Sing d’Arcy is a senior lecturer in the interior architecture program at the University of New South Wales and a regular contributor to industry journals. His research relating to contemporary interior practice focuses on Australian residential, workplace and hospitality design. His research publications also encompass the relationships between music and architectural space as well as ephemeral interiors.
Sing d'Arcy's Latest contributions
Prefab off-the-grid: Courtyard House
Courtyard House by Chrofi is an off-grid house located in the beachside forests of coastal New South Wales that touches the earth lightly.
Quality over ostentation: Balmoral House
A series of stacked interconnected volumes that carefully negotiate a tricky wedge-shaped site provided the solution for a client wishing to downsize their home without compromising amenity.
Designing the disrupted workplace: 2019 Work Place/Work Life conference
Each year the Work Place / Work Life forum explores the seismic shifts happening in workplace design throughout Australia and abroad – from technological disruption to the rise of the sharing economy.
A lesson in collaboration: Sly Brothers Semi
Taking a neighbourly approach to design and construction, this addition to one in a pair of historic attached cottages by Archisoul in beachside Sydney preserves a connection to Australia’s coast-dwelling past.
Through the looking glass: 75 Myrtle Street
In Sydney’s Chippendale, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer has transformed a two-storey former glass factory into purpose-built offices that take cues from their early-twentieth-century past.
Double feature: Naremburn Twin Peaks
Simple yet impactful alterations and additions to an interwar bungalow by Benn and Penna on Sydney’s North Shore elevate once-dark period interiors to bright contemporary living spaces.
Heritage revival: Moreton Manor
A grand, forgotten mansion in Sydney’s Bondi has been transformed by CO-AP Architects into a magnificent twenty-first-century home, with bold new additions sitting in respectful conversation with the existing building.
A child’s castle: Waranara Early Learning Centre
In Sydney, architecture firm Fox Johnston has reimagined a hospital’s 1935 outpatients’ building into an uplifting space for kids to learn and play.
All together now: Matraville Residence
Light-filled and airy, this dwelling by Tzannes re-imagines the suburban home and experiments with new modes of multi-generational living.
Unapologetically suburban: Binary House
A garden pavilion designed by Christopher Polly Architect provides a striking counterpoint to a 1960s brick bungalow, subverting the physical and conceptual limitations of an “unapologetically suburban” setting.