Heritage

Adapting heritage buildings to meet current needs

We recognise the resources already expended in our built environment. And our built heritage is critical to understanding who we are. Heritage is a living thing with a past, a present and a future. We respectfully and pragmatically adapt heritage buildings to suit 21st century needs and ensure that they have a future. Much of our work involves alteration and adaptation of heritage-listed buildings and buildings within heritage conservation areas. We focus on the sensitive connectivity and delineation between old and new through materiality and scale. The old is retained, enhanced and given another life, part reworked, part replaced. Each element is designed and built to last, reducing future waste.

Our approach to heritage is one of respect and pragmatism, in roughly equal measure. We preserve the values of existing fabric, working within heritage constraints, whilst also integrating principles of sustainable design. Drawing on the expertise of heritage consultants we follow the Burra Charter principles for the conservation of heritage places.

Bronte Breeze House

Bronte Breeze House

Hidden Garden House

Hidden Garden House

Bronte Sisters

Bronte Sisters

Darlinghurst Terrace

Darlinghurst Terrace

Cascade Terrace

Cascade Terrace

Annandale Terrace

Annandale Terrace

Bouwman House

Bouwman House

Sanctuary, Rose Bay

Sanctuary, Rose Bay

Roseville House

Roseville House

Parramatta Park Pavilion

Parramatta Park Pavilion

Sung Dobson House

Sung Dobson House

Conway Atkins House

Conway Atkins House

Duncan Thompson Stand

Duncan Thompson Stand

John Street House

John Street House

Newtown Terrace

Newtown Terrace

Darlinghurst Warehouse

Darlinghurst Warehouse

Substation House

Substation House

Balmain Cottage

Balmain Cottage

Garrett House

Garrett House

Ward House

Ward House

Caristo House

Caristo House

Sheppard Wilson House

Sheppard Wilson House

Gandha Kariappa Terrace

Gandha Kariappa Terrace

Cardigan Street

Cardigan Street

Cooper Room

Cooper Room

Bandi Drew House

Bandi Drew House

Wake Murphy House

Wake Murphy House