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Exciting to see our Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre (BARC) as one of 30 projects shortlisted in the 2024 ArchitectureAU Award for Social Impact. The award recognises architectural work that promotes the common good and preferences empathy over aesthetics. Winners...

One of our talented clients, Robyn Stacey, is exhibiting a new series of photographic artwork, 'On a Clear Day'. The work is centered around four sculptural apertures opening to the sky in SCA's Darlinghurst Terrace.⁠⁠Robyn explores light and colour, wrapping the...

Nice piece in BauNetz - a leading platform on architecture and design in Germany. Thank you! See article here.

Our Gloucester Farmhouse appears on the cover of Habitus 59 'Life Outside' Issue with more beautiful shots inside.⁠ This project was completed with Sago Design on Biripi Country and features four self-contained tent-like pavilions which dot the ruggedly beautiful...

Congratulations to Blacktown City Council on winning the Minister's Award in the IPWEA 2024 Engineering Excellence Awards, presented by the NSW Minister for Local Government! Learn more about BARC here >

Lymesmith in association with Sam Crawford Architects has been named a finalist in the 2024 Dulux Colour Awards for BARC in the Commercial and Multi Residential Exterior Category. Winners will be announced on the 29th of May.

Becoming Blacktown is a symposium featuring presentations of nine recent architecture and urban design projects commissioned by the Blacktown City Council, including BARC. The event will feature work by Architectus, ARM, Carter Williamson, lahznimmo, Eoghan Lewis,...

Watch Sam Crawford on all things architecture, inspiration and people.  He covers everything from being inspired by the Pantheon in Rome as a child, to the true meaning of the word ‘practice’, to the power of the right people around you, to why architecture is such a...

We are delighted to see the Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre introduced to Japanese readers in ELLE DECOR JAPAN 'Living with Cats and Dogs' April 2024 issue. Learn more about the project here. >

We are excited to have three projects shortlisted in the 2024 NSW Architecture Awards. Hurlstone Memorial Reserve Community Centre and Ewen Park Outdoor Learning Centre have both been shortlisted in the Small Project Architecture category, and Hidden Garden House has...

“The transformation retains the classic terrace facade typical of the many houses that line Paddington’s streets yet considered internal changes maximise the original qualities of the home and inject a more contemporary way of living.” Read full article in The Local...

“A selection of beautiful hexagonal tiles was the starting point for this extraordinary renovation". Read the article in Grand Designs Australia magazine here >