton and constructed in 1912.

Dynamic power: Irving Street Brewery

Tzannes Associates’ adaptive re-use of the former Kent Brewery in the heart of Sydney’s Central Park retains the brick facade and inserts part of a trigeneration plant that powers the neighbourhood.

Public / cultural
Pumphouse Point is divided into two buildings: The Pumphouse poised at the end of a jetty in Tasmanian wilderness, and The Shorehouse located on the lake’s shore.

Water born: Pumphouse Point

Set in World Heritage wilderness in Tasmania, this former hydro-electric pump station is now known as Pumphouse Point, a boutique hotel designed by Cumulus Studio.

Interiors
The Beaux-Arts revivalist-style building at 50 Martin Place has been revitalized by Johnson Pilton Walker for Macquarie Group.

Jewel in the crown: 50 Martin Place

Johnson Pilton Walker revives a monumental building in one of Sydney’s most significant civic spaces.

Commercial
Myriad small moves were made to restore the warehouse character, including removing internal partitions to make spaces feel more open.

From little things: South Yarra Warehouse

NMBW Architecture Studio achieve a powerful impact with subtle revisions and modifications to a warehouse apartment in inner Melbourne.

Residential
An indoor landscape unfolds beneath the pitched roofs and steel trusses of the warehouse.

Imagination at play: Camperdown Childcare

A childcare centre that is all about learning through play – a philosophy that not only applies to the youngsters but also informed the design process.

Education, Interiors
MUSE provides students with a range of spaces that can be used for group learning or individual contemplation.

Agitated space: MUSE

Woods Bagot use evocative and angular spaces to provoke creativity within the student hub at Macquarie University.

Education, Interiors
Stepping down a steep and narrow site, the Left Over Space House has been inserted into the remnant space between old cottage, heritage-listed dance hall, setbacks and easements.

Left Over Space House

Vallance Architects, Cox Rayner Architects

Architects Casey and Rebekah Vallance have devotedly turned a parcel of discarded land into a poetic response to suburban infill.

Residential
The willoughby incinerator, designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Eric Nicholls, has had many lives but now lives on as a cafe and art space.

The Incinerator

Acme&Co has transformed the dormant Willoughby Incinerator in Sydney’s north into the vibrant The Incinerator cafe.

Hospitality, Interiors
A heritage-listed chicory kiln on Phillip Island has been converted into a flexibly planned family residence.

A House for Hermes

A family beach house by Andrew Simpson Architects and Charles Anderson that is small in scale but packed with ideas.

Residential
Queensland Maple and Brown Penda decking from the site were recycled into the new built structures.

Cairns Foreshore Development

A landmark collaborative project led by the landscape architecture team at RPS.

Landscape / urban
The dining room is physically and experientially at Ester’s centre.

Ester Restaurant and Bar

A former loading dock in Sydney’s Chippendale, transformed with by Anthony Gill Architects.

Hospitality, Interiors
The dispensary, bookshop and laboratory are located at the front of the property.

Southern Swan

A homeopathic laboratory, dispensary, book-shop and residence in one.

Interiors, Residential
Existing elements such as the black steel struts and multi-paned, steel-framed windows give the project much of its character.

Richmond Warehouse

A warehouse conversion by Techne Architects retains the integrity of the original structure.

Residential
The floating fitout barely touches the heritage-listed building shell.

Ansarada Office

Those Architects create a new work/life balance in the global office of a young tech company.

Commercial, Interiors
Pallet Pavilion offered a temporary venue for music and cultural events.

The Pallet Pavilion

A temporary venue for public events in Christchurch by the charitable trust, Gap Filler.

Landscape / urban
Visitors to the apartment step over and through the truss framing.

Attic in the Dolomites

A sixteenth-century Italian attic restored by Perth studio SODAA and local studio, MQAA.

Interiors, Residential
The Majestic Theatre building has been modified many times.

The Majestic

A deft inner-Sydney theatre conversion by Hill Thalis.

Residential
Original materials and fittings were recycled throughout the project.

Gordon Street Garage

A West Perth garage reinvented by Foolscap Studio becomes a casual eatery and bar with local soul.

Hospitality, Interiors
King deluxe suite at 1888 Hotel, Pyrmont NSW.

1888 Hotel, Sydney

Shed Architects

Shed Architects and Space Control Design turn a Pyrmont woolshed into a boutique hotel.

Hospitality, Interiors
Mezzanine bedroom. Artwork: Lloyd Kwilla, Kulyayl Waterhole.

Teneriffe Warehouse Apartment

Wrightson Stewart Interior Design turn an old woolstore apartment into a tailored bachelor pad.

Interiors, Residential
The completed landscape at Nick’s Head Station.

Nick’s Head Station

Nelson Byrd Woltz

The revival of an historic Maori site wins New Zealand’s highest landscape architecture award.

Landscape / urban
The private dining room is warm and eclectic.

QT Hotel, Sydney

Eclectic and nostalgic interiors by Nicholas Graham & Associates and Indyk Architects.

Hospitality, Interiors
The character and shape of the original cowshed are kept.

Cowshed House

The bold reworking of a late-nineteenth-century cowshed in Sydney by Carterwilliamson Architects.

Residential
The Glebe Town Hall’s restored Victorian Free Classical facade.

Glebe Town Hall

After an extensive conservation program, the 130-year-old building reopened in March 2013.

Public / cultural
Willoughby Incinerator revived

Willoughby Incinerator revived

Walter Burley Griffin and Eric Nicholls

The Willoughby Incinerator by Walter Burley Griffin and Eric Nicholls is adapated as an artist’s studio, gallery and café.

Hospitality, Public / cultural
Interlocked exploration space. Tutors: Maud Cassaignau, Joel Lee.

Card Play Space

Department of Architecture Monash University

A cardboard kingdom by first-year students of architecture at Monash University

Education, Interiors
The grassed courtyard on the residential level of the factory.

Sunrise Confectioners Factory

A former factory forms the shell of this residence, housed above a boutique office space.

Interiors, Residential
A sky-lit entry has been added on the western edge.

The Barn

A historic stone barn has been sensitively brought back to life by Maria Gigney Architects.

Residential