Bates Smart: Sydney 95-05 by Bates Smart Architects

BATES SMART

SYDNEY 95 – 05

PIER 8/9 24

NSW POLICE HEADQUARTERS 32

420 GEORGE STREET 54

GRANGE SECURITIES 80

KEITH MATHESON 82

FIVE DOCK 46

WILKINSON BUILDING 62

STAR CITY CASINO 84

HEADQUARTERS TRAINING COMMAND 88

JUSTICE OFFICE BUILDING 110

JONES BAY WHARF 114

EVOLUTION ROGER POOLE 6

PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE PHILIP VIVIAN 8

THE SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 66

TOYOTA HEADQUARTERS 70

MAROUBRA BAY HOTEL 94

FOXTEL HEADQUARTERS 96

PYRAMID PACIFIC 98

SEL 100

FORUM SALES SUITE 102

RHODES WATERSIDE 124

161 CLARENCE STREET 126

OVERSEAS PASSENGER TERMINAL 128

LATITUDE EAST 130

COMPETITIONS AND WORK IN PROGRESS 140

PROJECT CREDITS 148

AWARDS 152

ERICSSON 50

CLAYTON UTZ 78

PROXIMITY APARTMENTS 104

SYDNEYGATE 134

BALFOUR PARK 136

THE STUDIO SIMON SWANEY 20

CATALOGUE 95–05 22

STUDIO MEMBERS 154

CONTENTS

EVOLUTION ROGER POOLE

James Milledge relocated from Melbourne to be the resident Director for Sydney in 1996. Jim created a stable team, with Associate Directors James Pearce, Stefanie Flaubert and Philip Vivian running projects. All of these people had previously worked in the Melbourne office. In addition to his project role, James was responsible for establishing much of the Sydney office culture and practice. James believed in creating a team of architects who were design focused and able to relate well socially to each other, each supported by a powerful computer. This led to the recruitment of a youthful team, most of whom were designers, or had come from respected design offices and understood the effort needed to achieve good design.

Bates Smart was established in Melbourne in 1852. The Sydney ofﬁce of the practice was not established until 1995. The 143-year gap requires explanation. Bates Smart’s ﬁrst Sydney building was the AMP Society Headquarters in Pitt Street, completed in 1867.

The idea of working from a single office is common to good architectural practices around the world. Commissions appeared through client satisfaction with Melbourne work, and also from competition wins, such as that for the MLC Headquarters on Martin Place, won by Bates Smart and McCutcheon in 1937. This was to be the beginning of a long and mutually beneficial association between Bates Smart and MLC. Subsequently Bates Smart was commissioned to undertake the MLC Headquarters in Miller Street North Sydney in 1954. This building was the result of a bold decision – MLC was the first major Australian company to locate its Sydney headquarters outside the CBD and this structure effectively established North Sydney as a viable second CBD. Photographs at the time show the building in relation to its low-rise context. During the early 1990s, Bates Smart was asked to undertake an increasing number of commissions in Sydney. Clayton Utz commissioned Bates Smart to create new offices for their Sydney practice. The design, which won the (NSW) Interior Architecture Award, was developed by staff from the Melbourne office temporarily relocated to Sydney and sharing rental accommodation. Bates Smart also collaborated on the Consolidated Press / PBL bid for Sydney Casino. In 1995 Bates Smart established an office in Sydney in response to a commission for Foxtel’s Playout Headquarters in Pyrmont. James Pearce relocated from Melbourne to Sydney to undertake the project. The Foxtel project was awarded the RAIA (NSW) Interior Architecture Award in 1996 and the Sydney office was established.

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SYDNEY 1995–2005

James ran the Sydney office from 1996 to early 2000, during which time the staff numbers grew from 5 to approximately 18. Major Projects during this period include the Toyota National Sales and Marketing Headquarters, UNSW Computer Science and Engineering Building and Pier 8/9 at Walsh Bay, winner of RAIA (NSW) Public Buildings Architecture Award. In early 2000 James returned to the Melbourne office to lead major high-rise projects such as 11 Exhibition Street. Philip Vivian became the Director in charge of the Sydney practice. The following year was one of significant upheaval in the office. The twelve months following the Sydney Olympics were economically lean in NSW. James Pearce returned to the Melbourne office and Stefanie Flaubert left to establish her own design practice. However by 2001 major commissions were again underway. Bates Smart had won a design competition for Jones Bay Wharf and was also designing Proximity Apartments in Arncliffe. More success followed with Bates Smart’s role in the winning tender for Winten Property Group and ABN Amro for the NSW Police Headquarters in Parramatta. Both projects later received design Awards from the RAIA. Success at winning competitions and design tenders has underpinned much of the work for the Sydney practice. Design competitions and tender wins include the Maroubra Bay Hotel Apartments, Rhodes Waterside Apartments, 420 George Street, Duxton Hotel Residential Conversion, Balfour Park Stage 1, Headquarters Training Command at Victoria Barracks, NSW Police Headquarters, Jones Bay Wharf and Parramatta Justice Precinct.

On the back of these successes the practice grew to a stable number of 40-45 employees. In 2004 it was decided that a second director was needed in the Sydney office and Simon Swaney was recruited to join Bates Smart after 17 years as the Director of the multi-award winning Melbourne practice of Swaney Draper Architects. Simon’s specialised interests and expertise include rational design with an environmental agenda, education projects and skills in construction delivery methodology following previous experience as a builder. Simon and Philip now lead a talented team of professionals in Sydney undertaking major projects for public and private clients. Bates Smart remains a single practice with joint directors located in Sydney and Melbourne. The Sydney team is now firmly established as a major design presence in Sydney. One reason for this success is the outstanding team of professionals whose energy and dedication have taken us from a clean start to major urban projects in just ten years. The other reason is that the Sydney studio forms an indivisible part of the whole practice, now 140 strong with current projects in every state of Australia, in China, Malaysia and in a number of European countries. We will continue to develop our practice through organic growth, so that wherever they occur, Bates Smart’s projects benefit from the design philosophy and collective experience of our talented and energetic team. We seek to grow our Sydney practice to match, or exceed the size of our Melbourne team but we focus on quality and client service and on expanded capacity to meet our clients’ needs. Roger Poole is the Chairman of Directors of Bates Smart

PRINCIPLES IN PRACTICE PHILIP VIVIAN Residential amenity to podium

Residential amenity to tower

Building skins

We have often heard the phrase, ‘That’s very Bates Smart!’ and its corollary, ‘That’s not very Bates Smart!’ used in association with our work yet it covers a diversity of project types, locations, and clients, responding to contexts as diverse as Melbourne, Sydney, Beijing, Kuala Lampur and London.

161 Clarence Street diagrams

Methodology

So what is it that deﬁnes the work of Bates Smart? What are the common threads? These questions are particularly interesting for a practice such as ours which is a substantial group operating from a number of cities with several senior designers responsible for conceiving and directing the work.

Bates Smart is a single practice operating from two principal offices - Sydney and Melbourne - with project offices in London and Beijing. The offices share a culture of design which is clearly influenced by the history of our firm, particularly the modernist phase from the early 1950s onwards. Each office and each senior designer tends to have individual interpretations of these principles, influenced by clients, market forces, briefs, context and indeed, aesthetic preferences. There is also a creative interplay between the Melbourne and Sydney offices. We have referred to this as a ratcheting effect – each office is influenced and inspired by the other. New ideas may be created in one office and then developed, reinterpreted and extended to a new level by the other office. We see this creative interplay as having a very positive effect on the design direction of the practice as a whole. This essay, ‘Principles in Practice’, outlines ten principles that set out to define the consistent themes and clarify the intentions behind our work. I have expanded on those ten principles with a discussion and illustration of how they have been interpreted in our projects from the Sydney office. From this review it is possible to discern how the Sydney office has developed its own design culture and identity and yet remain true to the history and direction of the practice.

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SYDNEY 1995–2005

We believe in a direct approach to design and problem solving that might be described as ‘creative pragmatism’. The creative side involves the lateral interpretation and resolution of the problem while the pragmatism ensures that the solution can be realised within the client’s brief and project budget. We search for a straightforward solution that reflects a direct and clear interpretation of the brief without formal or aesthetic artifice. Our work begins with the client’s agenda, reflecting a mixture of commercial, social, iconographic and altruistic expectations as the point of departure for the design. 161 Clarence Street

Design methodology has a great inﬂuence on the resulting architecture. It governs the process with which a design problem is approached and therefore underpins every aspect of the design. The process involves a search to understand the required amenity, urban response, commercial conﬁguration and budgetary constraint. It is from our understanding of the problem that a solution begins to emerge. This then forms the basis for the conceptual approach to the design. Other concerns are integrated into the solution, adding depth to the design but the clarity of the principal concept remains the driving force.

Our design presentations often incorporate simple diagrams that illustrate the problem to the client and the process or steps to solve it. Through this technique we are able to bring our clients on the journey with us. It is through understanding and collaboration in the process that ownership of the solution is created. A good example of the use of this diagramming technique was a City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition held by Multiplex Living for a site at 161 Clarence Street. This is a deep site with a narrow street frontage. The entire allowable Floor Space Area could be accommodated within a low-rise building of a similar height to the neighbouring structures. The challenge is how to create good amenity (sunlight, ventilation, views, privacy) for apartments in such a conﬁguration. The solution involved the creation of a void within the low-rise massing to allow light and cross ventilation while maintaining the street scale. The area removed from the low-rise massing was placed above the surrounding context and apparently detached from it, enjoying north facing sun, outlook and views.

NSW Police Headquarters Headquarters Training Command natural ventilation diagram

Modernism At Bates Smart we practice within the humanist modern tradition. Our architecture is modernist in the functional sense in that we believe buildings should be designed for the needs of the occupants. This is often expressed in the ofﬁce as ‘designing from the inside out’ and buildings are conceived as responding to the needs of the users. Ours is not, however, a simple matter of form following function. We are committed to the humanist ideal of creating better living and working environments for mankind. This involves a much deeper examination of each design opportunity to ensure that the phenomenological, experiential and social needs of the building users are also met. This deeper questioning of the requirements of the building often leads us to a rethinking of building types from ﬁrst principles.

Rhodes Waterside

For example, the changing nature of the workplace requires designs that maximise interaction between team members and the ability for workspaces to be easily reconfigured to accommodate new business units or new team groupings. This new workplace has led us to question the accepted norm of central office core designs and re-examine side core and detached core types pioneered in Australia in the 1950s by Bates Smart and McCutcheon. This type is being reengineered for today’s workplace to create open flexible and unencumbered floorplates that have access to natural light and maximise opportunities for interaction.

NSW Police Headquarters diagram

Several designs have responded to this challenge. At the NSW Police Headquarters in Parramatta the client sought an open, flexible workspace to accommodate the ever changing needs of the organisation. To generate a sense of community within the large 35,000sqm workplace we proposed that Police work in neighbourhood groups, each being a mini office of 415sqm. This led to the concept of a 1250sqm floor plate accommodating three neighbourhoods. Two such floorplates could be accommodated on the site. A detached core created the linking element between the two floorplates. In residential design, the increasing density of Sydney and the rise in the popularity of apartment living has led to a re-examination of residential types. The notion of single aspect apartments arranged around a core or along a corridor often fails to satisfy today’s requirements for improved solar amenity, cross ventilation and outdoor space. As a result, new low-rise typologies have emerged involving multiple cores and two storey cross-over apartments to maximise north facing aspect and cross ventilation. At the recently completed Maroubra Beach Hotel for Multiplex Living we have designed cross-over apartments which all face the ocean to the southeast. Most also get north sun to the bedrooms facing the courtyard. A similar apartment design is currently under construction at Walker Group’s Rhodes Waterside development. This design steps in plan and section to maximise the number of apartments with water views. The stepped geometry, rather than being disguised, is emphasised by the folded roof planes.

Headquarters Training Command thermal ﬂues

Aesthetics

Environment

The architectural expression of a project is for us the result of the expression of the problem and its solution, revealing the nature of the spaces within. Aesthetics are integral to the concept and not seen as a separate layer or idea to the design concept. As with our methodology, the aesthetic expression has a similar search for simplicity and clarity. There is a tendency towards a minimalist expression but one that is enriched by materiality and detail that brings a human touch to the designs. For us, beauty is a result of addressing needs and the search for elegant rational solutions and not an aim in itself.

Today, sustainability is one of the greatest challenges facing our society. Architects must act now to minimise the effects of global warming and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. It is also important to create more sustainable environments for mankind to live and work in by providing spaces that have healthier indoor air quality, access to natural ventilation and solar control.

We also believe that the aesthetic of our buildings should be an expression of their time, a contemporary expression in terms of design, technology and philosophy. This is, however, tempered by a belief that they should also transcend their time. In this way, we believe our buildings will have value beyond their time. We often ask ourselves, ‘Will we be proud of this in ten or twenty years time?’ The NSW Police Headquarters is an excellent example of this approach. The building design, while being clearly contemporary, has an enduring quality that will avoid it looking dated. The curtain wall and sun screens are a direct response to their function. The interior has the same timeless quality, using natural materials such as timber and travertine to create a warm interior that transcends the time in which it was built. Similarly at Clayton Utz a fresh classical palette of materials is used to create a timeless design. In a market where it is not uncommon to relocate to a new fitout every five to ten years, Clayton Utz have just refurbished and expanded their original fitout after being in occupation for over twelve years.

Our designs are shaped by the need to create sustainable environments. Passive environmental approaches consider orientation, solar shading, prevailing winds and the effects of topography and context. At Bates Smart we are always cognisant of creating sustainable designs through a combination of passive approaches to energy and water efficiency and innovative techniques where appropriate. At Headquarters Training Command in Victoria Barracks we created total shading of the façade to minimise solar heat gain. The shading screen also provides security and therefore allowed the building to have open windows for natural ventilation. Exposed concrete soffits in the office areas provided thermal mass to absorb heat loads. This project was awarded the RAIA (NSW) Environmental Design Award in 2003. The Justice Office Building in the Parramatta Justice Precinct for the NSW State Government will be the first Government office building in NSW to attain a 5 Star ‘Green Star’ rating. The design incorporates a west core and solar shading to exposed facades to minimise heat gain, natural ventilation to breakout spaces and chilled beam technology to deliver a energy efficient environmental control.

Toyota Headquarters facade detail

420 George Street podium

Innovation

Typology

Genuine innovation results when a new solution to a problem is devised. A new aesthetic is not innovative, it is simply gimmickry. We believe research and innovation creates improved commercial, environmental and building solutions and, as such, we are constantly striving to ﬁnd new solutions to problems and genuine innovation for our clients.

While the practice prides itself on rethinking building types from ﬁrst principles, we are also inspired by the past. Traditional typologies often embody intelligent solutions to their environment. The understanding and reinterpretation of traditional typologies can also lead to future solutions.

At Jones Bay Wharf for Toga Group and Multiplex we created a unique subdivision of the wharf by placing inter tenancy walls on the mid grid. This solution not only allowed the heritage items (trusses, columns, beams) to be viewed in space rather than adjacent to a partition walls but also created a innovative sub division of the space with three modules of differing areas occupying two structural bays. This solution respected the heritage rhythms of the building and allowed the developer to offer the market ﬂexible and smaller unit sizes with unique spatial conﬁgurations. This project was awarded the RAIA (NSW) Greenway Award for Conservation in 2004.

Marsden Street, Parramatta

At Victoria Barracks we utilised innovative technology to provide cross ventilation to the building. Glazed thermal flues are integrated into the facades with a 3m steel and glass chimney on top. The chimney heats the surrounding air. Convection creates a negative pressure drawing air into the flues from the floorplates, creating a constant flow of air across the building.

The courtyard typology is commonly used for residential designs in order to reinforce the traditional streetscape and create a clear delineation between the public and private realms. In the master planning for Greenwich Village, a mixed use neighbourhood in South Sydney for Estate Properties, a courtyard typology was used for the residential blocks. Variations occur such as the incorporation of through-site links across the courtyard. The designs create a human scale through a modern interpretation of the traditional base, middle and top for the building. Similarly, our design for a mixed use building in Parramatta, also for Estate Properties, uses a courtyard typology. This design incorporates a publicly accessible square into its centre, surrounded by cafes and restaurants with outdoor seating. A two storey colonnade and arcades are other traditional devices used to integrate the building into the city fabric.

Sydneygate perspective

Context Miller Street ofﬁces

Jones Bay Wharf timber screen

We believe that buildings should respect their contexts, however this does not mean replication of forms and materials of surrounding historic buildings. We believe modern forms and materials can sit harmoniously within historic contexts through understanding and reinterpreting fundamental principles.

At Jones Bay Wharf the new ofﬁce accommodation on Pirrama Road incorporates a similar detached screen. In this case, the screen is composed of an abstract composition of recycled timbers. These reinterpret the packing crates of the former active wharf and provide solar screening and privacy.

Bates Smart won a City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition for City Freehold’s redevelopment of the Mid City Centre at 420 George Street. The podium is designed to respect the historic streetscape of George Street and, in particular, the adjoining Strand Arcade and Dymocks Building. The podium is expressed as freestanding sandstone columns within a concrete frame, with the single and double height columns and horizontal beams reinterpreting the adjoining pilasters and stringcourses of the historic building. The result is a highly contemporary reinterpretation of the scale, articulation, rhythm and modulation of the historic neighbours, one which creates a bold new insertion into the fabric of the street.

An office building in Miller Street, Pyrmont for Winten Property Group and Macquarie Bank was required to have a façade that is 50% masonry to fit with the masonry wool stores of Pyrmont. To create a contemporary response, Bates Smart designed a screen of terracotta masonry baguettes in an abstract pattern detached from the fully glazed façade. The building will create a contemporary office environment in Pyrmont that respects the historic masonry traditions of the nearby wool stores.

MLC North Sydney typical plan MLC North Sydney 1958 facade detail

Collaboration Good architecture results from creative collaboration and teamwork. This collaboration requires clients, staff and engineers to work together to create holistic and integrated building solutions. Clients are important to the creative process and it is their requirements and aspirations that drive the design. We spend time understanding clients’ businesses, their aspirations and desires, the market forces that drive design and construction methodologies before proposing design solutions. Increasingly our clients are employing professional in-house architects in acknowledgement of the value they bring to the design process. Our work with Winten, Multiplex and Australand has demonstrated the value of creative collaboration with clients. Internally, we view design as a collaborative process. At Bates Smart, building designs result from the interaction of a team and are not created by a single hand. While directors and senior design staff guide the process everyone’s ideas are listened to. Often the best ideas come from the youngest members of the team who frequently question the assumed norms. We encourage collaboration between architects and interior designers in the ofﬁce and ﬁrmly believe that their interaction will lead to better results. An excellent example is the NSW Police Headquarters podium levels where collaboration has created not only a dynamic spatial experience but a warm habitable interior. This project was awarded an RAIA (NSW) Design Award for Interior Architecture in 2003.

Engineering disciplines are always integrated into our design process. Again, this is a creative collaboration rather than simply post engineering a design solution. This collaboration is a legacy of Bates Smart McCutcheon’s in-house engineers who were integrated as part of the practice from post WWII until the mid 1990s. Engineers are critical to creating innovative buildings today. At Pier 8/9 Walsh Bay, for Murdoch Magazines and Multiplex, Bates Smart, Robert Bird and Partners and Adamus Consulting created a totally integrated structure and mechanical system to solve the highly restricted floor-to-floor heights. Active chilled beams were used, one of the largest installations of this technology at the time, to minimise the volume of air and thus duct size required. The duct was then located mid span into steel beams with the web cut out so that the entire structure and services zone was reduced to 400mm. At Victoria Barracks the design resulted from a creative collaboration between Multiplex, Hyder Consulting and Demlarkian Engineering. The result is a building in which the thermal flue environmental technology is totally integrated into the structure which uses ‘split’ concrete blade columns to house them. The structure uses post tensioned band beams to create a 15m clear span building that could be erected within a tight timeframe.

MLC North Sydney 1958

MLC North Sydney proposed extension

Flexibility

Skins

Increasingly, building owners are requiring their buildings to be ‘flexible’, whether it is to accommodate future uses that we cannot imagine today, to expand or simply to be modified easily. The challenge is how to provide a flexible framework for future modification without buildings becoming a generic solution.

Our belief that buildings today should consume less energy and create better working environments has resulted in a concentration of design energy being focused on the buildings ‘skin’. Enormous potential exists in the development of ‘intelligent skins’ that respond to external conditions and allow a building to breath. Ultimately, we aim to free our buildings from the energy consuming respirators on which they currently depend.

In office buildings we have been focusing on creating flexible floorplates that can be easily changed. This has resulted in removing the core from the floor to create unencumbered plans such as at NSW Police Headquarters or the Justice Building. It has also seen exploration of long span structures to remove columns from the floor plate. At Headquarters Training Command the floor plate has a 15m clear span and the columns are integrated into a double skin façade resulting in a column free floor plate. The design of 420 George Street uses a 19m clear span structure to create one of the largest column free spans in an Australian office buildings. At Jones Bay Wharf the design of the strata modules has proved to be highly flexible and now accommodates a wide range of businesses ranging from restaurants to graphic designers and ASX listed company headquarters. Our design exploration of flexibility continues and is an important part of creating a more sustainable and efficient use of our resources.

Bates Smart has a long tradition of working with building skins, dating back to the first curtain wall constructions in Australia in the 1950s. Without the prefabricated components available today these systems were custom designed. Design had to solve not only the appearance but also fabrication, fire rating and integration with other elements. An interesting example is the east and west facing curtain wall for the MLC Building in North Sydney. This design is a very early example of the double skin façade technology popular in Europe today. The design solution used two layers of glass and internal Venetian blinds to control solar heat gain. A recent proposal to extend the MLC Building for owners ING Real Estate explored a contemporary interpretation with full height outer glazing and an inner skin that has ventilation slots at its base, creating a ventilated cavity. A return duct at the window head creates a return air path, allowing the cavity to vent heat and become a thermal buffer to the office space. A series of perforated aluminium screens sliding within the cavity provide glare control and introduce a decorative element to the façade that responds to the decorative glazing inserts in the original façade.

MLC North Sydney proposed double glazed facade

Architecture This exploration of curtain walls continues with today’s technology and environmental agenda. At NSW Police Headquarters the façade incorporates horizontal sunscreens positioned below the window head so that they also act as light shelves to reflect light onto the ceiling of the office floor and thus balance the day lighting across the floor. At 420 George Street the east and west elevations incorporate a combination of horizontal sunshades, raised sills and fritted glass to deal the solar heat load and glare. The south facing glass has floor to ceiling glazing to maximise light and views. The Justice Building at Parramatta has sunshades that are made of fine rods to create a screen like appearance that filters the sun. Several of our buildings have explored the use of fine screens covering the entire façade to provide solar control. This was first used at the Toyota National Sales and Marketing Headquarters where the east and west facades consisted of horizontal louvres hung from the building roof. The same idea was employed at the UNSW Computer Science and Engineering Building in Kensington at a much larger scale. Here, a six storey aluminium louvre screen is literally hung from the roof in front of the full glazed north façade to provide a low glare environment for computer users. Similarly, at Victoria Barracks a Cor-ten steel screen is used both to filter daylight and for security. In more recent designs the practice has explored using more robust screens to provide a foil to the context as well as solar shading. An early example is the timber screen at Jones Bay Wharf while current examples are the use of terracotta for the Miller Street Offices in Pyrmont and the sandstone podium for 420 George Street. In these examples the detachment of a screen from the building façade allows the dichotomous expression of a modern glazed building and historic interpretation.

Above all, our practice is committed to architectural excellence. We believe that architecture is not a style but the result of commitment, rigour, integrity and innovation. Architecture can create a better world and it is a struggle worth fighting for. It is possibly this commitment that has enabled us to gather such a dedicated and talented team of architects and interior designers in the office. They are all passionate about the built product. This catalogue of projects from the Sydney office over the last ten years is a tribute to the people who have helped make Bates Smart in Sydney the office it is today. Philip Vivian is a Director of Bates Smart based in the Sydney office

THE STUDIO SIMON SWANEY

The Bates Smart open ofﬁce plan

Architecture demands much of its participants. Clients, Architects, Designers and Administrators alike have all to gather their belief in each other to set off on the journey of creating something that has never existed before. A piece of Architecture.

Architecture demands much of its participants. Clients, architects, designers and administrators alike have all to gather their belief in each other to set off on the journey of the creation of something that has never existed before. A piece of Architecture. The key to this process is people and the environment and parameters within which they direct their efforts. When combined these factors create what is loosely termed the culture of the organisation. In 10 years the Sydney office of Bates Smart has developed a well defined culture. Inevitably the 150 years of history in Melbourne and previous work done in Sydney from 1862 have influenced the character of this culture. Yet in many ways the creation of a permanent home for Bates Smart in Sydney has provided the opportunity to start afresh, a culture reflective of the city itself and its energetic and youthful way of life. Visitors to the office remark on the vibrancy and sense of endeavour in the office. There is, like the Melbourne office, an underlying commitment to architecture, social responsibility and lasting quality. There is a distinct lack of hierarchy allowing the communication to be free flowing. Despite the sense of urgency there is a purposefulness and industry which acknowledges the importance of the tasks at hand. The roles and boundaries of the disciplines are blurred with the sole aim of achieving the best result for the project. Varied skills and experiences are willingly shared and training is achieved as much by osmosis as by any formal structure. Meetings are convened to review current projects and architectural delights seen on travels. Forums have been held with external organisations to review areas of interest such as ESD.

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Friendships too are easily cultivated as work colleagues know their opinions will be respected. Such frankness greatly enhances the opportunities for collaborative design as well as engendering loyalty and a sense of belonging. All a sound basis for an effective working environment. These qualities do not arise by mishap. The underlying structure that encouraged their development was directed by Jim Milledge through a policy of selecting staff not only for their skills and commitment but also for their capacity to get on with others and contribute positively to the ofﬁce environment. Philip Vivian, the next director, has continued this policy which when merged with his rigorous intellectual expectations of the people with whom he works ensures the best candidates are selected. Philip also emphasises, through his enthusiasm, the enjoyment of the process of creating architecture. A sense of excitement pervades all the opportunities which arise through the expectation of what could emerge.

The desire for great architecture means that the opportunities to create it have to be established in the first place. Competitions have been a significant part of the success of the office. The competitive urge fosters an enthusiasm to create architecture which is clear and logical and through its clarity carries an inherent sense of beauty. The challenges lie ahead. Commitment, dedication and effectiveness need to be nurtured and vigilance is needed to ensure everyone concerned takes a share of the responsibility for the outcomes and pride in the achievements of the practice. I’m confident that the application of the principles first set in place 10 years ago and 150 years before will ensure that we meet those challenges and create great work and a great place to work. Simon Swaney is a Director of Bates Smart based in the Sydney office

CATALOGUE 95–05

PIER 8/9 WALSH BAY

Client Murdoch Magazines and Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd Details Adaptive reuse of a 1912 heritage wharf to A Grade ofﬁces Area 11,700sqm Completed August 2000 Awards 1 South facade at night revealing sectional treatment of new facade 2 West facade with operable louvres and cargo doors for solar protection

RAIA National Awards, Urban Design 2005 RAIA (NSW) Chapter Awards, Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design 2005 RAIA (NSW) Chapter Award for Public and Commercial Buildings, Commendation 2002 UDIA (NSW) Excellence Awards, Urban Renewal Award and President’s Award 2001 Walsh Bay is a heritage precinct adjacent to The Rocks in Sydney Harbour. Previously a commercial shipping port, the area has been redeveloped into a mixed use precinct with residential, retail, commercial and cultural activities. Pier 8/9 is the largest commercial development in the precinct and has been adapted to A grade office space for occupation by Murdoch Magazines and other companies. The architectural approach is one of heritage sensitive adaptive reuse in accordance with the Burra Charter. The maximum amount of heritage fabric has been retained. New architectural interventions are clearly expressed as modern additions, detached from the original fabric. The new additions include two new steel framed mezzanine floors and the enclosure of the ‘breezeway’ with structural glazed walls to create a foyer. The additions respond to the scale form and tectonics of the original building without mimicking historic details. Bates Smart were also responsible for Murdoch Magazine’s 6,000sqm office fitout.

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3 Sectional model 4 Cross Section showing newly inserted ﬂoors 5 Historic drawing of Sydney Harbour Trust scheme for Walsh Bay 6 North facade prior to refurbishment 7 Exploded axonometric of components of project 8 Construction photo with cladding removed

Roof plan Existing roof

5 Level 4 plan (attic)

Level 3 plan

Level 2 plan Existing upper ﬂoor

Level 1 plan

Ground ﬂoor plan Existing ground ﬂoor

9 Murdoch Magazines foyer in original breezeway, with glass stair and lifts in background 10 Void in new mezzanine ďŹ&#x201A;oor with interconnecting stair 11 Continuous linear void with skylight over 12 Glazed balustrade to slots where columns intersect new ďŹ&#x201A;oors

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13 Glazed offices and workstations in Murdoch Magazines fitout 14 Murdoch Magazines fitout 15 Facade detail showing operable weatherboard louvres

NSW POLICE HEADQUARTERS PARRAMATTA

Client Department of Commerce, Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd, ABN Amro, Winten Property Group Details A grade commercial ofﬁce building Area 33,641 sqm (NLA) Completed November 2003 Awards RAIA NSW Chapter Awards, Award for Interior Achitecture 2004 Parramatta City Council Design Excellence Awards, Award Interior Design Category 2005 The Architecture Show Magazine and The Francis Greenway Society, Green Buildings Awards, Silver Medal 2004 NSW Urban Task Force, Development Excellence Award for Regional Commercial Development 2003 Parramatta City Council Design Excellence Awards, Award Non-Residential Building Category 2003 Department of Commerce Competitive Design and Construct Tender, Winner 2001

The NSW Police Headquarters in Parramatta creates a humane low energy office environment with timeless modern architecture. Delivered within the budget of a suburban office, the building provides the dignity of a State headquarters and facilitates teamwork in the office environment.

1 Corner detail of podium screen 2 Night view of north façade

The Headquarters consist of two unencumbered floor plates connected by a detached lift and services core to maximise efficiency, representing the latest thinking in office building design. The external cladding is a glazed curtain wall with detached aluminium sunshades. The sunshades minimize heat gain, reduce glare and act as light shelves to reflect natural light onto the ceiling. Rainwater is collected and used for non-potable water throughout the building. The building has a SEDA 4 1⁄2 Star Energy Rating and a 93% floor efficiency. Communal spaces are located in the podium. A double height linear boulevard is spatially defined by a two storey glass box containing meeting rooms. The staff cafe and lounge are contained in glazed enclosures and surrounded by extensive landscaping. A glazed screen defining the entry forecourt incorporates a significant public artwork by Regina Walters. The podium spaces are shaded by horizontal screens and incorporate natural ventilation in a mixed mode system. Warm natural materials (travertine and timber) are utilised to create a humane and relaxing hospitality environment. Detailing of podium and other elements recalls the curtain wall system. The 33,000sqm interior fitout design was undertaken by Bates Smart. With employees co-locating from three separate locations, the aim was to change the culture of the NSW Police Service by encouraging communication and interaction in the workplace through the use of shared communal and breakout spaces. Identity was created by designing in neighbourhood groups, and using interchangeable coloured elements.

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3 Detail of glazed screen which deďŹ nes the podium and creates an entry forecourt 4 View from entry corner 5 Detail of artwork by Regina Walters which forms an integral part of the architecture

Typical neighbourhood planning module

Multiple neighbourhoods on a ﬂoor plate

Lift location diagram

Mechanical plant room diagram

Typical ﬂoor plan

Early sketch studies

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6 Outdoor cafe seating 7 Boulevard view 8 Foyer waiting area 9 Concierge station 10 View through to lounge 11 Foyer lounge area 12 Meeting room

Mezzanine Floor, corporate support area

View along Police Boulevard

Police Boulevard, staff facilities

Typical ofﬁce ﬂoor plan

13 Staff breakout area 14 Typical ofﬁce 15 Meeting room 16 General ofﬁce area 17 Workstation

Courtyard

Long section through building

Floating roof

Expressed cores

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Tower A

Sunshades/lightshelves

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Screens and canopies

Podium levels

Sustainability diagram

Exploded axonometric of building

FIVE DOCK SQUARE FIVE DOCK

Client Koundouris Group Details Residential apartments, public library and supermarket Area 26,960sqm (GFA) Completed June 2004 This mixed-use development consists of a supermarket, a neighbourhood public library and 102 residential units. The project is in an existing Federation neighbourhood and is of a new scale for the area. The aim was to knit together the local pedestrian networks and open spaces to create a new urban square with a lively, mixed use, civic character. The brick base complements the Federation character of Five Dock, integrating the development with the streetscape. The apartments sit above this brick podium and are arranged around a landscaped courtyard, which is open to the north. The ‘L’ shaped form maximises solar access and has views towards both Canada Bay and the city skyline. The project includes a wide range of apartment types including 2 storey maisonettes, terraces, garden apartments and 2 storey penthouses in addition to 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments to create a diverse social mix. Large balconies with glazed balustrades run the full length of each apartment with both the living areas and bedrooms opening on to them. The terrace apartments each have their own roof garden. The interiors of the apartments have a warm modern feel with timber ﬂooring throughout the living areas.

1 Entry to supermarket from urban square 2 North façade colonnade detail

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3 Residential courtyard and views to Canada Bay at dusk 4 Three storey terrace units accessed from courtyard 5 Street view showing relationship to existing two storey shops

ERICSSON AUSTRALIA NORTH RYDE

Client Ericsson Australia Pty Ltd

1 Staff seating in cafe 2 View of interconnecting stair

Details Corporate fitout Area 4000sqm Completed December 2004 Following years of working with Ericsson, their head office in Stockholm, commissioned Bates Smart to design offices in Sydney and Melbourne. The North Ryde site required a fitout occupying two floors based on the Ericsson corporate identity implemented in their offices worldwide. The key objectives were to achieve flexibility within the workspace and encourage staff interaction. A stair with associated breakout and coffee points on both floors connects the two levels. Workstations imported from Sweden are highly flexible and adaptable, and can be easily moved for personal preference or to allow new team groupings. A staff breakout area provides a social hub away from the office area with a café and entertainment facilities. The reception and waiting area allows visual connectivity through to the workspaces.

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3 Foyer seating area featuring curved wall 4 Stair with feature mural from foyer 5 Foyer 6 Staff breakout area

420 GEORGE STREET CITY OF SYDNEY

Client City Freehold Pty Ltd Details High rise ofﬁce over retail podium Area 42,000sqm NLA Completion 2010 Awards 1 Commercial lobby which allows light in and view to the tower above 2 George Street elevation with The Strand Arcade and The Dymocks Building on either side

City of Sydney Design Excellence, Winner 2003 George Street is the redevelopment of Harry Seidler’s 1980s Mid City Centre and an adjoining property to create a revitalised retail centre with a 35-storey high-rise commercial building being constructed above. Bates Smart unanimously won the City of Sydney Design Excellence competition sponsored by City Freehold Constructions. The design expresses the latest thinking in commercial high-rise office design with a side core and a completely flexible column free floor plate. The tower consists of two volumes - a 19m clear span floor plate to the south expressed as a transparent green-glazed element and a side core to the north with a masonry façade effectively minimising heat-gain to the office areas. East and west facades incorporate external solar shading, while the south façade allows unobstructed views across the city toward Town Hall. A 10 level six metre deep linear atrium contained within the curtain wall increases the amenity of the low-rise offices and minimises overlooking of the adjacent Dymock’s Building. Suspended within the space are naturally ventilated meeting room ‘pods’ and decks that animate the atrium. A new podium façade integrates the Commercial lobby with the existing Mid City Centre retail and presents a coherent identity to both George and Pitt Streets. The façade consists of a detached screen of sandstone piers set within horizontal concrete beams, creating an abstract composition of masonry referencing the vertical piers & horizontal string courses of the adjoining heritage Strand Arcade and Dymock’s Buildings. The retail area has been rationalised with a direct through site link and retail arcade linking Pitt Street Mall and George Street and the creation of a new sky lit retail atrium with vertical circulation at the heart of the development. 54

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Conceptual sketch of the 8 storey atrium

Eight storey atrium

Exploded axonometric of building

Conceptual sketch

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Retail arcade and through site link Typical mid-rise ďŹ&#x201A;oorplan

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Conceptual study of The Pitt Steet Mall podium facade

Sectional elevations through the retail podium

WILKINSON BUILDING UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CAMPERDOWN

Client University of Sydney 1 Tin Sheds Gallery 2 Tin Sheds Gallery 3 Faculty staff ofﬁces corridor

Details Refurbishment and expansion of the Faculty of Architecture Completion May 2005 The refurbishment and expansion of the Wilkinson Building for the Faculty of Architecture enhances the identity of each wing created by their respective atrium and courtyard spaces. This creates new social areas to improve the legibility and connectivity in the building. The existing 1970s design consisted of gloomy dark brick interiors and undefined corridors. The design opens up the internal planning, creating generous interactive spaces for both studio and office functions and areas of social activity. A consistent palette of colours and materials unites the spaces and provides clearly defined circulation routes. The Tin Sheds gallery has been relocated to provide a public presence to City Road and the Wilkinson Building entry courtyard. The Gallery retains the original building’s coffered concrete ceilings. A ‘faculty hearth’ is created off the main City Road entrance, providing exhibition display, internet points, café and seating.

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6 4 Design studios 5 Faculty hearth 6 Lift Lobby and breakout space

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING UNSW KENSINGTON

1 Stair view illustrating visual interconnectivity 2 Detail of hanging aluminium screen to north facade

Client University of NSW, Planning and Development Branch Details Expansion, refurbishment and ﬁtout Area 4,300sqm Completion 1999 Bates Smart has extended and transformed an existing 8 level 1970s brutalist concrete building to accommodate the rapid expansion of the Computer Science and Engineering Faculty and the Dean of Engineering. A new six metre deep glass and steel addition to the concrete building addresses the courtyard creating a dynamic new identity for the faculty. Student areas and circulation are concentrated in the new addition. The courtyard address presented the opportunity to optimise the visibility and accessibility of student areas and to promote a new identity for the faculty. The facade has been developed as a multi-layered dynamic light ﬁlter which projects a sharp technical image and is varied in its transparency throughout the day. The aluminium screens control glare to the sensitive screen-based research areas inside while maintaining views out to the courtyard and wider campus. This layered approach to the building envelope allowed a sustainable low energy approach to the environmental control systems for the building. Cost effective custom designed ceilings and workstations were created to address the client’s budget constraints.

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3 Corner view showing new steel addition and hanging screen facade 4 Internal fitout with filtered views through screen facade 5 Office and workstation fitout

TOYOTA NATIONAL SALES AND MARKETING HEADQUARTERS WOOLOOWARE BAY

Client Toyota Motor Corporation Details New office building and fitout Area 5,000 sqm Completed March 2000 The National Sales and Marketing Headquarters building is located at the rear of the Toyota campus to take advantage of the views across Botany Bay and terminates a new street connected to the existing entry at Captain Cook Drive. The project transcends the modest expectations of a suburban low-rise office building, responds to its unique location and tests expressive possibilities for lightweight architecture. The building is orientated towards the waterfront to the north and is long and thin to maximise light penetration. The linear form of the building evolved from the development of flexible modules for the interior office areas.

1 North facade with café in foreground 2 East facade with hanging aluminium sunscreen and ground ﬂoor café

The thin bar plan form engages with the new approach road in the exciting arced entry space. This space provides a dynamic point of arrival and encourages casual interaction and communication for the staff. The modern design of this space and stair reflects Toyota’s new brand image and identity and has been used for new car launches. The simple steel structure is exposed to streamline interior planning and to allow a series of clip-on elements to activate the building envelope and provide differentiated zones for solar and thermal protection. Several different types of deep sun shading act as light reflectors in winter and protective filter screens in summer. The views out to the bay are preserved through their perforated surfaces. The facades play with light through the day and aim to protect and delight from outside and in. A cafe for staff dining is provided, spilling out onto a northern deck to take advantage of sun and views. The interior fitout design was also by Bates Smart.

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3 Corner detail of hanging screen to east facade 4 Detail of perforated metal sunscreens to the north facade 5 Transparency and lightness of steel construction

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6 Porte cochere and entry looking into foyer area at night 7 Foyer stair 8 View of foyer stair and marketing area at night

CLAYTON UTZ CITY OF SYDNEY

Client Clayton Utz Details Law firm corporate fitout Area 12,000 sqm Completion 1992, expansion and refurbishment 2004 Awards RAIA (NSW) Interior Architecture Award of Merit 1993 Awarded following a limited design competition, this prestigious legal fitout developed by adapting similar designs undertaken in Melbourne for the Sydney legal market. The high cost of Sydney CBD office space required the planning to be extremely efficient without compromising the appearance of a leading firm of solicitors. The fitout comprised professional floors designed for effective communication with sophisticated meeting and video conference facilities, a large law library, staff training and administrative support. A fresh but classical approach was used to reflect Clayton Utz position as a long established Sydney practice. In 2004, expansion of the firm required a refurbished reception and client meeting room floor, three additional legal/administration floors and the upgrade of nine existing legal floors.

1 View of reception with interconnecting stair and two story void 2 Janet Laurence artwork in foyer 3 Waiting area in foyer with Janet Laurence artwork

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GRANGE SECURITIES CITY OF SYDNEY

Client Grange Securities Details Office fitout Area 1000sqm Completion May 2004 This fitout for a boutique securities firm in Harry Seidler’s circular Australia Square building was required to accommodate present office needs as well as planned future growth. The reception and meeting rooms were designed to reflect the professionalism, substance and capability of the company. Warm coloured stone was used on the floors and in an abstract composition on feature blade walls defining the reception and waiting area. The reception desk is a contemporary interpretation of a timber roll top desk. Dramatic lighting and discrete use of mirrors in the floor create the ambience in the front of house spaces.

1 Reception area 2 Typical ﬂoor plan 3 Entrance Foyer with stone feature wall

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KEITH MATHESON WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND

Client Keith Matheson Details Boutique retail fitout Area 250sqm Completed 2003 The Keith Matheson retail fitout in Wellington is the second of ten new refurbishments throughout Australia and New Zealand. The store occupies an historic site at the ground floor corner location of a 1930s MLC building.

1 View of shop exterior 2 Interior view

The brief was to design a glamorous interior that complements the elegance of the original exterior and increases product exposure. In order to enhance product vista clarity of form and functional simplicity were foremost. To reﬂect the intransient nature of the brand the cabinets were designed to have visual weight and a monolithic sense of permanence. The neutral palette provides a blank canvas whilst concealed shelf lighting glows to highlight the merchandise.

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STAR CITY CASINO PYRMONT

Client Star City Casino Details 35 Executive suites, 135 apartments, 300 Hotel suites, Glo Bar, Astral Restaurant, Lobby Lounge, Trophies Food Court, VIP Slots gaming lounge and Fortunes Restaurant Area 100,000m2 Completed 2001 – Ongoing Star City is an urban entertainment complex, consisting of a hotel, casino, two major theatre venues, convention facilities, restaurants, cafes, bars and retail. Since commencing work for Tabcorp in 1999, Bates Smart has developed a strategic plan for the site to broaden the range and quality of customer experiences. The main gaming ﬂoor has been transformed with new carpet and individually designed lighting which creates and deﬁnes spaces within the expansive gaming area. Hotel and apartment suites have been refurbished to create a luxurious, modern and well equipped destination for clientele, business and casino patrons. Selected bars and eating establishments have been refurbished, while some new venues, such as Glo Bar, VIP Slots and Hotel Lobby Bar have been created. New external terraces have been created to take advantage of outlook.

1 Facade of Glo Bar 2 Glo Bar

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3 Glo Bar screen and chandelier 4 Go Bar detail 5 Lobby Lounge Bar 6 VIP Slots entry 7 VIP Slots gaming lounge

HEADQUARTERS TRAINING COMMAND VICTORIA BARRACKS PADDINGTON

Client Department of Defence, Corporate Service and Infrastucture Group Details 4 storey lenergy efﬁcient building on an historic campus Area 2100 sqm (NLA) Completed August 2002 Awards RAIA National Awards 2003: BHP Colourbond Steel Award RAIA NSW Chapter Architecture Awards 2003: Ecologically Sustainable Development Award RAIA NSW Chapter Architecture Awards 2003: Commercial Buildings Award 2003 RAIA NSW Chapter Architecture Awards 2003: BHP Colourbond Steel Award 2003 The Architecture Show Magazine and the Francis Greenway Society, Green Buildings Awards, Brozne Medal 2002 Competitive Design and Construct Tender, Winner 2001 The project is located on the historic Victoria Barracks, amidst examples of colonial military buildings. Bates Smart’s design is a modern form that abstracts the qualities of colonial military architecture which is characterised by its austere architectural expression, rational ordering, linear forms, and integration of services. The new building respects the form of the adjoining building by aligning with its linear plan, eave and ridge heights. A cantilever area to the south allows the continuity of the linear form and landscaping.

1 Oxide screen and thermal ﬂues 2 West facade with folded oxidised screen

The regular concrete structure is clearly expressed both internally and externally. The building has a column free internal plan, allowing complete internal flexibility. The depth of the columns is used to create a second skin on the building, in the form of a cor-ten oxidised steel screen which provides solar protection for the glass and interprets the aging patina of buildings on the barracks. To minimise the bulk of the building a folded plane of cor-ten steel plates wraps over the roof from the east to the west elevations. The environmental and energy efficiency principles of the design include orientation, solar shading, exposed thermal mass, night purging and natural ventilation assisted by thermal flues. These thermal flues are incorporated between the twin structural blade columns and use natural convection with a steel chimney and wind deflector as accelerators.

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3 Thermal flues and glass sunscreen at balcony level 4 Filtered light through screen facade with operable louvres to thermal flue in foreground 5 Oxidised screen and thermal flues on north facade 6 Original 18 barracks and parade ground 7 Victoria Barracks aerial photo 8 Night view of entry depicting transparency of screen

MAROUBRA BAY HOTEL MAROUBRA

Client Multiplex Developments (NSW) Pty Ltd Details Mixed use development comprising 50 apartments, pub/restaurant and ground floor retail space Area 9,691 sqm Completed October 2004 Awards Invited Design Competition, Winner 2002 Bates Smart won an invited competition for the redevelopment of the historic Maroubra Bay Hotel. The existing heritage listed hotel occupies a prominent corner site. Its facade was restored to the original exposed brickwork and rendered cornices, with the existing pub retained at ground floor. New apartments were inserted into the fabric of the existing building at the upper levels, maintaining the original heritage character including floor to ceiling heights and room configurations where possible. Two new wings of residential apartments were added, sympathetic in scale to the hotel but clearly contrasting and contemporary in nature, creating an’ L’ shaped building that follows the street alignment and encloses an internal garden courtyard. Dual orientation apartments have cross ventilation, with ocean views to the living rooms and north facing bedrooms with balconies overlooking the internal courtyard. Bi-folding shutters set within steel framed balconies provide privacy for residents and serve to animate the street facades. Above the hotel a single level of apartments is setback from the street edge and extends across the existing and new buildings serving to unite the composition. This level is clad in layers of glass and aluminium louvres providing a contemporary interpretation of the rooftop dormer forms of historic buildings. In addition, the development included significant improvements to the public open space, in what was previously an informal parking area.

1 Marine Parade south east elevation 2 Internal cross through view

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FOXTEL HEADQUARTERS AND PLAYOUT CENTRE PYRMONT 1 Exterior view of building 2 Interior ﬁtouts 3 Exterior view with glazing detail

Client Foxtel Details Warehouse conversion Completion 1996 Awards RAIA NSW Chapter Awards, Award for Interior Achitecture 2004 Built in the previously empty Wharf 9 building at Pyrmont, the Foxtel Headquarters and Playout Centre has provided an opportunity to inject a modern and dynamic office and technology centre into a warehouse building. An under utilised shed on Sydney’s foreshore has been revitalised into corporate office space, conference rooms, high technology studios, control rooms edit suites and playout racks. Bates Smart developed the contrast between the high-tech functions and industrial character of the wharves as the central theme. Office spaces are arranged on two platform levels to take advantage of views to the water and city. An office system incorporating flexible ‘working walls’ was developed to accommodate fluctuations in staffing levels. The Foxtel project involved complex briefing and co-ordination sequencing of high-tech services. Program requirements were fast tracked, procurement of the site and initial briefing to Foxtel’s launch took only six months.

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PYRAMID PACIFIC ST LEONARDS

Client Pyramid Paciﬁc 1 Work station area 2 View of boardroom

Details Fitout for project management company Area 200sqm Completed 2003 Pyramid Pacific is a medium sized project management office fitout. The brief was to create an office environment that was both professional and contemporary. Five yellow walls set up an ordered rhythm, breaking the space into working zones. These working spaces are flanked by a long communal table that offers an alternative meeting area. Glass doors beside reception lead to the boardroom and adjacent studio space. Slatted feature walls and cabinetry designate the common areas, providing texture to an otherwise minimal environment.

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SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED DARLINGHURST

Client Sports and Entertainment Limited Details Ofﬁce ﬁtout Area 750sqm Completed June 2003

1 Library area with timber screen doors 2 Kitchen and stationery area 3 View across work area with ofﬁce pivotting doors

Sports and Entertainment Limited is a promotions and marketing company. This fitout creates a warehouse environment within a refurbished office building by eliminating the suspended ceiling in the main office area to achieve a greater volume and ceiling height. A simple palette of natural materials including timber and marble are used to create a warm sophisticated space. A feature of the fitout is pivoting timber louvre doors to office and meeting rooms that enable the space to be opened up or closed. The fitout maximises wall space for the display of the client’s significant art collection.

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FORUM SALES AND MARKETING SUITE ST LEONARDS

Client Winten Property Group Details Fitout for in-house real estate agency Area 45.6sqm Completed 2003 1 Office interior elongated with mirror on back wall 2 Office seating conceived as a dining table 3 Full view of office with apartment building model in foreground

This real estate ofﬁce space has been conceived as a dining table at which clients and staff can meet. The receptionist has been tacitly placed at the head of the table, subtly dividing the room between sales and waiting areas. Utility areas are discreetly concealed behind a series of sliding doors. A restrained palette of materials focuses attention towards the ‘grand gesture’ of the desk. The compressed nature of the space reinforces the rigorous planning. The luxurious use of mirrors across the two short axes introduces an element of theatre, lifting the design beyond the ordinary.

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PROXIMITY APARTMENTS ARNCLIFFE

Client Multiplex Developments Pty Ltd, Macquarie Bank Ltd and Perchron Pty Ltd Details 294 residential apartments, 18 retail tenancies, 450 car spaces Area 30,299m2 Completed June 2004 1 Tower A, Lusty Street facade 2 Tower A, Cnr of Lusty and Arncliffe Streets

This urban regeneration project has transformed a former industrial site in Arncliffe into a mixed use residential and retail precinct. This development consists of four residential buildings connected by a landscaped publicly accessible podium which together with retail street frontages conceals basement and ground level carparking. Building A (122 apartments) is a 20 level hinged plan tower with street frontage for retail prominently located at the corner of Lusty and Arncliffe Streets which deďŹ nes the project address and the entry to the precinct. Building B (102 apartments) is a 14 level building with multiple lift cores located to the southern edge of the site fronting the podium. Buildings D (42 apartments) and E (28 apartments) are located across the Lusty and Arncliffe Street frontages with retail at street level and four levels of apartments over. The low rise buildings use dark brickwork with a rhythm of cantilevering boxes to create a humane scaled streetscape. The larger buildings use a combination of colour and vertical urban windows to create an abstract composition that is legible at the urban scale.

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4 Living area 5 Penthouse living room 6 Penthouse dining 7 Penthouse kitchen

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JUSTICE OFFICE BUILDING PARRAMATTA

Client New South Wales Department of Commerce, Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd

1 Artist’s impression of atrium 2 Artist’s impression from river foreshore promenade

Details New 5 Green Star office building Area 23,000sqm Completion 2007 Awards Department of Commerce Competitive Design and Construct Tender, Winner 2005 The new Legal Precinct in Parramatta comprises of a Trials Court Building, a Children’s Court and a new Justice Office Building. Bates Smart will be responsible for the new Justice Office Building which will consist of 21,000sqm of office space accommodating the Attorney General’s Department. The design for the Justice Building consists of a detached service core allowing the office area to be completely flexible and unencumbered. The core is located on the west to reduce the solar heat gain. A 10 storey top-lit atrium between the core and the office floor, creates a dramatic vertical light filled space with meeting room pods hanging within it. Naturally ventilated breakout spaces are located at each end of the atrium for staff relaxation. The design will utilise chilled beam cooling technology and solar shading to create the first NSW State Government building to achieve a Five Green Star environmental rating. In addition, the Legal Precinct will deliver a significant amount of new public open space in a campus-like network of public courtyards and pedestrian scaled spaces connecting to the surrounding streetscape and foreshore of the Parramatta River. The public domain will also incorporate archaeological remains from the early hospitals, which have occupied the site continuously since the first tent hospital was established there in 1789. 110

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3 Artist’s impression of double height entry lobby 4 Artist’s impression of Justice Building from Heritage Courtyard

Planning Concept Diagrams: a. Flexible Floor Plate b. Modiﬁed Floor Plate c. Side Core d. Atrium/Detached Core

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JONES BAY WHARF PYRMONT

Client Multiplex Developments (NSW) Pty Ltd and Toga Group of Companies Details Adaptive reuse of heritage wharf to Strata Title Commercial Ofﬁces Area 33,641sqm (NLA) Completion December 2003 Awards 1 View along Wharf showing rotated new additions to reveal end of wharf 2 View from central upper roadway towards harbour

RAIA (NSW) Francis Greenway Award for Conservation 2004 Invited Design Competition, Winner 2000 Jones Bay Wharf is the adaptive reuse of the last remaining finger wharf on Sydney Harbour. Bates Smart was awarded the commission through a design competition. Our aim was to sensitively preserve its industrial maritime qualities, while adapting the existing structure to provide contemporary office space. The wharf consists of two sheds with an upper and lower level divided by a central roadway. The northern half of the wharf contains small strata titled offices; the southern half contains larger office tenancies, and the new Shore Building is constructed at the street entry. The Shore Building has been developed as a commercial office and function centre incorporating the existing brick structures. A screen façade along the street consists of an abstract composition of timber members creating a street presence and entry statement that reinterprets the technology of the wharf, as well as its maritime history. The design solution for creating new floor space within the heritage volume was to insert a linear mezzanine laterally across the building every second structural bay, with voids between. By placing the inter-tenancy walls mid grid the design allowed for the creation of an interlocking strata module that created a variety of unit sizes for the client to offer the market. Larger tenancies were created with the same spatial qualities by simply deleting the inter tenancy walls. Each unit respects the structural grid of the building and fully exploits the appreciation of heritage fabric and interior volumes. The new additions are clearly expressed as modern insertions detached from the heritage fabric. The design language of the new elements is crisp and minimalist to counterpoint the heritage shell. Structural glass balustrades and open stair treads are used to increase the transparency between spaces. The interior volume maximises views towards the harbour whilst simultaneously enabling an appreciation of the distinctive volume and industrial fabric of the heritage building. A flexible open plan office area was created which allows a discrete separation between spaces, providing privacy without the need for enclosing walls or rooms.

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3 Operable timber louvres 4 View along restored lower roadway with original granite sets and oculi skylights 5 New ofďŹ ce addition with timber screen facade

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6 View from new mezzanine ďŹ&#x201A;oor showing interconnecting spatial volumes 7 City skyline from typical strata unit 8 Interior view of service pods with stair integrated 9 Bathroom detail

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10 View of mezzanine and void in large strata ofďŹ ces 11 View of stairway and void in large strata suite 12 View of interconnecting mezzanine ďŹ&#x201A;oors through trusses 13 Juxtaposition of new additions with skylights against original wharf

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Client Walker Group Constructions Pty Ltd

1 Study model of the linear forms stepping toward the water 2 Floor plan 3 Photo montage from Homebush Bay

Details Multi-unit residential with 150 waterfront apartments Area 15,090sqm Completion December 2006 Awards Invited Design Competition, Winner 2003 This project forms part of the ‘architecturally inspired’ waterside community at Rhodes Peninsula, where every design has been selected by competition. The waterfront site slopes toward Homebush Bay with views across the water and mangroves to the Olympic Stadium. The concept evolved from a desire to offer north facing water views with solar access and cross ventilation to the maximum number of apartments. The design consists of finger-like buildings with a courtyard open to the waterfront. The north finger step-downs from 7 to 4 storeys as well as stepping back from the street alignment to create special corner apartments. The southern finger steps up as it approaches the water, gaining views over the northern finger, as well as solar access. A generous internal courtyard opens onto the waterfront promenade allowing shared waterfront views for apartments and creating a glimpse from the public promenade. Each building has a combination of single level apartments and two storey crossover apartments with corridors at every two floors. This apartment typology ensures all apartments enjoy natural cross ventilation and receive good solar penetration to living areas. The material palette contrasts natural materials, such as dry stacked sandstone and copper with crisp planar forms. The folded roof planes of oxidised copper emphasise the building geometry.

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161 CLARENCE STREET CITY OF SYDNEY

Client Multiplex Living Details Multi residential tower Area 15,090sqm Completion City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition, 2002 The design was an invited entry into a City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition for a residential tower on a narrow site between Clarence and Kent Streets adjoining the heritage listed Red Cross House. The proposal consists of a podium and tower. The podium levels respect the scale and rhythm of the existing streetscape while the slender tower is raised above, maximising views for apartments and light penetration to the large atrium below. The geometry of the tower is carried down into the podium to vertically articulate the primary entry along Clarence Street. The atrium landscape is connected to the street through a three storey urban window to Clarence Street.

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1 Cross section through podium atrium and tower 2 Exploded axonometric of scheme components 3 Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impression viewed from Clarence Street

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OVERSEAS PASSENGER TERMINAL WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND

Client Multiplex Developments (NZ) and Macquarie Bank Details Adaptive reuse and extension of historic pier Area 20,000sqm (GFA) Completed Tender completed 2005 This design for the redevelopment of the Overseas Passenger Terminal on Clyde Quay forms an important part of the redevelopment of Wellington’s waterfront. The tender involves the adaptation, interpretation and extension of the historic Overseas Passenger Terminal with an emphasis on public accessibility and activation of the waterfront. Maritime and retail uses will be incorporated in the ground ﬂoor while the upper levels will contain apartments. The southern end is planned as a hotel, with a new glass and timber structure signifying the revitalisation of the pier. The design reinterprets the form and aesthetic of the existing pier in a sensitive and adaptive fashion. Nautical elements as well as New Zealand’s timber weatherboard building tradition will inspire the detailing.

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1 Perspective view of northern pier 2 Perspective view of southern hotel entrance

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LATITUDE EAST AT WORLD SQUARE CITY OF SYDNEY

1 Sketch of West elevation 2 Sketch of Aerial view 3 View from corner of Pitt and Goulburn Street with podium deﬁning the street corner with residential tower above

Client Multiplex Developments (NSW) Pty Ltd Details Strata commercial and residential building Area 28,000m2 (GFA) Completion City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition, August 2004 This design was an invited entry to a City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition for a new 28,000sqm strata commercial and residential building on the undeveloped quadrant of World Square. Located on the corner of Goulburn and Pitt Streets, the building is to be built upon an existing two storey retail podium. Our aim was to design a building that conforms to the Stage 1 DA envelope while maximising the potential views and residential amenity of the apartments. The strata commercial suites are located in the podium, while the tower contains the residential apartments. Glazed facades maximise access to natural light for the podium suites. An offset pattern of sandstone pillars creates solidity and scale in the podium without reducing light. The apartments are planned such that all orient towards the view to the south-west. An operable glass louvre façade protects from cold south west winds and extends the interior space. The design aims to mediate between its context of an adjacent glass tower and masonry tower by creating a hybrid cladding that responds with a glazed façade or a masonry façade depending on the point of view. This approach enables Latitude East to become both an integral component of the World Square precinct and an identiﬁably separate tower.

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South elevation

Model of the building within World Square

East elevation

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SYDNEYGATE WATERLOO

Client Estate Project Developments Pty Ltd Details Mixed use development with road extension and public park Area Masterplan 92,200sqm, Stage 1 = 37,878sqm Completed Ongoing The masterplan for this former industrial site extends the existing street network through the site to integrate it into the surrounding neighbourhood. An overlay of public space, including a pedestrian thoroughfare that links the surrounding developments – a major linear park designed to act as a storm water detention for the neighbourhood and a public plaza fronted by cafes – will create a vibrant pedestrian friendly precinct. The design consists of three residential perimeter blocks of 6 to 8 storey’s and a commercial development to the north. Residential towers are located to act as urban markers, aiding the legibility of the plan. The development, which comprises 610 residential apartments and 16,000sqm commercial space, will contain a diverse mix of apartment typologies and unit types.

1 Masterplan 2 Artist’s impression of building from north east

Stage 1 consists of 362 units in a 6-8 storey perimeter block and a 12 storey tower that articulates the urban form. The buildings are orientated to take advantage of solar access and maximise natural ventilation. Bedrooms are typically located off the internal courtyard to provide acoustic privacy, with living areas facing the park and street. Active street frontages are achieved with street level retail and ground level access to residential units on other facades.

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BALFOUR PARK CHIPPENDALE

Client Australand Property Group Details City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition for mixed use redevelopment of former Carlton United Breweries site Area 254,000sqm FSA Completed March 2004 The design was an invited entry into a City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition for the redevelopment of the Carlton United Breweries site into a vibrant mixed-use neighbourhood. The brewery has presented a barrier between the communities of Chippendale and Ultimo for over 150 years. The redevelopment of the site presents an opportunity to reconnect these previously severed neighbourhoods. A new ‘green heart’ known as Balfour Park will provide a much needed public park and create a clear connection between these communities. The historic street pattern and heritage buildings form the basis of the proposed traditional urban structure. Within this rational structure of streets and blocks the idiosyncrasies of the site are celebrated. The industrial heritage and the conﬂuence of major urban geometries provide deﬁning characteristics to the urban plan.

1 Balfour Park masterplan 2 Continuous green space linking Broadway to Chippendale

The development accommodates a diverse range of land uses including 2000 apartments, 80,000sqm of A-grade commercial and substantial cultural and community facilities. Central to the proposal are a number of environmental initiatives, including on-site water recycling, cogeneration energy production and passive initiatives such as solar access and natural ventilation.

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Sustainability Diagram

Green Linkages from Pyrmont to Chippendale

Exploded axonometric of masterplan components

InďŹ&#x201A;uence of Pyrmont grid on site

Looking from park across Balfour Square

InďŹ&#x201A;uence of Broadway on site

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COMPETITIONS AND WORK IN PROGRESS

The University of Western Sydney School of Medicine

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Australian National University, John Curtain School of Medical Research

The University of Western Sydney School of Medicine

Australian National University, John Curtain School of Medical Research

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Miller Street ofﬁces, Pyrmont

RTA Headquarters, Blacktown

Alfred Street apartment, North Sydney

8-12 Chiﬂey Square, City of Sydney

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Wheatsheaf Place, Parramatta

Bondi Motel, Bondi

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Wheatsheaf Place, Parramatta

PROJECT CREDITS

Balfour Park, Chippendale

Foxtel

Client Australand Property Group Architecture & Urban Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Town Planning Planning Matters, JBA Urban Planning Landscape Architect Aspect Pty Ltd Artist Peter MacGregor Photomontage Lucid Metal Perspectives Wardman Varga

Client Foxtel Playout Centre Architecture and Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Project Manager Lindsay Short, Project Directors Builder Fletcher Constructions Joiner Dallas Industries Structural James Taylor & Associates

161 Clarence Street, Sydney

Client Koundouris Group Architecture & Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Town Planning Project Planning Contractor Barclay Mowlem Limited Structural Meinhardt Landscape Architect Aspect Pty Ltd Acoustic Engineer Acoustic Logic Consultancy BCA BCA Logic Photography Richard Glover

Client Multiplex Living Architecture Bates Smart Pty Ltd Structural Engineer Arup Landscape Architect Oculus Photomontages C3D Clayton Utz, City of Sydney Client/Tennant Clayton Utz Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Contractor SCI (Initial 8 Floors ) / Renascent (last 7+ ﬂoors) Mechanical & Electrical Enginuity BCA Philip Chun Structural ARUP Photography Tyrone Branigan Ericsson Client Ericsson Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Project Manager HBO + EMTB Building Owner Deutsche Bank Group BCA Consultant Steve Watson + Partners Structural Engineer S.C.P Consulting Acoustic Consultant Renzo Tonin + Associates Services Consultant IT&C Services AV Consultant Rutledge Hydraulic Consultant Harris Page Photography Tyrone Branigan

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Five Dock Residential, Five Dock

Grange Securities, Sydney Client/Tennant Grange Securities Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Contractor FDC Pty Ltd Mechancial Bassett Consulting Qantity Surveyor Milliken Berson Madden BCA Steve Watson + Partners Acoustic Bassett Acoustic Photography Tyrone Branigan Forum Real Estate, St Leonards Client Winten Property Group Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Project Management Pyramid Paciﬁc Project Management Mechanical + Electrical Downer Engineering Group Pty Ltd Hydraulic Engineering Lipscombe & Associates Pty Ltd Fire Engineering DA Design Pty Ltd Smoke Detection Ziton Photography Kata Bayer

Headquarters Training Command, Victoria Barracks Client Department of Defence, Corporate Services and Infrastructure Group Architecture & Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Design & Construct Contractor Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd Project Manager WB+ Property Solutions Environmental Hyder Consulting Structural Demlakian Engineering Mechanical Hyder Consulting Electrical Arnold Thompson + Associates Hydraulic Harris Page + Associates Heritage Otto Cserhalmi + Partners Fire Engineering Arup Fire BCA Building Safety Services Acoustic Acoustic Logic Consultancy Photography Sharrin Rees Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont Client Multiplex Developments (NSW) Pty Ltd and Toga Group of Companies Architecture and Interior Design Bates Smart/ PTW Architects in Association Town Planning Silvija Smits and Associates Heritage Otto Cserhalmi & Partners Design and Construct Contractor Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd Structural Robert Bird and Partners Mechanical & Electrical Addicoat Hogarth & Wilson Hydraulic & Fire Harris Page BCA Stephen Grubits and Associates Authorities Heritage NSW, City of Sydney, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Department of Urban Affairs and Planning Photography Sharrin Rees

Justice Ofﬁce Building, Parramatta Client NSW Department of Commerce Tennant NSW Attorney General’s Department Architecture & Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Design & Construct Contractor Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd Structural Enstruct Environmental Advanced Environmental Concepts Mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulic, Fire, Lifts Lincolne Scott Australia Heritage Graham Brookes & Associates Town Planning Urbis JHD Conservation International Conservation Services Authorities Parramatta City Council, NSW Heritage Photomontages Multiplex Design Keith Matheson Client Keith Matheson Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Project Manager Maltby & Partners Surveyor Maunder Survey Fire Engineer Wormald Mechanical Electrical Fire Engineer Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Limited Project Manager Maltby & Partners Photography Becky Nunes Latitude East @ World Square, City of Sydney Client Multiplex Developments (NSW) Pty Ltd Architecture Bates Smart Pty Ltd Structural Taylor Thomson Whitting Photomontages Bates Smart Pty Ltd

Maroubra Bay Hotel, Maroubra

Pier 8/9, Walsh Bay

Rhodes Waterside, Rhodes

Client Multiplex Developments (NSW) Pty Ltd Architecture & Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Town Planning Planning Matters Design & Construct Contractor Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd Structural Taylor Thomson Whitting Pty Ltd Hydraulic & Fire Harris Page & Associates BCA BCA Logic Heritage Otto Cserhalmi & Partners Landscape Architect Site Image Acoustics Acoustic Logic Consultancy Authorities Randwick City Council Photography Sharrin Rees

Client Multiplex Pier 8/9 Pty Ltd & Murdoch Magazines Architecture & Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Design & Construct Contractor Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd Heritage Tropman and Tropman Architects Project Mananger APP Corporation Structural Robert Bird and Partners Mechanical, Electrical & Hydraulic Adamus Consulting Practice BCA & Fire Stephen Grubits and Associates Lighting AMDL Certiﬁcation Living City Building Services Acoustic Acoustic Logic Consultancy Pty Ltd Trafﬁc Colston Budd Hunt and Kafes Pty Ltd Town Planning APT Peddle Thorp Authorities Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Heritage NSW, City of Sydney Photography Sharrin Rees

Client Rhodes Waterside Pty Ltd Architecture & Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Town Planning Planning Workshop Australia Design & Construct Contractor Walker Group Construction Pty Ltd Structural Breuchle Gilchrist And Evans Mechanical & Electrical VOS Group Hydraulic & Fire J & M Group Landscape Architect Site Image BCA McKenzie Group Photomontages Lucid Metal

NSW Police Headquarters, Parramatta Client NSW Department of Commerce Architecture and Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Tennant NSW Police Service Developer (pre-tender award) Winten Property Group/ABN Amro; Developer (post-tender award) ABN Amro/ Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd Design & Construct Contractor Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd Structural Hyder Consulting Mechanical & Electrical Lincolne Scott Pty Ltd Hydraulic & Fire LHO Lifts Norman Disney & Young Environmental Advanced Environmental Concepts Town Planning Hassell (DA), City Plan Services(Construction) Cultural Planner Guppy and Associates Artist Regina Walters Facility Planning Strategic FM Authorities Parramatta City Council Photography Sharrin Rees Overseas Passenger Terminal, Wellington NZ Client Wellington Waterfront Ltd Developer Mulitplex Developments (NZ) + Macquarie Bank Ltd Architecture Bates Smart Pty Ltd + Custance Structural Robert Bird & Partners Photomontages C3D

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Proximity Apartments, Arncliffe Client Proximity Developments (Multiplex Developments (NSW) Pty Ltd, Macquarie Bank Ltd, Percheron Pty Ltd) Architecture & Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Town Planning City Plan Services Design & Construct Contractor Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd Structural Connell Mott Macdonald Mechanical & Electrical AHW Hydraulic & Fire AHW Landscape Oculus Acoustics Acoustic Logic Consultancy BCA Advance Building Approvals Photography Tyrone Branigan Pyramid Paciﬁc Client, Tennant and Project Manager Pyramid Paciﬁc Project Management Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Electrical VOS Group Pty Ltd Hydraulic VOS Group Pty Ltd Structural Taylor Thomson Whitting Pty Ltd BCA DLM Consulting Pty Ltd Lighting Consultant Point of View Photography Kata Bayer

School of Computer Science & Engineering, UNSW Client The University Of New South Wales Architecture & Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Project Manager UNSW Planning and Development Branch Construction Management Probuild Quantity Surveyor Currie & Brown Structural Breuchle Gilchrist And Evans Mechanical Addicoat Hogarth Wilson Steenson Varming Electrical Addicoat Hogarth Wilson Hydraulic Jon Tourle Communications UNSW Communications Unit BCA Philip Chun And Associates Landscape Architect Landscapability Photography Sharrin Rees SEL Client and Tenant Sports and Entertainment Ltd Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Project Managers Clifton Coney Stevens Builder Multiplex Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd Electrical - Waterman AHW Joinery Ambry Furniture Photography Kata Bayer Star City Casino, Pyrmont Client Star City Pty Ltd Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Structural Arup Mechanical NDY, Webb Australia Electrical Webb Australia Hydraulic NDY, Webb Australia Fire Engineering CSIRO BCA Philip Chun and Associates Photography Murray Fredericks

and Sharrin Rees Sydneygate, Waterloo Client Estate Project Developments Pty Ltd Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Town Planning JBA Urban Planning Structural Arup Mechanical & Electrical EMF Grifﬁths Hydraulic Steve Paul and Partners Fire Engineering Arup Fire Heritage City Plan Heritage Landscape Architect Oculus Acoustic Acoustic Logic Consultancy BCA Steve Watson and Partners Photomontages Lucid Metal Toyota National Sales and Marketing Headquarters, Woolooware Bay Client Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited Architecture & Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Project Manager DG Jones Contractor Hansen Yuncken Structural Hyder Consulting Mechanical & Electrical Hyder Consulting Hydraulic & Fire Hyder Consulting BCA Phillip Chun and Associates Photography Eric Sierins The Wilkinson Building, University of Sydney Client University of Sydney, Facilities Management Ofﬁce Tenant Faculty of Architecture Architecture & Interior Design Bates Smart Pty Ltd Contractor Stage 1 & 3 Glen Hill Constructions, Stage 2 Interco Structural Breuchle Gilchrist And Evans Services Stage 1+2 Lincolne Scott, Stage 3 Medland Mitropoulos Fire Stephen Grubits & Associates BCA Steve Watson + Partners Quantity Surveyor Page Kirkland Photography Sharrin Rees

AWARDS

2005

2002

Pier 8/9, Walsh Bay RAIA National Awards, The Walter Burley Grifﬁn Award for Urban Design with HPA, PTW, Tropman and Tropman and Clive Lucas Stapleton and Partners RAIA (NSW) Architecture Award, Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design with HPA, PTW, Tropman and Tropman and Clive Lucas Stapleton and Partners

Headquarters Training Command, Victoria Barracks The Architecture Show Magazine and The Francis Greenway Society, Green Buildings Awards, Bronze Medal

NSW Police Headquarters, Parramatta Parramatta City Council Design Excellence Award, Interior Architecture Award Star City Casino, Pyrmont Australian Hotels Association, NSW Accommodation Awards for Excellence, Joint Winner Serviced Apartment Style Hotel of the Year Justice Ofﬁce Building Department of Commerce Competitive Design and Construct Tender, Winner 2004 NSW Police Headquarters, Parramatta RAIA (NSW) Architecture Award, Interior Architecture Award The Architecture Show Magazine and The Francis Greenway Society, Green Buildings Awards, Silver Medal Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont RAIA (NSW) Architecture Award, Greenway Award for Restoration Pier 8/9, Walsh Bay Property Council of Australia (NSW), Rider Hunt Award 2003 NSW Police Headquarters, Parramatta NSW Urban Task Force, Development Excellence Award for Regional Commercial Development Parramatta City Council Design Excellence Awards, Non-Residential Building Category Award Headquarters Training Command, Victoria Barracks RAIA National Architecture Award, BHP Colorbond Steel Award RAIA (NSW) Architecture Award, ESD/Energy Efﬁciency Award RAIA (NSW) Architecture Award, Commercial Buildings Architecture Award RAIA (NSW) Architecture Award, BHP Colorbond Steel Award 420 George Street City of Sydney Design Excellence Competition, Winner Rhodes Waterside, Rhodes Invited Design Competition, Winner

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Pier 8/9, Walsh Bay RAIA (NSW) Architecture Award, Public and Commercial Buildings Commendation Urban Development Institute of Australia National Awards for Excellence, Urban Renewal Award Maroubra Bay Hotel, Maroubra Invited Design Competition, Winner 2001 Pier 8/9, Walsh Bay Urban Development Institute of Australia (NSW) Excellence Awards, Urban Renewal Award Urban Development Institute of Australia (NSW) Excellence Awards, President’s Award NSW Police Headquarters, Parramatta Department of Commerce Competitive Design and Construct Tender, Winner Headquarters Training Command, Victoria Barracks Competitive Design and Construct Tender, Winner 2000 Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont Invited Design Competition, Winner 1996 Foxtel Headquarters, Pyrmont RAIA (NSW) Architecture Award, Interior Architecture Award of Merit Dulux Colour Award, Commercial / Interiors Award of Merit 1993 Clayton Utz, Solicitors, Sydney RAIA (NSW) Architecture Award, Interior Architecture Award of Merit

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